Is particle board inferior to other man-made boards? Listed companies OPPEIN and SOFIA both use it!

A house may be rented, but life is your own. Nowadays, people have higher and higher requirements for personal quality of life, especially for the choice of furniture. In order to improve the quality of life, many people choose to customize furniture during the process of house decoration.

In custom furniture, the choice of board is particularly important. When consumers choose board, they have such a question: should they choose particle board, ecological board or multi-layer board?

What is particle board

Particle board, a type of particle board, is made from wood or other wood fiber materials. It uses fine wood fibers on both sides and long wood fibers in the middle. After undergoing certain mechanical processing, adhesive is applied, and the particles are glued together under the combined effects of heat and pressure to form particle board. Particle board is actually a man-made board produced using the same process as particle board.

The charm of particle board

In today's furniture market, many unknown businesses, and even major furniture brands, are choosing particle board for their custom furniture. For example, the three leading furniture brands, OPPEIN, SOFIA, and Shangpin Home Furnishing, all use particle board for their custom furniture. So, what exactly is particle board, and what is its appeal that has even these three leading furniture brands using it?

Decorative performance

Particle board is made from wood chips, utilizing their stable physical and chemical properties, and is processed with adhesives and other additives. Compared to natural wood, particle board boasts a wider surface, a smoother surface, and is free of insect holes, knots, and cracking. It also offers advantages in sound insulation, mildew resistance, and thermal insulation.

Warpage

Compared to other man-made boards, particle board has a lower warping rate, making it relatively stable and less prone to bending. Its high strength and stiffness prevent it from buckling even when heavy clothing is hung on it. Consequently, particle board is very popular in the European furniture market.

Nail holding force

Particle board is a man-made board material with high hardness, strength, and density. Therefore, when using particle board for construction, nails are easily secured once driven into the board, making it easy to drill holes and preventing them from loosening. This advantage makes particle board suitable for both round nails and screws.

In this regard, although particle board has a certain gap compared to solid wood board, it is obviously better than medium-density fiberboard in terms of processability.

Production performance

In recent years, the public has become increasingly fond of custom furniture. Custom furniture satisfies the public's personalized consumption habits and can be customized to suit individual preferences and characteristics. As custom furniture has become a trend, it requires large-scale production. An important prerequisite for smooth large-scale production is the selection of board materials.

Particle board is more precise in size and dense, making it easier to manufacture using mechanized, electronically controlled materials on a large scale. Eco-board pales in comparison. Because eco-board lacks density, it cannot be manufactured on a large scale using mechanized methods, even with the best equipment.

Cost

When comparing particle board, eco-friendly board, and multi-layer board to other materials, particle board is cheaper than standard wood-based panels. Brand manufacturers, as professionals, need to mass-produce custom furniture. Therefore, they don't choose expensive options over quality.

Environmental protection

Many people have a misunderstanding about the environmental friendliness of wood panels. They believe that larger wood strips are more environmentally friendly. This is actually a fundamental misconception. Wood itself does not contain formaldehyde. The wood odor people smell is the fragrance emitted by natural resin.

In board materials, formaldehyde is generally present in the adhesive of the board materials. Therefore, the type of adhesive or process used is the key factor in determining whether the board materials are environmentally friendly.

Particle board is an environmentally friendly industry encouraged by the country. It is also a type of furniture board commonly used in some developed countries and popular among consumers.

Formaldehyde has always been a hot topic in home renovation and furniture customization. Therefore, the environmental friendliness of board materials is also a primary factor in customers' board selection. The reason why formaldehyde is produced during the home renovation and furniture customization process is because we use glue in this process, which is the main cause of formaldehyde production.

The products currently on the market are generally urea-formaldehyde glue, triammine glue and MDI glue. MDI glue does not contain formaldehyde. MDI glue is an ecological adhesive and a downstream product of MDI, used to manufacture various boards.

At the same time, MDI adhesive is also a widely used cutting-edge polymer synthetic raw material. Due to its excellent properties, it can even be used in extremely high-precision fields such as artificial blood vessels. Using MDI adhesive to manufacture board materials not only solves the problem of forest resources, but also prevents the board materials from releasing formaldehyde, which is beneficial to people's health.

Therefore, particle board is not the only board option in the process of customizing furniture. Consumers who are concerned about the environmental performance of particle board or consumers with higher economic income can consider using Yuehuo zero-formaldehyde waterproof board with MDI glue. This is the only board in China that does not have any formaldehyde added and can remove formaldehyde.