WHAT IS WOOD COMPOSITE?

In order to meet a growing demand for more durable wood products, requiring less maintenance and more comfortable (without splinters, without knots, without risk of mould, etc.), wood composite (or WPC = Wood Plastic Composite) was born late 20th century in the United States, and early 21st century in Europe.

Dans le cas de SYLNEO, l’activité est née en 2005 par le biais d’une scierie française qui cherchait à valoriser et à recycler ses chutes de bois, plus d’informations sur l’historique de SYLNEO ici.

Le bois composite est, par définition, un alliage d’une fibre naturelle (majoritairement une fibre bois) et d’un polymère plastique dans des proportions qui sont généralement proches des 2/3 de fibre naturelle et 1/3 de polymères.

Le bois composite est, par définition, un alliage d’une fibre naturelle (majoritairement une fibre bois) et d’un polymère plastique dans des proportions qui sont généralement proches des 2/3 de fibre naturelle et 1/3 de polymères.

Why and how to mix wood and plastic?

The objective of combining a wood material and a plastic material is simply to succeed in keeping the best of both worlds without the constraints so we manage to produce a material:

  • Who won't be gray
  • Low maintenance (a simple cleaning 1 to 2 times a year will suffice)
  • Does not fear frost
  • Does not fear mold
  • No risk of splinters, no visible knots
  • Greater longevity

In the continuity of our approach environmentally friendly, we do not use any glue or any other product that is not recyclable and harmful to the environment. Our products are manufactured using the extrusion process in our factory in Vendée (see explanatory diagram below).

The final product is therefore obtained thanks to the mixture of the scrap wood (transformed into flour) and the plastic polymer to which are added the dyes, anti-UV and coupling agents, among others. This mixture is then heated up to obtain a "dough" and "pushed" through a die which will give the shape of the blade. Our blades are then cut to the desired size before being sent to a finishing workshop where we will transform the surface of the blade to give the final rendering.