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Bamboo Floor Manufacturing123 Bamboo Flooring is owned & managed by Asian Sources since early

2006

All products are manufactured from carefully selected,

mature bamboo poles wic pro!ide te best strengt,stability and durability using modern tecnology and

e"uipment to produce eco#friendly products$

%n order to manufacture a product from bamboo, a lot

of attention needs to be paid to te place were te

bamboo is grown and ow it is ar!ested$ eterminingte origin and age of te bamboo is !ery important forguaranteeing te rigt ardness and color$

Bamboo slitting

'e bamboo stem, te (yllostacys (ubescens, is

sawn into small strips wic are ten planed smoot$'e green outer surface is remo!ed by planing so )ust

te ligt *wite + yellow inside remains$

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Raw bamboo slats - Raw material

-arboni.ation is a process of eating te bamboo slats

at ig temperature under controlled air#conditions$ 'elonger te fiber is pressure steamed, te dar/er te

sugar compounds become$

Carbonization and anti-insect treatment

Bamboo can a!e different color sades *ligter and

dar/er according to !arious en!ironmental factors$epending on te area of origin, te ground constitution

and climate *number of ours of sunsine, amount ofrain, temperature, etc$ !ariations in te density and

compleion of te material can occur$ to 6 year oldbamboo stems are used for most of te products$ %f te

bamboo is younger, te color will generally be ligter

and te ardness and tougness will be less$

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Inspection of bamboo slats

%t is important to process, treat and dry te ar!ested

bamboo stems witin a few days after ar!esting$Bamboo becomes dar/er, as well as more prone to

insect infections and te de!elopment of mould andbacteria, if te *wet stems are stored for longer, gi!ing

te end product dar/er blemises or a dar/er coloredsurface$ %n tis respect te season of te ar!est is also

important$ 'e winter ar!est, for eample, is dryerand easier to /eep te rigt color tan te wet ar!est

at te beginning of te year and in early summer$

Gluing of slats

Before drying *wic ma/es it arder for organisms to

de!elop bamboo also undergoes a treatment were te

strips are boiled in a bat for about 3 ours$ A smallpercentage *1$ of water peroide is usually added

during tis boiling process$ 'e aim of te treatment isto remo!e te sugars present in te material and to /ill

any li!ing organisms$ %t also acts as a bleacing agent$

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Hydraulic hot press

Bamboo is caracteri.ed by ring#li/e tic/enings on te

stem$ (rocessed as floor or panel, tese parts are!isible as dar/er /nots$ %f te bamboo strips are

processed ori.ontally *plain pressed, ten tesebamboo /nots are clearly !isible$ 4en tey are

processed !ertically *side pressed te /nots are lessob!ious and te line patterning dominates$

aminated bamboo board

!ressed bamboo plan"s

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#ongue and glue molding

$anding

%luminum o&ide '( coating

Surface -oating5 'e first finis application for pre#

finised plan/ is te sealer coat followed by te

aluminum oide coat tat protects te fiber$ 'e tirdcoat is te aluminum oide sealer coat, followed by two

coats of ig "uality scratc#resistant polyuretane for

easy refinising$

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Final inspection of finished bamboo floor

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