Bitoin, Borrice Angelo V. <br/><br/>
Development of fiberboard using dragon tail plant vines as raw material and epoxy resin as binder/ 
Borrice Angelo V. Bitoin, Kevin Bulawan, Jaynard P. Caadan, Reniel E. Dimatulac and Justine F. Nañez.-- 
 - Technological University of the Philippines, Manila.  2025 
 - x, 83 pages.  29cm 
<br/><br/> Bachelor's thesis 
<br/><br/>College of Industrial Technology.-- 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographic references and index. 
<br/><br/> The study aims to research and produce a locally available fiberboard using the Dragon<br/>Tail Plant (Tibatib) and epoxy resin as binder. Fiberboards were manufactured at the Forest<br/>Product Research and Development Institute at the University of Los Baños. The<br/>fiberboard produced is 75:25, 70:30, 65:35, 60:40, and 55:45 dragon tail plant and epoxy<br/>resin mix designs with 0.8 g/cc density. To determine the physical properties of dragon tail<br/>plant fiberboard all specimens were subjected to a series of tests, such as water absorption,<br/>thickness swelling, and relative density tests. To determine the mechanical properties of<br/>dragon tail plant fiberboard, all specimens were subjected to a series of tests, such as the<br/>modulus of rupture, internal bond, and face screw holding test. All results were compared<br/>b the Philippines National Standard (PNS ISO 16895:2017) and (PNS 230:1989)<br/>specification for fiberboard. Dragon tail plant fibers are not like other fibers that are usually<br/>used and knows; the fibers of this plant are not easily dried by the sun and should be used<br/>with different instruments to dry them fully. The ratio of 65:35 dragon tail plant and epoxy<br/>resin was this board’s maximum ratio. The board’s strength starts to decrease with the<br/>60:40 ratio because of the moisture content of the fibers. The recommendation of this<br/>research is to have more research to fully dry the fibers of the dragon tail plant using an<br/>oven or other instrument, extract the fibers of the dragon tail plant using the same method<br/>as sugarcane stems, cut the fibers into long pieces instead of 5 cm, and mix the binder very<br/>well so that it will get its full strength. The summary of the evaluation on the acceptability<br/>of the project study was “Very Acceptable.” This means that the properties and principles<br/>of using the dragon tail plant an alternative material in producing fiberboard and epoxy<br/>resin as a binder are effective.<br/>Keyword: dragon tail plant, epoxy resin, fiberboard 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Construction Technology <br/>Fiberboard
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BTH TH 438  / B58 2025