Investigation of the differences between the glass-fiber fabric band and the edge bands in case-type furniture
This study was carried out to compare to the effects of glass-fiber fabric, which might be a new alternative edge band, to PVC and wood veneer edge bands which is used commonly in today’s furniture in wood-based materials melamine impregnated paper coated medium-density fiberboard and melamine impregnated paper coated particleboard on strength of corner joints. For this purpose, the 0.4 mm wood veneer, 0.4 mm PVC, 4 mm PVC, and fabric edge band were used as the edge bands. It was prepared 13 different configurations. The prepared test samples were subjected to the tension and compression tests. The data from the experiments was evaluated by means of multiple variance analysis. This study showed that the joint with the fabric edge band was 34% and 30% higher than 2 mm PVC band, 26% and 23% 0.4 mm PVC band, 22% and 22% 0.4 mm wood veneer band, and 16% and 23% higher than control (for tension and compression, respectively). In addition to, it is to be understood that the fabric may be used like as commercially available edge bands.