The Effect of Milling of Some Industrial Boards with CNC Machine according to Different Cutting Depths on Wood Dust Emission

Year 2025, Volume: 10 Issue: 5, 597 - 605, 30.09.2025

Evren Osman Çakıroğlu

https://doi.org/10.35229/jaes.1730988

Abstract

Nowadays, industrial boards, whose use is constantly increasing, have gained an important place in furniture and interior furnishings. In this study, it was aimed to determine the effect of wood dust emission in milling medium density fiberboard (MDF), oriented strand board (OSB) and particle board (PB) industrial boards with CNC machine according to different plunge depths. The amounts of wood dust generated by the CNC machine according to different cutting depths (2-3-4 mm) were investigated. Wood dust emissions were analyzed by determining PM2.5 and PM10. This study shows that the plunge depth has a significant effect on PM. According to the average values of PM2.5 and PM10, the highest wood dust emission was measured as 68.90 µg/m³ and 92.83 µg/m³ in OSB at 2 mm plunge depth, respectively. The lowest wood dust emission was measured at 40.43 µg/m³ and 60.48 µg/m³ according to the average values of PM2.5 and PM10, respectively, at a depth of 3 mm for particleboard. With this study, exposure to wood dust, which is harmful to human health, will be reduced and the most appropriate depths of penetration can be suggested for MDF, OSB and particleboard, considering other cutting parameters.

Keywords

Wood dust emission , CNC , Industrial Board , Cutting depth

Endüstriyel Bazı Levhaların Cnc Makinası İle Farklı Kesme Derinliklerine Göre Frezelenmesi İşleminin Ahşap Toz Emisyonununa Etkisi

Abstract

Günümüzde kullanımı sürekli artan endüstriyel levhalar mobilya ve iç mekan donatılarında önemli bir yer edinmiştir. Bu çalışmada orta yoğunlukta lif levha (MDF), yönlendirilmiş yonga levha (OSB) ve yongalevha (PB) endüstriyel levhaların CNC makinası ile farklı kesme derinliklerine göre frezelenmesinde ahşap toz emisyonuna etkisinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. CNC makinasının farklı kesme derinliklerine göre (2-3-4 mm) oluşturduğu ahşap toz miktarları incelenmiştir. Ahşap tozu emisyonlarının PM2.5, PM10 belirlenerek analizleri yapılmıştır. Bu çalışma, kesme derinliğinin PM üzerinde önemli bir etkiye sahip olduğunu göstermektedir. PM2.5 ve PM10 ortalama değerlerine göre en yüksek ahşap toz emisyonu OSB’de 2 mm kesme derinliğinde sırasıyla 68.90 µg/m³ ve 92.83 µg/m³ olarak ölçülmüştür. En düşük ahşap toz emisyonu ise yongalevhada 3 mm kesme derinliğinde sırasıyla PM2.5 ve PM10 ortalama değerlerine göre 40.43 µg/m³ ve 60.48 µg/m³ değerlerinde ölçülmüştür. Bu çalışmayla birlikte insan sağlığı açısından zararlı olan ahşap tozlarına maruz kalma durumlarını azaltılarak MDF, OSB ve yongalevha için diğer kesme parametreleri de düşünülerek en uygun kesme derinlikleri önerilebilecektir.

Keywords

Ahşap toz emisyonu , CNC , Endüstriyel Levha , Kesme derinliği

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