Chipboard, also known as flat pressed board, consists of wood chips which are pressed into a board with the help of synthetic resins and additives. In the middle layer, larger, coarser wood chips are processed to increase the board's strength. Other materials such as annual plants can also be used in the middle layer. The top layer usually consists of fine wood shavings or sawdust to make the surface of the board dense and even. This is especially necessary for panels for furniture interior finishing, which are to be coated or varnished afterwards.

Usage

• Interior design: furniture production, upholstered furniture production
• Wood construction: floors, wall- and ceiling cladding

Typical wood species

• Coniferous woods: spruce, pine, douglas fir, larch, fir
• hardwoods: beech, birch
• among others

Surface

• Raw
• Coated (HPL, resin impregnated papers)
• Concealed
• Bonded with foils
• Veneers
• Painting

Advantages

• variedly applicable
• excellent price-performence ratio

Disadvantages

• low stability in comparison to other wood based materials
• high moisture absorption (untreated chipboards)
• danger of deflection
• danger of splintering of joints on big tensile loads

Chipboard production step by step

>>here is the overview