Painéis aglomerados de bagaço de cana de açúcar: caracterização visando ao uso na indústria moveleira

Abstract

The furniture sector in Brazil has experienced significant growth and development in recent years, however, the use of solid wood is increasingly rare, causing the wood panels are the main raw material for furniture production. However, even in the panels case, competition for raw materials is becoming increasingly difficult, leading to the search for new materials, and the use of lignocellulosic residues alternative that is gaining more featured, especially sugarcane bagasse which is produced in large quantities in Brazil. The objective of this study was to assess the properties: physical, mechanical, chemical, microstructural, durability and surface characterization of commercial panels produced with sugar cane bagasse, in order to verify the possibility of inserting these panels in the furniture production process. Panels MDP (Medium Density Particleboard) thought commercial sugarcane bagasse was obtained from China and MDP from pinus and eucalyptus from Brazilian companies, which served as a comparison standard. Generally, it is observed that the bagasse panels showed physical, mechanical, chemical, microstructural characteristics of durability and surface characterization close to those obtained by pinus and eucalyptus panels, commonly used in the furniture production, which allows concluding that the sugarcane bagasse panels show great potential use in the furniture industry.