Abstracts Book - IMRC 2018

• SB3-P002
ANALYSIS AND TRANSFORMATION OF GUADUA: WASTE TO
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS
Carlos Andres Herrera 1 , Vivian Liceth Suárez Moreno 1
1 Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano, antioquia, Colombia.
This study is framed in the field of the materials engineering for the purpose of
developing sustainable products.
The Guadua (Guadua angustifolia biotype Macana) is a traditional plant known
since the time of the colony, is characterized by its rapid growth (21 cm per day),
its low cost of production, easy propagation and management, make it a highly
resource Renewable and a viable alternative to timber resources.
In the development and transformation of this resource are generated various
wastes such as sawdust and small cuts, which are the main input for this
research.
This study aims to characterize through standardized tests Guadua waste
generated during its use (sawdust, small cuts), which would serve as
reinforcement along with three types of resins (matrix) evaluated to obtain
panels with better mechanical characteristics that will serve as input for the
development of new products in the furniture, construction and decoration
sector.
Acknowledgment:
Acknowledgment for a Metropolitan Technological Institute
Keywords: Guadua, waste, industrial products
Presenting authors email: andresherrera1978@hotmail.com