摘要 |
<p>A method for making a sheet or board that is made from fibers of oil palm stem. The method consists of steps as follows: to provide fibers of oil palm stem; to dry the wet fibers until they reach 6-14 % of water content; to clean the dry fibers from dust and dirt; to solidify and flatten the dry fibers continuously by using punching machine which has more than 600 needles to make it into soft sheet of fibers; to adhere the soft sheet with a resin type adhesive; to heat press the sheet that has been adhered but not dry yet in an arranged certain thickness in 10-25 kg/cm2 of pressure for 3-15 minutes and in between 100-180 °C; and to form a board or sheet by cutting the hot pressed sheet into a predetermined desirable size.</p> |