Bamboo，Paper Making and Bamboo Hardboard

Bamboo is an important material for paper making. In our country, tender bamboo was used to make paper  in Jin dynasty 1700 years ago. And till Tang dynasty, the bamboo pulp production has been famous all around the world.

Bamboo has the following advantages as paper making material:First, bamboo grow very quickly , its period is short and its output is high.  Second, bamboo fiber content is high and its quality is good. Third, it is convienent to cut and transport bamboo materials. Fourth, it is easy to produce pulp and paper with bamboo. With the development of the paper making industry, bamboo used for paper making will increase continuously.Bamboo artificial hardboards are made from the scraps of bamboo that are heatpressed into all kinds of boards. At present, there are bamboo glued boards, bamboo match boards,bamboo wood clad plates, bamboo rotary boards, decorating boards,bamboo fiber boards,bamboo filament boards, bamboo shaving boards,bamboo filament and wooden meal glued materials,etc. These bamboo artificial boards are used to make furniture, wall boards, ceilings, and floors. They look nice,also they are durable and cheap.

The bamboo woven glued boards and the bamboo pressed boards can be used to produce shim block for railways,gears ,rollers and pipes. They are light and durable. And the rotary bamboo can be used to produce veneers for furniture or make airplane fuel tankers.

Aritficial bamboo board industries in China rank the top one in the world both in the product category and the scale. Meanwhile, the quality ,the manufacturing techniques and the automation level are strengthening continuously. Bamboo laminated plate is an invention of our country, but the manufacturing techniques and the quality of it still need improving . As long as the cost reduces, there is a good prospect. In China, the rotary plate is under trial production, and will not take long before it comes into mass production.