TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY MODEL LAMINATED BAMBOO FLOORBOARD MANUFACTURING UNIT

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TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY MODELLAMINATED BAMBOO
FLOORBOARD MANUFACTURING UNIT

• INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR BAMBOO AND RATTAN

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Why bamboo?

• Bamboos grow more rapidly than trees and start to
  yield within three or four years of planting.
• Plantation establishment requires minimal capital
  investment and builds upon the inherent
  plant-cultivation skills of local farmers and
  foresters.
• Bamboos can be harvested annually and
  non-destructively.
• Bamboos are excellent for rejuvenating degraded
  lands and protecting against soil erosion.
• Bamboos may easily be intercropped with
  shallow-rooted crops.
• As well as the culms, all other parts of the
  bamboo plant can be used in rural livelihoods -
  shoots for food, leaves for fodder, and branches
  for items such as brooms and for firewood.

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What is laminated bamboo flooring?

• Laminated bamboo flooring is a unique flooring
  material comprised of layers of bamboo wood that
  have been coated with glue and pressed firmly
  together.
• Laminated bamboo flooring is very attractive as
  the natural grain of the bamboo is unique and
  very clearly evident. Bamboo flooring is cheaper
  to produce than wood flooring and is more
  marketable due to its production from renewable
  bamboo resources.
• Laminated bamboo flooring is gaining in
  popularity. In China it is manufactured in over
  100 units that together produce about 10 million
  square metres annually (ten square kilometres).

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How are bamboo floorboards produced?

• 1. Bamboos are split 2. Sheets are coated 3.
  Sheets are assembled
• into thick section with adhesive
  resin into units
• (or sheets)
• 
  
• 4. Units are pressed 5. Floorboards are
  sanded 6. Boards are
• together in a hot and tongues and
  grooves painted or
• press to form cut to facilitate
  board varnished
• floorboards jointing

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Main development attributes of a bamboo
floorboard unit

• Reduces dependence on timber resources through
  wood substitution.
• Permits rehabilitation of degraded lands through
  increased areas of bamboo plantations.
• Creates employment opportunities for unskilled,
  semi-skilled and technically-trained staff at the
  factory and for bamboo growers who will supply
  the unit.
• Increases community welfare and improves local
  rural economies if established as a community
  enterprise.

Photo Cutting the grooves
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Requirements for success

• Sustained availability of bamboos.
• Inexpensive labour for the factory itself.
• Regular supply of electricity for the factory.
• Start up capital.
• Suitable marketing mechanisms for sale of boards.
• Finally, an innovative approach to marketing the
  boards, especially in the lucrative export
  markets of the more affluent countries of the
  world.

Horizontal bamboo floorboards
Vertical bamboo floorboards
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Annual consumption of raw materials for a unit
producing 40, 000 sq. m. of flooring per year

• Bamboo 5000 tonnes
• UF adhesive 12 tonnes
• PVA emulsion adhesive 0.5 tonnes
• Ammonium chloride 0.12 tonnes
• Paint 8 tonnes
• Other chemicals 0.4 tonnes
• Only about 50 of the raw bamboo material can be
  used to produce floorboards. The remainder can be
  used as raw materials for a range of bamboo
  products from bamboo particle boards to woven
  bamboo items.

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Financial aspects of a unit capable of producing
40, 000 sq. m. of bamboo flooring per year

• Machinery costs at establishment 366, 000
• COSTS OF PRODUCTION per m2
• Bamboo 6.50
• Adhesives and other chemicals 2.50
• Wages 1.40
• Other 2.00
• TOTAL 12.40

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For further information

• See
• TOTEMs
• Bamboo flooring TOTEM
• Bamboo roofing sheets TOTEM
• Splitting and slivering unit TOTEM
• Websites
• www. inbar.int
• www.bamboocomposites.com

• Contact
• INBAR, Beijing 100101-80, China
• Bamboo Engineering and Research Centre, Nanjing
  Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu province,
  210037, China

Above sanding equipment