Bamboo mat board (2)
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Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training Institute (IPIRTI), India. 2001. Bamboo mat board (2). INBAR, Beijing, China
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Bamboo mat board (BMB) is a plywood-like wooden board made from layers of woven bamboo mats that have been pressed together
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Bamboo mat boards (BMB) are produced from woven mats of bamboo that are soaked in
adhesive resin and then pressed firmly together in a hot press. They were the first of the
wide range of different panel boards presently available that use bamboo as a raw
material, but they are the simplest to produce, involve only bamboo raw materials and
have great income generating potential for the rural poor, who are able to weave the mats
from which they are formed. The technology for the manufacture of BMB in India has
been developed by the Indian Plywood Industries Research Institute (IPIRTI), Bangalore,
who have developed a technically feasible and commercially viable technology for its
manufacture. BMB is gaining in popularity and there are currently a handful of BMB
factories in operation in India and 16 in China.
Bamboo mat board is very versatile and can be produced up to 6 mm thick by varying the
number of mat layers used; boards are usually formed of 2, 3, 5 or 7 mats. For thicker
laminated boards, wood veneers are interleaved with the bamboo boards to produce
bamboo mat-veneer composite boards (The production of these is not covered in this
TOTEM). BMB is at least as durable and stable as wood-based plywood and is very
resistant to pest attack, extreme climatic conditions and fire. It can be used for many of
the uses to which plywood is now put such as paneling, ceilings, prefabricated shelters,
packing cases and storage bins, roofs, doors and door panels, furniture, and household
utensils such as trays and plates. BMB is much more flexible than wood-based-plywood
and can be used in structural applications such as stressed skin panels, wall bracings and
web beams for which plywood is not suitable.