Panels & Furniture Asia January/February 2024

PANEL MANUFACTURING
customisation becomes a global trend,
now end users prefer to have their own
product.
The secrets to the system that creates
the five-layer SPB are high-quality
flaking, maintaining the size of the
flakes without generating dust, and
gentle handling. And to do that, it
is important to have a good-quality
flaker. “For example, our Globus SRC
Flaker has 690mm long blades which
allow the manufacturer to use bigger
chips and produce longer flakes than
the standard ones.”
LEGEND
1 PAL forming line
2 IMAL Glue Blender
3 IMAL high-pressure
resination
technology
“Gentle” drying of the flakes is also
equally important, which can be
achieved by IMAL’s Belt Dryer. “This
is to preserve the good shape of
the flakes throughout the drying
process,” said Nardin. “After which,
the screening is carried out first with
PAL’s Quadradyn, and then with an
oscillating screen; the combination
of this two-step screening ensures a
thorough and optimal screening of the
different flake sizes without breakage.
The production is completed by highpressure
glue resination by IMAL, and
a five-layer Dynaformer complete the
system with the Dynasteam press. This
results in properly glued flakes in the
Dynaformer and gentle pressing with
steam injection.”
As of the time of printing this article,
the Ningfeng plant is able to produce
up to 2,300m3 of five-layer SPB per
day, surpassing the expected daily
output of 1,800m3 that IMALPAL had
initially designed for Ningfeng.
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“We have to thank the Ningfeng
team for their ability to operate the
machinery to the best of their ability,”
said Nardin.
The other kinds of particleboard
production equipment that IMALPAL
supplied include the full Superscreen
and Wind Sifter sets for screening and
quality control of the flakes, IMAL’s
dosing system with three blenders for
the production of high-pressure, fine,
large SPB core and the regular core. P
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