A method of making a buffer board of a treadmill includes a sizing step, a shade drying step, a presetting step, a clamping and heat-pressing step, a cooling step, and a die opening step. The method can easily make the desired buffer board adapted to the treadmill and can only change different dies to make buffer boards with different structures when an upper die and a lower die of a die set provide protrusions, flat surfaces or depressed surfaces, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost.

The method of making a compressed biocomposite body includes compressing a mass of biocomposite material comprised of discrete particles and a network of interconnected glucan-containing mycelia cells in the presence of heat and moisture into a compressed body having a density in excess of 18 pcf. Compression may take place batch wise in a press or continuously in a path of narrowing cross-section defined by a series of heated rollers.

Molded articles are provided. An exemplary molded article includes an inner panel portion, a main body portion, and a contoured portion extending between and interconnecting the inner panel portion and the main body portion so as to surround the inner panel portion and be surrounded by the main body portion. The contoured portion includes contoured corner segments and contoured elongated segments extending between respective pairs of the contoured corner segments. The contoured corner segments have a first maximum thickness. The contoured elongated segments have a second maximum thickness that is greater than the first maximum thickness. Related methods, assemblies, and apparatus are also provided.

In variants, the system can include a press frame, a set of conveyor systems, a set of core units, a set of pressure control systems, a power source, and/or any other suitable system components. The system components can cooperatively form a continuous press for manufacturing composite boards from composite board material by applying pressure and/or heat to the composite board material. In variants, the system can provide a modular, extensible, and lightweight continuous press that can be elongated or shortened by adding or removing modular core units to the core section.

Described herein is a process for producing a lignocellulosic composite, a binder composition suitable for use in said process, as well as a lignocellulosic composite which can be produced by the process of the invention, and its use. Moreover is described herein a kit for producing a binder composition for use in the production of a lignocellulosic composite and a respective use of such binder composition.

A board includes cellulose-containing materials, such as plant fibres and/or wood chips and/or wood parts, and a glue which connects these cellulose-containing materials to each other. The glue is a glue based on hyperbranched polyamides. A method is provided for making such boards and a glue for such boards

The invention consists of a rigid material 1 for construction or furniture, comprising fibrous particles bonded together by a binder, and its method of manufacture. The fibrous particles are textile fibers, and the binder belongs to the family of thermoplastic or thermosetting materials such as epoxy resins. The proportion of binder in the total weight is between 10% and 50%. The rigid material can be produced in the form of panels 2 or furniture components.

The general inventive concepts relate to engineered wood products. The engineered wood products demonstrate improved properties including acoustic damping, fire resistance, and water absorption relative to similar engineered wood products that comprise only a single source of fibers. In contrast, the inventive engineered wood products include a combination of at least two types of fibers.

The present disclosure describes laminate wood or wood products capable of retaining a wood stain or colorant. The unique resin binder formulations and products include porosity-promoting agents that result in the resin binder having a porous surface capable of being stained with a wood stain or other colorant, while still having the favorable properties of traditional laminate products. The methods of the invention produce a laminate wood or wood product that can be stained with a variety of stains and colorants after manufacturing to suit the individual builder's or homeowner's preference. The stainable laminate products may include a decorative paper layer sandwiched between a backing layer and a resin binder layer embedded with a porosity agent, such as, silica, wax, mica, calcium carbonate, silane, kaolin clay, crystalline silica, corn starch, feldspar, talc, or combinations thereof. The stainable resin binder layer optionally has a textured top surface.

The present disclosure describes laminate wood or wood products capable of retaining a wood stain or colorant. The unique resin binder formulations and products include porosity-promoting agents that result in the resin binder having a porous surface capable of being stained with a wood stain or other colorant, while still having the favorable properties of traditional laminate products. The methods of the invention produce a laminate wood or wood product that can be stained with a variety of stains and colorants after manufacturing to suit the individual builder's or homeowner's preference. The stainable laminate products may include a decorative paper layer sandwiched between a backing layer and a resin binder layer embedded with a porosity agent, such as, silica, wax, mica, calcium carbonate, silane, kaolin clay, crystalline silica, corn starch, feldspar, talc, or combinations thereof. The stainable resin binder layer optionally has a textured top surface.