Each material brings its own Strengths and weaknesses With itself, which is why the choice of the right material is crucial for your office furnishings. So let's take a look at how the wood materials differ with regard to their properties, applications, etc. This gives you a comprehensive overview and can then make a well -founded decision for your individual needs. Whether stability, aesthetics or costs - here you can find out which wood material fits best with your requirements.

1. Spanning slabs

Spanboards are the underestimated heroes of the wood materials and far better than their reputation. In chipboard, many still think of harmful evaporation and less sustainable production methods - the modern chipboard contains only minimal formaldehyde, namely even less than an apple. A lot has happened in terms of environmental friendliness, because today up to 80 % of a tree can be used and thus more than with solid wood. The advantages of chipboard are obvious: they are light and thinwhat makes them ideal for wall cupboards, blinds and graceful fronts. In addition, the panels that are pressed into shape from glued wood chips are pressed under pressure, inexpensive, which is why they are very popular in the furniture industry. In the furniture industry there are chipboard with Decorative coating The standard. These plates, mostly coated with melamine resin, have the advantage that they are available in many different decors and thus ideally adapted to your office furnishings. A small disadvantage is the nature of the edges, because since the surfaces are pressed thicker than the core, gross and uncolored edges often arise. The solution: melamine or more robust ABS.

2. MDF

MDF (Density Fiberboard medium) stands for medium -density fiber panels. Made from fine wood fibers, which are mixed with adhesive and pressed under pressure and heat into plates, they offer high density and homogeneity. These properties give MDF plates an impressive Load capacity, stability as well as breaking and bending strengthwhat makes you ideal for table tops, large wardrobe doors and shelves. Other areas of application include the interior and roof expansion, carrier panels for laminate, the construction of speaker boxes and door and shopping. Thanks to their smooth surface, MDF panels are easy paint, coat and veneer - which offers a wide range of possible uses. Before painting, however, the edges must be sealed and sanded smoothly. Another plus point is that MDF panels do not splinter and enable clean cut edges when sawing. Although MDF is cheaper than solid wood, it offers similar aesthetics and functionality. There are also special variants such as flame-retardant or bending MDF panels that expand the application spectrum.

3. HDF

High -compressed fiber plates, also known as HDF (High Density Fiberboard), are extremely resilient and solid wood materials that are used in numerous areas, for example in the automotive industry, in trade fair construction and in the packaging industry. They are produced by the chopping of wood using hot steam and then pressing pressing in the wet process. This creates a plate that is due to its High density and strength distinguishes, although it is often thinner than an MDF plate. In addition, the material is extremely Form -stable and robust. These properties make HDF particularly suitable for under -deck plates for roof coverings and in furniture construction, where it is used, for example, as a drawer floor, back wall of cupboards and partitions.

4. Multiplex

Multiplex is plywood and mostly consists of birch, spruce, maple or beech. In manufacture, the veneer layers with waterproof glue are pressed together under high pressure. The difference to normal plywood panels lies in the thickness and the number of layers. Because Multiplex consists of at least five cross -cruciform -glued wooden veneer layers and is therefore at least 12 mm thick. The staggered structure of wood veneer layers gives the material an extraordinary Stability and shape resistancethat is superior to the solid wood. For example, changes due to moisture can be largely prevented. In terms of price, multiplex is also as cost -intensive as solid wood. The panels are used in particular for shelves, tables and cupboards that have a high resilience require.