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Resins For Making Plastic
Composite Decking
Want to use recycled resins for making plastic composite decking? To reduce wood consumption, government sponsored green building programs often reward manufacturers for using materials and products that contain recycled plastic content. At NPI we believe that plastic composite decking promotes the efficient use of energy, water and materials. They reduce the impact of a building's imprint on the environment and can mean significant energy savings for builders, facility managers, interior designers, engineers and architects. Plastic composite decking is green in that it encourages the conservation of wood resources and the efficient use of recycled plastics.
Using recycled post industrial scrap, we have developed polymers for use in making a variety of green building products including composite decking. Our specialty polymers include high density polyethylene: NPI – 04HDPE Mixed Color, linear and low density polyethylene: NPI – 01LL/LD Mixed Color. Both are ideal as a quality material alternative to wood and can be used to make wood composites from paneling and profiles to plastic composite decking and edgings.
What is Plastic Composite Decking
Similar to a floor, a decking is a wooden platform built outdoors
above the ground and connected to the back of a home or building. It is
usually built with a railing for safety and is accessed from the house
through sliding doors and from the ground using a stairway. Decking is used in a number of ways: for expanding
the living area of a home, as a foundation for a porch or verandah, or
as an alternative to stone patios. Decks are made
from a number of materials, including treated wood, teak hardwood, recycled high density
polyethylene, or a combination of plastics and wood fiber often called composite
decking. While non-wood decking alternatives are found everywhere, plastic composite
decking comes the closest to
imitating real wood.
Benefits of Using Polyethylene for Plastic Composite Decking
Plastic decking makes excellent use of recycled polyethylene and is an
effective alternative to wood, protecting our forests and preventing the
use of chemical treatments. Unlike wood decking, a composite decking
requires little maintenance, i.e., power washing and sealing, and will
not crack, twist and warp, or splinter. It also fairly
resilient to shock, making it an extremely durable component in exterior
and landscaping applications. It can accept most types of fasteners and
can be modified using standard saws. A mixture of wood and plastic offers several advantages
not available to wood or plastic decking. Using wood fiber and
plastic, wood composite decking is well suited for creating beautiful
outdoor living environments that are durable and maintenance free. Wood
composite decking doesn't require painting or staining, is lightweight
and easy to handle, and is like working with wood that is far more durable.
- Aesthetically Beautiful
- More Durable
- Maintenance Free
- Nontoxic
- Rigid and Strong
- Moisture Resistant
- Doesn't Wrap, Rot, Crack or Splinter
Resin Selection for Composite Decking
Selecting the right plastic decking material is critical
to the manufacturing of wood composite decking. Faced with
so many options, and so many available resins and specialty polymers,
decking manufacturers have to balance competing considerations, what will
be required of the product in a wide range of environments versus a trouble free, cost effective
production process. Understanding how a polymer behaves when mixed with
wood is paramount. Like its wood counterpart, plastic has a host of different
properties under the categories of physical, mechanical, thermal, and
electrical. There are also several properties peculiar to plastic that
are important for processing them.
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