[Explanation] From "fire stick" to "wood" to "quality wood", from chemical treatment to more environmentally friendly physical treatment, researchers from the Rubber Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences use "zero-additive" technology to continuously improve rubber wood "Worth".
Floors, tables, cultural and creative products... The reporter recently saw many new uses of rubber wood after the "status" has increased at the Rubber Institute of the Chinese Academy of Thermal Sciences.
[Concurrent] Li Min, Associate Researcher, Research Office of Comprehensive Utilization of Rubber Wood and Tropical Forest, Rubber Institute, Chinese Academy of Thermal Sciences
After our treatment, because its stability has been improved and its processing performance has also been improved, so at this time we found that we can try to consider using it to develop a variety of products.
[Explanation] It is understood that Hainan Province, one of China's main natural rubber production areas, has more than 8 million acres of national natural rubber production bases.
The increase in the "gold content" of rubber wood will also accelerate the renewal of the old rubber plantations in Hainan, increase employment, and increase the income of rubber farmers.
[Concurrent] Li Jianing, Director of Comprehensive Utilization Research Office of Rubber Wood and Tropical Forest, Rubber Institute, Chinese Academy of Thermal Sciences
This kind of tree provides latex for humans during its growth (existence), so that natural materials can provide this kind of wood after it is cut down.
And for our Hainan industry, the upgrading of these traditional industries in our rubber planting areas, in our (cities) and counties, increasing employment rates, and improving our local rural revitalization, its comprehensive income and industrial chain income are still quite impressive. Characteristic industry.
[Explanation] It is understood that in the 1970s, the older generation of scientists from the Chinese Academy of Thermal Sciences used chemical treatment technology to turn this "fire stick" into a commercial material for furniture.
Beginning in 2008, the research personnel of the institute began to tackle the second-generation rubber wood modification technology, that is, the carbonized rubber wood production process. Using environmentally friendly physical methods, the stability and corrosion resistance of rubber wood have been greatly improved, and it can not only be manufactured It can be made into more high-end furniture, and can also be made into solid wood flooring, cultural and creative products, or combined with other processing techniques to be applied to outdoor buildings such as wooden planks and wooden houses.
[Concurrent] Li Jianing, Director of Comprehensive Utilization Research Office of Rubber Wood and Tropical Forest, Rubber Institute, Chinese Academy of Thermal Sciences
When tested by a national third-party authority, it fully meets our national standards, that is, the quality of solid wood flooring requires stability and processing performance.
Especially in terms of stability, its performance is relatively good.
[Explanation] According to Li Jianing, director of the Rubber Wood and Tropical Forest Comprehensive Utilization Research Office of the Rubber Institute of the Chinese Academy of Thermal Sciences, the quality of carbonized rubber wood is now close to mid-range tropical rain forest natural hardwood, and the production cost is very low.
Rubber wood is a fast-growing plantation wood, and its supply is stable. The promotion of carbonized rubber wood will greatly increase the self-sufficiency rate of China's wood.
Li Yufan Hainan Comprehensive Report
Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]