Performance of wooddowels and same size metallic connectors used for furniture joints

BAŞ, Seda and Dénes, Levente and Csiha, Csilla (2023) Performance of wooddowels and same size metallic connectors used for furniture joints. BULLETIN OF THE TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRASOV SERIES II - FORESTRY , WOOD INDUSTRY, AGRICULTURAL FOOD ENGINEERING, 16(65) Special Issue (3). pp. 23-38. ISSN 2065-2135

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Abstract

For a circular and sustainable economy, reuse of wood furniture parts also gathers increasing importance. Disassemblablejointsand the purposefully developed elements may support the reuse. Despite the relatively high number of structural connectors, newly developed fittings appear on the market combining the advantages of the previous ones or introducing new solutions, like the Domino dowels and connectors- developed to make strong hidden joints. In furniture manufacturing both panel and frame elements are jointed for load bearing, semi-load bearing or non-load bearing connections. Metallic Domino connectors were recently developed and recommended by the manufacturer as only connecting elements and not supporting elements of furniture constructions. In daily practice the general consideration exists that these metallic connectors are strong enough to perform good as load bearing elements as well. The main goal of this research was to examine the strength of corner (L) and T joints made with the upper wooddowels and metallic connectors, in order to compare their performance. For the experiments same sized wood dowels and metallic connectors were used. The tension and compression test results indicate that the type of joint (corner versus T) is a stronger influencing factor of the performance, than the type of jointing element (wood dowel vs. metallic connector). Domino dowels are manufactured in different sizes. Further research focuses on finding the wood dowel equivalent to a given metallic connector of different size.

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engineering and technology > material sciences and technologies

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Soproni Egyetem

Item Type:	Article
SWORD Depositor:	Teszt Sword
Depositing User:	Csaba Horváth
Identification Number:	MTMT:34430026
Date Deposited:	15 Jan 2024 08:52
Last Modified:	15 Jan 2024 08:52
URI:	http://publicatio.uni-sopron.hu/id/eprint/2932

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