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Describing the sticking phenomenon of aminoplastic resins: dependency on temperature and relative humidity

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A previously developed rheometer-based method to examine undesired cold tack (“sticking”) of aminoplastic resins to machinery parts was further modified to enable climate depending measurements. It could be shown that both relative humidity and temperature influence sticking, resulting in a variation in the extent of sticking as well as in the time window of occurrence. The laboratory method has been successfully applied to explain cases of sticking in a particleboard factory.

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The authors thank the European Union and the state of Lower Austria for financial support through EFRE (ERDF; European Regional Development Fund), project number WST3-T-9/021-2012).

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  1. Wood K plus, Competence Centre for Wood Composites and Wood Chemistry, Altenberger Straße 69, 4040, Linz, Austria

    Alexandra Himsel & Hendrikus W. G. van Herwijnen

  2. Department of Material Science and Process Engineering, Institute of Wood Technology and Renewable Materials, BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Universitäts-und Forschungszentrum Tulln, Konrad Lorenz Straße 24, 3430, Tulln, Austria

    Ulrich Müller

  3. Metadynea Austria GmbH, Hafenstraße 77, 3500, Krems, Austria

    Johann Moser & Wolfgang Kantner

  4. Fritz Egger GmbH & Co. OG, Tiroler Straße 16, 3105, Unterradlberg, Austria

    Roland Mitter & Jürgen Gießwein

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Himsel, A., van Herwijnen, H.W.G., Moser, J. et al. Describing the sticking phenomenon of aminoplastic resins: dependency on temperature and relative humidity. Eur. J. Wood Prod. 74, 31–36 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-015-0990-1

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