Hemp hurds , also known as shives or hemp wood, are an agricultural product made from hemp . Hurds consist of “the woody inner portion of the hemp stalk, broken into pieces and separated from the fiber in the processes of breaking and scutching ” and “correspond to the shifted in flax, but are coarser and usually softer in texture”. [1]
Decortication
Decortication separates bast fiber from the hurd. The fine bast fiber is used to make textiles. Decortication is accomplished by manually crushing, a labor-intensive process, or by a hemp decorticator machine. [2] [3]
Uses
Hurds can be used as stock in papermaking ; [4] [1] particleboard , hempcrete , [5] and other composite construction; [6] or bedding for animals, [4] PARTICULARLY in horse stalls , qui est The Most common use (by weight) in Europe. [7]
See also
- Tow
References
- ^ Jump up to:a b Pulp and Paper 1917 .
- Jump up^ Horne 2012, p. 133.
- Jump up^ Bouloc 2013, p. 152 (diagram of decortication and fiber extraction process)
- ^ Jump up to:a b Dewey & Merrill in 1916 .
- Jump up^ ” ‘ Growing’ to Truly Green Home” , Manila Newsletter , December 23, 2013 – via HighBeam (subscription required)
- Jump up^ Aguilera 2013, p. 288.
- Jump up^ Carus, Vogt & Breuer 2008.