If you like to breathe life into your apartment , and are looking for the best ways to do that, you would know what wpc decking is. For those who don’t know, WPC composite decking is a decking material professionals derive from combining wood and plastic in a particular way. This means that composite decking possesses benefits of both plastic and timber.
The sales status of composite decking
Although this form of decking material solution has always been popular, the pandemic brought plastic composites into the limelight. Due to the impact of the pandemic, household furnishings made from WPC have skyrocketed. Some of the composite products include garden wpc decking, wall panels, and WPC fences.
Now that the pandemic is coming to an end, composite materials are sale has continued to soar. Now, it has become a favorite among users, with many of them choosing this lightweight composite material over its predecessors.
Despite this fact, there are still a lot of people who don’t know anything about this new recycled plastic material product, and how it’s different from the timber decking in the decking market. Additonally, they do not know its advantages and properties. Luckily, this article will help to explain all you need to know about it, and why you should think about getting composite flooring installed in your house not the timber flooring.
The Main Components Of Wood Plastic composites Product
As you may already know, there is a lot of things that need to be added to the wood flour and recycled plastic product mixture so as to stay together. Without these components, the wood plastic product cannot be created. That said, here are the main components of these wood plastic components.
Raw material content
The main ingredients of WPC are wood and plastic. It is important to know what proportions make up a good WPC product. In any WPC product, the wood powder and wood particles constitutes about 60% of the whole product. The 60% is gotten from mixing ground wood particles. High-intensity plastic is about 30%, and other additives that improve the quality of the product are about 10%
Wood powder
Due to the amount of trees and wood particles around us, you can find wood anywhere. All you need to do is look around you. However, getting wood powder and wood fibres can be a little bit more tricky. The best places to find wood are in places where they process wood and forest nurseries. These places tend to have a lot of wood powder residue to use. Alternatively, you can find wood powder,landscaping timbers, and natural lumber at other places like crop straw, and from processing wasted wood.
Plastics
The most common type of plastic used to make Wood-plastic products are the waste thermoplastics. These waste thermoplastics include PE, PP, and PVC. You can use plastic bags, plastic bottles, and other plastic waste. But outdoor wpc products are usually add PE plastic, because it can better withstand the outdoor environmental impact.
The best thing about these products is that you can find them anywhere. People tend to throw away a lot of plastics away, so you can easily find some to recycle.
10% additives
Other additives and synthetic materials are added so as to improve the quality of the product. Antioxidants, anti-UV agents, insect repellents, and preservatives are among the commonly used additives.
The combination of these preservatives and additives protect the wood plastic composite product and polyvinyl chloride from getting eaten by termites, and reduce its susceptibility to decay, cracking, and fading. It also requires less maintenance.
After the combination, extrusion and molding process has started, the production of final shape will come next. These are mainly used in the building process, logistics packaging, and other industries to increase durability.
The Production Process of wpc decking
1,First mix PE plastic and wood fibers or other timber alternatives, add the pigment of choice, we can get wood plastic raw materials.
2,The desired shape is then extruded through a mold in a high-temperature machine and taken through a process called injection molding. In some cases, old materials are re melted and mixed with the new product.
3,The third step is to cut the boards and pack them into a pallet according to customer’s requirements in order to improve durability.
As a result, the client can obtain the products and use this unique combination of product in different outdoor construction projects. It is also used to make several products such as WPC stands. As shown in the following picture:
The Main Classification Of Wood-Plastic Products
Now that you know how wood-plastic products are made, it is important for you to learn about the main classification of a WPC decking.
PE Composite Products
PE WPC deck are products mainly used for outdoor garden products. This means that you can use it to produce things like flower ponds, garbage cans, pallets, etc. You can also use it for outdoor garden construction projects such as flooring and guardrails.
The main advantage about PE WPC is that this wood-plastic composite has amazing water highly resistance. You won’t have to come home to find a waterlogged garden when it rains. It also has high corrosion resistance, high hardness, and is environmentally friendly.
PVC Composite Products
These forms of wood-plastic composite is extremely common. This is because they are way less expensive than PE Wood.
For decoration, you can easily use either a surface decoration, also its highly resistant water absorption. Of the two, pvc decking is more suitable for indoor decoration.
The Differences Between PE Composite and PVC Composite
While PE and PVC Wood plastic composites are quite similar, they also possess quite a few differences, some of which are:
Different raw material
The first thing that differentiates these two products is the difference in ingredient. For PVC wood plastic, the raw materials are mainly resin powder and recycled plastics. On some occasions, you can find stone powder, modifiers, and so on.
On the other hand, PE wood plastic raw materials are secondary or tertiary recycled raw materials such as wood powder and calcium powder. Due to the fact PVC wood plastic uses pure materials instead of recycled plastic, it remains the more expensive variant.
Different production methods
The form of PVC composite production is mainly divided into vacuum forming, three-roller suspension, and the cold-push method. In contrast, the main way to produce PE composite is by the cold push method.
The Application Of Wood Plastic Composite Products
Although it may seem complex, the application of WPC composite material is quite simple. Below are some end users engineering pictures supplied by KR-WPC:
Composite Decking project
These wpc decking boards were manufactured by KR-WPC. With these pictures you can find from outdoors what’s WPC decking. It looks so much nicer than traditional wood decking, doesn’t it? If you are interested in this, please contact us for Free samples.
Wall cladding project
Wood plastic Composite wall panel has the advantage of high density, which make it better to be fixed on the wall by nails.
Fencing project
In fact, fences have a long history. And since 2015, users in Europe have been replacing real wood fence with composite fence. We have own design for fencing mounting accessories on concrete floors.
Conclusions
Wood composite product has become extremely popular. Now, people all over the world are choosing to use wood-plastic for their decking, wall cladding, railings and fences due to the fact that it’s stronger and more durable compared to pure timber.
The above are crucial facts to know about Composite decking, including how the main components, the production process. It also highlighted the difference between using PE and PVC composite.
Hopefully, this article would better inform you on the options you have, and the best one for you to pick keeping things in mind such as your budget, weather and so on.
FAQ :
1. What colors are available for wood plastic composite decking and do I need to paint?
Unlike solid wood, WPC deck can have many colors to choose from without painting, and due to the special molding process of WPC, it does not have the problem of color fading.
2. Is WPC deck more flammable than solid wood?
WPC is a Class B building material and has been tested for its combustion characteristics and is not more flammable than wood. The combustion temperature of WPC needs to reach 86 degrees and has the characteristic of flame retardant.
3. Is WPC deck made from recycled materials?
Yes. WPC is made from recycled plastic waste products and natural plant fibers such as waste wood chips or rice bran. And additives in the raw material keep it won’t rot.
4. How is WPC processed and do I need special tools?
WPC is as easy to process as wood, and in some ways even easier. Wood plastic can be cut and drilled with ordinary wood processing tools in most common method.
