The objective of this study is to determine the proportion of cork that micro-agglomerated and synthetic cork stoppers should contain to assure that their mechanical properties are similar to those of a natural cork stopper. The properties that characterize the mechanical behaviour of the stoppers in the corking and uncorking operations are: compression, relaxation and extraction.
Assessing the proportion of cork that a stopper should have from a mechanical perspective
- Category: Cork
- Themes: Development of new products and derivatives
- Position in the value chain: Secondary industry
- Type: Research
- Scale: Global
- Country: Spain
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- Keywords: agroforestry, Cork, cork content, cork oak, mechanical properties, Quercus suber
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