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- Growing environmental awareness is shifting furniture production from traditional materials to sustainable options like natural-fiber-reinforced (NFR) composites.
- Consumer demand now emphasizes eco-friendly materials, sustainable manufacturing, and long-lasting furniture to minimize waste.
- The paper explores the key requirements for NFR composites in furniture, including performance factors, material selection, and relevant standards for testing their properties.
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Increasing environmental awareness has driven a shift in furniture production from traditional materials, such as wood and wood-based panels, to sustainable and environmentally friendly alternatives, such as natural-fiber-reinforced (NFR) composites. Environmental consciousness has become a key factor in both production and consumer choices, with growing demand for sustainably sourced materials, eco-friendly manufacturing processes, and durable furniture that helps reduce the impact of disposable products on the environment. This paper analyzes various requirements for natural-fiber-reinforced polymer composites used in furniture applications, including performance, structural-functional, ecological, economical, and safety requirements. It discusses factors influencing the performance of composite materials, such as the selection of matrix and reinforcing fibers, the matrix-to-reinforcement ratio, and the choice of manufacturing technology, as well as the compatibility and bonding between the matrix and fibers. Additionally, several standards commonly used to determine the mechanical, physical, and chemical properties of these materials are presented.
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