Abstract
Recently, plastic products have been increasing. However, the final disposal sites of garbage are insufficient. Therefore, the material has to be developing that solves the problems. This paper describes the mechanical properties of press-molded products using short bamboo fiber bundles. Bamboo fibers can be molded such as plastic by hot pressing. In other words, it will reduce the effects of the environment that bamboo products replace the some plastic products. The tensile strength of the short bamboo fiber products increased with increasing molding temperature up to 140°C and decreased thereafter. The composites possessed tensile strength and Vickers hardness of 39 MPa and HV45, respectively.
