The process I was involved was done in an industrial wood panel plant. We
have done the automation and electrical works for it.
Most of the machinery was built here beside the main press which was
imported. Result was a serious plant.
Basic steps of the process were;
- Drying the wood chip,
- Separating the wod chip (fine and coarse) and storing it,
- Preparing the glue in batch process
- Mixing the glue with wood chip
- Laying the mixture in 3 layers (fine - coarse - fine)
- Pressing the layer with heat
- Cutting in to dimensions needed.
I can try to get some mechanical details and find some pictures. But I need
time. (And you will need an investor to do such a plant.)
What I would suggest is to get some information about the saw dust in terms
of phsyicall dimension, quantity and more. If there is such a big timber
industry, it will make a business sense to put a part,cle board plant to
make use of not only saw dust but also the wood which is not valuable as
timber.
Now (reading your e-mail one more time) if you want to do this as a project
which will be realized by women please consider the process steps above.
These are the basic steps to make panels. How to do it with simple labour
and equipment is a good question.
Best of lucks
Burak
İstanbul /Turkiye
NDF writes:
Greetings from Sri Lanka,
Dear Burak Cedetas,
Thank you so much for the innovative suggestion..We are also thinking of a
similar method to make some boards. Here we plan to experiment with Latex,
using latex as a binder. We have not tried it yet. Can you be so kind to
send us the process that you are using to make the particle boards please.
It would help us to compare notes and see which is more inexpensive. On the
other hand, we are thinking of introducing, sort of a home industry through
which the people could earn an income. If people see that they could make an
income, then they will take it up. Since the target group is women and from
the low income stratum the process has to be simple and adoptable to them.
Thank you once again for your kind concern on this matter.
Upali.
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 2:51 PM
Subject: RE: [Biofuel] Fwd: Information on Sawdust processing
Hello
I am new to the list (couple days). So far I am reading and learning but
I
have some experience in the wood processing sector.
I am not sure about the quality of the sawdust but I wouldn't dump it. It
can be used for particle boards. I have managed a project where we have
doen electrical work and automation for an entire particle board plant.
It
is not a cheap process but worth to look at .
Basic steps are:
- Dry the saw dust,
- Prepare the glue and mix with the saw dust
- Lay the sawdust on a conveyor belt
- Press the saw dust and heat it
- Cut into the dimensions you need.
If the saw dust is fine enough it can be used for making MDF (medium
density
fiber board). Which is a valuable product.
Hope this helps.
Regards
Burak Cedetas
>
> >Hello Keith,
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 11:12 AM
> >Subject: [Biofuel] Fwd: Information on Sawdust processing
> >
> >
> > > Greetings all
> > >
> > > I was sent this by an NGO in Sri Lanka. Any advice for them? They're
> > > not list members, but I'll forward any responses.
> >
> > > Thanks!
> >
> > > regards
> > >
> > > Keith
> > >
> > > --------
> > >
> > > From: "National Development Foundation" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Subject: Information on Sawdust processing
> > > Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 23:13:12 +0600
> > >
> > > National Development Foundation
> > >
> > > 63/2, Yahampath Mawatha, Piliyandala Road, Maharagama, Sri Lanka.
> > >
> > > Tele: +(94)-011-5526679 or +(94)-011-5522776 E-mail:
> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > > Monday, October 25, 2004,
> > >
> > > Journey to Forever Organisation.
> > >
> > > Dear Sir/Madam,
> > >
> > > Ours is a Non-governmental, non-profit making organisation devoted
to
> > > development through self-help development programmes. We also
> > > carryout environmental protection programmes with local communities
> > > in Sri Lanka.
> > >
> > > Recently we were informed of a long-standing problem in a suburban
> > > city, due to sawdust. There are large numbers of timber mills,
> > > carpentry workshops and woodwork centers in the area. They produce
> > > tons and tons of saw dust and dump them into the nearby lake
> > > polluting the area. Recently the government has no other
alternative,
> > > but found another dumping site and the sawdust is now dumped in this
> > > site spending large sums of money for transportation. For a
> > > developing country like ours this type of spending is unaffordable.
> >
quality
> >A
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