TY - JOUR A2 - Fenniri, Hicham AU - Wagner, Kerstin AU - Schnabel, Thomas AU - Barbu, Marius-Catalin AU - Petutschnigg, Alexander PY - 2015 DA - 2015/12/31 TI - Analysis of Selected Properties of Fibreboard Panels Manufactured from Wood and Leather Using the Near Infrared Spectroscopy SP - 691796 VL - 2015 AB - This paper deals with the characterization of the properties of wood fibres leather shavings composite board by using the near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and multivariate data analysis. In this study fibreboards were manufactured with different leather amounts by using spruce fibres, as well as vegetable and mineral tanned leather shavings (wet white and wet blue). The NIR spectroscopy was used to analyse the raw materials as well as the wood leather fibreboards. Moreover, the physical and mechanical features of the wood leather composite fibreboards were determined to characterize their properties for the further data analysis. The NIR spectra were analysed by univariate and multivariate methods using the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and the Partial Least Squares Regression (PLSR) method. These results demonstrate the potential of FT-NIR spectroscopy to estimate the physical and mechanical properties (e.g., bending strength). This phenomenon provides a possibility for quality assurance systems by using the NIRS. SN - 1687-9449 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/691796 DO - 10.1155/2015/691796 JF - International Journal of Spectroscopy PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -