HIGH DENSITY HARD BOARD FROM BAGASSE

  Fiberboard is a low-density insulation board used for housing, roofing, and office furnishings. Hardboard is similar to fiberboard, except that hardboard is more dense than fiberboard. Hardboard is used for applications in housing (e.g., exterior siding, garage doors, and interior door facings), furniture, store fixtures, automotive interiors, and toys. The most frequently used raw material for production of fiberboard products is wood chips which are first softened in a pressurized steam vessel (digester) and then refined or pulped into wood fibers. The fibers may then be mixed with resin, formed into mats, and pressed and/or dried to form panel products. Other materials may be added during manufacture to improve certain properties such as stiffness, hardness, finishing properties, resistance to abrasion and moisture, as well as to increase strength, durability and utility.

Hardboard/fiberboard manufacturing falls under the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code 2493, for “Reconstituted Wood Products”, which also includes oriented strand board, medium density fiberboard, and particleboard. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code for hardboard/fiberboard is 321219, for “Reconstituted Wood Product Manufacturing”.

There are three basic grades or qualities of hard board: Utility, standard and tempered or treated grade. The utility grade is lower in density, strength and other properties than the others; hence it is used where requirements and exposures are not severe.  The standard grade is the quality in greatest demand for general  use.  The tempered or treated grade is treated with oil blends or similar compounds after pressing to make it stronger and more water resistant; it, is used where requirements are most exacting.  The choice of board for a particular application is a matter of  balancing  costs against the  requirements  for  use.  Practice varies from area to area.  For example, standard quality hardboard  is  sufficiently durable for nearly  all  interior  or exterior  purposes, particularly protected with a paint or  other film,  but tempered quality hardboard may be required in  certain areas because the tempered board changes dimensions less  rapidly with  changes  in relative humidity or upon  occarional  wetting. Changes  in dimension may produce objectionable buckling  if  the hardboard  is rightly confined at the edges.

INTRODUCTION
DEFINITION AND CLASSIFICATION OF FIBRE BOARD
DIMENSION AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC FIBRES
PROPERTIES
USES AND APPLICATIONS
MARKET SURVEY
WOOD, PLYWOOD AND PANEL INDUSTRY – US$157.97 BILLION GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY
EXPORTS OF PLYWOOD, WOOD AND PANEL PRODUCTS FROM INDIA
EXPORT OF HARD BOARD/FIBER BOARD FROM INDIA
PRESENT MANUFACTURERS OF HARD BOARDS
DETAILS OF ADHESIVE AND BONDING
PROCESS DESCRIPTION FOR HARD BOARD MANUFACTURING
B.I.S SPECIFICATIONS
MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF HIGH DENSITY HARD BOARD FROM BAGASSE
PROCESS DETAILS
SANDING AND FINISHING
PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM
SEQUENCES IN FIBER BOARD MANUFACTURING
DIFFERENT PROCESS TO MANUFACTURE FIBRE BOARD
MANUFACTURE OF MEDIUM DENSITY FIBER BOARD (MDF)/HIGH DENSITY FIBER BOARD (HDF)                       EMISSION AND CONTROLS IN HARD BOARD/FIBRE BOARD MILLS
PLANT LAYOUT
PRINCIPLES OF PLANT LAYOUT
PLANT LOCATION FACTORS
EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED IN THE PROJECT REPORT
SUPPLIERS OF PLANT AND MACHINERIES (IMPORTED)
SUPPLIERS OF PLANT AND MACHINERIES (INDIAN)
SUPPLIERS OF RAW MATERIALS

APPENDIX – A :

1.      COST OF PLANT ECONOMICS
2.      LAND & BUILDING
3.      PLANT AND MACHINERY
4.      FIXED CAPITAL INVESTMENT
5.      RAW MATERIAL
6.      SALARY AND WAGES
7.      UTILITIES AND OVERHEADS
8.      TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL
9.      COST OF PRODUCTION
10.      PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS
11.      BREAK EVEN POINT
12.      RESOURCES OF FINANCE
13.      INTEREST CHART
14.      DEPRECIATION CHART
15.      CASH FLOW STATEMENT
16.      PROJECTED BALANCE SHEET