In Finland, softwood
bark tannins would be well suited for adhesive production for the manufacturing of wood products at sawmills.
«New products from bark to replace fossil compounds: Adhesives and insulating foams from softwood
bark tannins.»
«The application potential of wood
bark tannins is great.
Not exact matches
They have developed methods to extract
tannins from native tree
bark and tested their suitability in the production of adhesives for fibreboards and chipboards.
Tree
bark of native conifers is never used in commercial
tannin extraction.
Studies conducted by the National Research Programme «Resource Wood» show that
tannins extracted from native tree
bark can be used to produce adhesives and composite materials.
These properties are not necessarily attributable to the
tannins themselves but to other components that are extracted from the
bark.
Bark - based
tannins are already being used to bind not only wood products but also other fibrous materials.
At least 130 kg of crude
tannin powder can be produced from one tonne of dry wood
bark, still leaving 87 % of the original
bark mass available for incineration.
As part of the international ERA - NET project, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd developed, in collaboration with its partners, a
tannin extraction process from
bark material generated as a by - product in the paper and wood industry to give added value to the fraction currently used for incineration.
The extraction process is quite simple:
tannin can be extracted from
bark using hot water, after which the extract is dried into a powder.
One tonne of dry wood
bark yields at least 130 kg of
tannin powder, leaving 87 % of the original
bark mass available for incineration.
Extract from spruce
bark, however, also contains other compounds, carbohydrates in particular, which limits the use of crude
tannin.
The witch hazel leaves and
bark from which the extract is distilled contain up to 10 %
tannins by weight.
The medicinal properties of aspen trees is additionally supported by the unique mixture of
tannins, triterpenes, and other compounds found in their
bark extract.
The powerful astringent properties lie in the
bark, and although it is used for smoking fish and furniture making, it is also a high source of
tannins and iron.
It's also rich in
tannin to tighten enlarged pores and features 88 % willow
bark extract to fight acne and kill bacteria.
[23][28] They are highly resistant to disease, due to a thick protective
bark and high
tannin content.
The
bark contains
tannin for tanning leathers.