Effect of glue spreads on the structural properties of laminated veneer lumber from spindleless rotary veneers recovered from short rotation hevea plantation logs

• Main Authors: Khoo, Pui San, Chin, Kit Ling, Lee, Chuan Li, H’ng, Paik San, Mohd Sahfani, Mohd Nor Hafizuddin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96895/1/ABSTRACT.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96895/; https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/13/21/3799

Unproductive young rubber trees (15 years old) with smaller diameters (15 to 18 cm) compared to conventional rubber logs, harvested at the age of 25 years old, were selected for the production of laminated panels. Spindleless rotary veneer peeling was applied to logs from short-rotation rubber fores...