Fabrication of Binder-free Green Composite Using Bamboo Fibers Oriented to Sustainable Manufacturing System

Abstract

Natural fiber is paid attention as an environmentally superior material. It is known that a bamboo has higher growth speed. Therefore, we proposed a sustainable manufacturing system using bamboo. An extraction method of bamboo fibers end-milled from bamboo using a machining center with in-situ measurement is proposed in the previous report. As a result, it was shown that bamboo fibers with high precision shape could be acquired efficiently. In the present report, fabrication of binder-free composite was performed using the bamboo fibers by hot press forming method.