Panels & Furniture Asia March/April 2018

16 NEWS
STEINERT ANNOUNCES SECOND
TECHNOLOGY DAY IN BANGKOK
The second Technology Day on May 17 will focus on surface technology.
The fi rst Steinert Technology Day on April 28, 2017
THE Steinert PUR line STM-FL 1300 will be on display to
demonstrate the advantages and flexibility of flat lamination
in combination with Steinert’s ADINO® PUR hotmelt adhesive.
It is not only furniture panels that can be laminated with
acrylic sheets and foils. With the right press options, doors and
honeycomb panels can be produced in through-feed with the
water and heat-resistant PUR adhesive.
Besides the lamination line, a Venjakob spray machine will
be on display, as well as various AES CNC machines and the
Houfek sander Buldog B 7 for solid wood and veneer sanding.
There will also be demonstrations of the ADINO® hotmelt range
on various Turanlar edgebanding machines.
Experts from Europe will be around to answer questions
during one-on-one sessions, sharing their knowledge of
the best machines and consumable selections. Expect too,
specialists in the field of laminates, adhesives, edgebanding
material, tools and paint. The Steinert Technical Sales Team
from all of its Southeast Asian offices will also be around to
serve their customers.
The event will close with a social gathering over a
traditional Beer-and-BBQ dinner under the stars. ℗
FIREPROOF WOODEN PILLAR COULD
DRIVE THE ADVENT OF MORE WOODEN
HIGH-RISES IN FUTURE
A Japanese construction company
has developed a wooden pillar
capable of withstanding fire for
three hours without burning down.
Shelter Co.’s invention will allow
future wooden buildings to be
larger-scaled, scoring one for highrise
wood construction.
“Japan has a tradition of
wooden buildings, such as Shinto
shrines and Buddhist temples,
that are unparalleled in the world,”
Shelter President Kazuyoshi Kimura
said in an interview with the Asahi
Shimbun. “We would also be able
to pursue urban planning with
wooden buildings even when it
comes to modern architecture,
where fi re resistance and safety
are required.”
The pillar is a three-ply
structure made of plasterboards
covered with a rectangular wooden
pillar. The plasterboards, in turn,
A rendering of the pillar, where a rectangular
wooden pillar is covered with plasterboards,
which are, in turn, wrapped in yet
another layer of wood.
Image credit: Shelter Co.
are wrapped with yet another layer
of wood.
When tested in a furnace, the
wooden cover as well as wet plaster
kept the interior rectangular pillar
safe. There were no burn marks
on it even after being exposed to
temperatures up to 1,000 degrees
Celsius for 12 hours.
Shelter originally patented
their invention in 2009, and
produced wooden products that
could be used as pillars, walls or
other building components capable
of resisting fire for an hour in 2013,
followed by more products that
could withstand flames for two
hours in 2015.
The company has attained
approval from the Ministry of
Land, Infrastructure, Transport and
Tourism to apply the technology
in structures reaching over 15
storeys. ℗
March / April 2018 • Issue 2 • PANELS & FURNITURE ASIA