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Little Secrets for the Successful Industrial Use of Tannin Adhesives: A Review
Antonio Pizzi*
LERMAB, EA 4370-USC INRAE, University of Lorraine, Blvd des Aiguillettes, Nancy, 54506, France
* Corresponding Author: Antonio Pizzi. Email:
(This article belongs to the Special Issue: Renewable and Biosourced Adhesives-2023)
Journal of Renewable Materials 2023, 11(9), 3403-3415. https://doi.org/10.32604/jrm.2023.030930
Received 04 May 2023; Accepted 24 May 2023; Issue published 20 July 2023
Abstract
This brief article reviews a very particular and quite narrow field, namely what has been done and what is needed
to know for tannin adhesives for wood panels to succeed industrially. The present fashionable focus on bioadhesives has led to producing chemical adhesive formulations and approaches for tannin adhesives as a subject of
academic publications. These, as good and original they might be, are and will still remain a rather empty academic exercise if not put to the test of real industrial trials and industrial use. They will remain so without the
“little” secrets and techniques outlined here that show that there is a great gap between developing an adhesive
formulation in the laboratory and the hard reality to make it work where it does really count, in its industrial
application. It outlines the fact that even more modern and excellent, newly developed bioadhesive formulations
might well miserably fail once tried in the industry if the problems that always arise in their upgrading are not
identified and solved, and solved well. It also outlines the fact that not only must costs always be taken into
account and that a practical and possibly easy-to-handle approach must always be used, but too expensive or
complex and unyielding adhesive systems are also often shown to be unusable or unsuitable in industry.
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APA Style
Pizzi, A. (2023). Little secrets for the successful industrial use of tannin adhesives: A review. Journal of Renewable Materials, 11(9), 3403-3415. https://doi.org/10.32604/jrm.2023.030930
Vancouver Style
Pizzi A. Little secrets for the successful industrial use of tannin adhesives: A review. J Renew Mater. 2023;11(9):3403-3415 https://doi.org/10.32604/jrm.2023.030930
IEEE Style
A. Pizzi, "Little Secrets for the Successful Industrial Use of Tannin Adhesives: A Review," J. Renew. Mater., vol. 11, no. 9, pp. 3403-3415. 2023. https://doi.org/10.32604/jrm.2023.030930