Maize Cob Board (MCB)

Abstract

This Bachelor Thesis is giving an overview of light wood composites materials, to compare some of these materials, which are already in the trade, with the MCB board. The MCB boards use the sandwich technology as the Honeycomb panel, gluing a core layer between two surface layers. This board uses maize for the core layer, putting the small cobs cylinders in vertical position between two surface layers of HDF by gluing. The technical characteristics from MCB board are comparable with Honeycomb, Compact light board or Flax board. With the viability of the MCB board in the trade is found a new use for the cobs, completely different to the traditional uses (as fuel or heating). The MCB board is oriented to serve as indoor wood-door or kitchen furniture.