Differentiate your business with wood bending technology, creating modern curved furniture products tailored to unique designs and standing out to customers. While some businesses may have already applied the technique of bending plywood or solid wood, optimizing production costs is the key factor determining the success of a manufacturing business.
1/Methods for bending engineered wood
2/Highly effective methods for bending solid wood
Differentiate your business with wood bending technology, creating modern curved furniture products tailored to unique designs and standing out to customers. While some businesses may have already applied the technique of bending plywood or solid wood, optimizing production costs is the key factor determining the success of a manufacturing business
Wood Bending Methods
From the starting point of a log until the final product, such as furniture, the wood used in architecture and interior design must undergo several stages and processes. So, to find a curved piece of wood, are designers forced to choose logs that already have the permitted curvature, or are there actually specific wood bending technologies available? Let’s explore the secrets below
1/ Methods for Bending Engineered Wood
What is Plywood?
Plywood is a type of layered panel created from multiple thin veneer sheets of the same size, continuously stacked on top of each other, following the grain direction of each layer. The veneer layers are bonded together using specialized glue.
Typically, after slicing the wood into individual sheets using a horizontal slicing saw (or veneer slicer), a hydraulic cold press is used to apply compressive force to bond the sheets together with the specialized adhesive. However, if a business needs to bend the wood, more advanced equipment must be used.
High-Frequency Bending Press
The machine is designed with one high-frequency generator cabinet and two cold presses. To successfully press the desired product, a forming mold (or shaping jig) is required. The pressing time varies depending on the product, ranging from 10 to 15 minutes.
Features
– Used for bending various types of plywood, MDF, and HDF, such as components for office chairs, tables, sofas, bed slats (or bed frames), cabinet doors, etc.
– After pressing, the workpiece’s shape will be firm and permanent (or stable and unchanging).
– Utilizing high-frequency waves shortens processing time and saves electricity consumption.
– The machine can create curved profiles (or complex curves) in a very short time, producing high-quality products.
2/ Highly Effective Methods for Bending Solid Wood
Wood is a material substance primarily composed of basic components such as: cellulose (40-50%), hemicellulose (15-25%), lignin (15-30%), and some other substances. It is mainly harvested from woody plants.
Because it is harvested directly from planted forests and undergoes rigorous drying and curing processes, the internal structure and bonding (or integrity) in solid wood is extremely strong.
Bending solid wood is accomplished by softening and bending the entire solid piece. The whole piece of solid wood can be processed into curved parts of various shapes, such as L, U, O, and S shapes, which can be used in the furniture industry.
Wood Softening Chamber
The chamber used for softening wood before bending (often called a steam box) is designed to immerse the wood in a high-temperature environment that includes steam and moisture.
When the temperature reaches its peak, lignin (a complex organic polymer that binds cellulose fibers and provides rigidity to plant cell walls) is neutralized/softened, making the bending process easier.
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Wood Compression Machine
Used to compress the wood to its maximum elongation (or pre-stress the wood) which makes multi-dimensional bending easier. With high compression force, your production time will be significantly shortened
Used for joining small curved parts and multi-dimensional curved workpieces.
Suitable for compressing hard oak, cherry, oak, elm, walnut, and others.
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High-Frequency Natural Wood Bending Machine
After the wood is removed from the softening chamber (or steam box), it is placed into a press containing the desired mold (or form). Here, the wood is pressed with great force combined with high-frequency waves, which significantly shortens the pressing time
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Advantages of Natural Wood Bending
Environmentally friendly, with no chemical additives.
Smooth curves with excellent plasticity (or flexibility), allowing for not only two-dimensional curve shapes like L, U, and S, but also multi-dimensional spatial curves.
No joints, no connecting lines (or seams), resulting in high strength (or high durability)
The two methods above are the most modern and highest-performing techniques currently used for bending or pressing wood. Applying this technology to manufacturing will help your business achieve great profits as well as reduce resource waste
Address to View High-Frequency Wood Bending Press
The showroom displaying all of Quốc Duy’s woodworking machine lines is located at 401 To Ngoc Van Street, Thanh Xuan Ward, District 12, Ho Chi Minh City (TPHCM). Quốc Duy will provide you with a great experience when you visit our showroom.
You will receive dedicated and detailed consultation from leading engineers with decades of experience in the industry. Furthermore, we will operate the machines and run sample tests so you can be more confident in the quality of the products Quốc Duy supplies.
Quotation for Industrial and Natural Wood Bending Lines
For detailed consultation that aligns with your business’s production scale and needs, please leave your information and Quốc Duy will contact you immediately. For all inquiries, please contact 0903 600 113.