Wood panel

Abstract

A wood panel is provided comprising: a composite wood component having upper and lower surface layers and a core layer; and a veneer component, having a thickness of about 1/64″ to about ¼″, attached to the upper surface layer of the wood composite.

1 . A wood panel comprising: 
 a composite wood component having upper and lower surface layers and a core layer; and    a veneer component, having a thickness of about 1/64″ to about ¼″, attached to the upper surface layer of the wood composite.    
   
   
       2 . The wood panel according to  claim 1 , comprising a second veneer component attached to the lower surface layer of the composite wood component.  
   
   
       3 . The wood panel according to  claim 1 , wherein the composite wood component is oriented strand board.  
   
   
       4 . The wood panel according to  claim 2 , wherein an exterior face of the upper surface layer and an exterior face of the lower surface layer have been sanded.  
   
   
       5 . The wood panel according to  claim 4 , wherein a resin is applied to the exterior face of the upper surface layer and the exterior face of the lower surface layer.  
   
   
       6 . The wood panel according to  claim 5 , wherein the resin is applied at a concentration of about 6 g/ft 2  to about 20 g/ft 2 .  
   
   
       7 . The wood panel according to  claim 1 , wherein the veneer is selected from the group comprising red oak, white oak, birch, maple, cherry, walnut, poplar, sweet gum, sycamore, tupelo, white gum, Carolina pine, ponderosa pine, lodgepole pine, Douglas fir, white fir, spruce, hemlock, rosewood, teak and mahogany.  
   
   
       8 . The wood panel according to  claim 1 , wherein the veneer component is laminated to the upper surface layer of the composite wood component.  
   
   
       9 . The composite material piece of  claim 1 , wherein the upper and lower surface layers are each comprised of wood strands substantially oriented in a first direction, wherein the wood strands are bonded by curing of a binder material contacting the wood strands where the binder material is substantially free of water and comprised of a curable powdery aldehyde resin and a curable isocyanate resin; and 
 a core layer located between and bonded to the first and second surface layers, where the core layer comprises wood strands substantially oriented in a second direction that is different from the first direction.    
   
   
       10 . A process for preparing a wood panel comprising the steps of: 
 providing a composite wood component, the wood component including an upper surface layer, the upper surface layer having an exterior face;    providing a veneer component, having a thickness of about 1/64″ to about ¼″;    sanding the exterior face of the upper surface layer;    applying an adhesive resin to the exterior face of the upper surface layer to form a resin applied exterior face; and    contacting the veneer component to the resin applied exterior face to form a wood panel.    
   
   
       11 . The process for preparing a wood panel according to  claim 10 , wherein the veneer component is contacted to the resin applied exterior face at a pressure of about 75 psi to about 200 psi.  
   
   
       12 . The process for preparing a wood panel according to  claim 10 , wherein the resin is applied at a concentration of about 6 g/ft 2  to about 20 g/ft 2 .  
   
   
       13 . The process for preparing a wood panel according to  claim 10  wherein the veneer is selected from the group comprising red oak, white oak, birch, maple, cherry, walnut, poplar, sweet gum, sycamore, tupelo, white gum, Carolina pine, ponderosa pine, lodgepole pine, Douglas fir, white fir, spruce, hemlock, rosewood, teak and mahogany.  
   
   
       14 . The process for preparing a wood panel according to  claim 10 , wherein the veneer component is contacted to the resin applied exterior face at a temperature of about 150° F. to about 300° F.  
   
   
       15 . The process for preparing a wood panel according to  claim 10 , wherein the composite wood component is oriented strand board.  
   
   
       16 . The process for preparing a wood panel according to  claim 10 , wherein the contacting steps lasts between about 1 minute to about 10 minutes.  
   
   
       17 . The wood panel according to  claim 1 , wherein the veneer component is coated with a protective, polymeric coating, the coating cured by a technique selected from the group comprising UV-curing, RF curing, E-band curing, and air drying.  
   
   
       18 . An article of furniture comprising the wood panel according to  claim 1 .  
   
   
       19 . The wood panel according to  claim 1 , wherein the RMS smoothness  has a value of less than 25 micrometers.  
   
   
       20 . A wood panel comprising: 
 a composite wood component having upper and lower surface layers containing wood strands substantially oriented in a first direction, wherein the wood strands are bonded by curing of a binder material contacting the wood strands where the binder material is substantially free of water and comprised of a curable powdery aldehyde resin and a curable isocyanate resin; and a core layer located between and bonded to the first and second surface layers, where the core layer comprises wood strands substantially oriented in a second direction that is different from the first direction;    a veneer component attached to the upper surface layer of the wood composite core; and    a resin applied to the exterior face of the upper surface layer and the exterior face of the lower surface layer at a concentration of about 6 g/ft 2  to about 20 g/ft 2 .