A small step for you.

A giant leap for your customer.

acForm®. Groundbreaking binder technology for
curved and deeply structured wood fiberboards.
acForm® binder technology
Enabling 3D moldable fiberboards (3MF)

The new BASF resin acForm® represents the acForm® benefits for board producers 3MF benefits for molders and OEMs

first ­dispersion-based binder worldwide for the – processability on existing blowline equipment – consistent quality and storability of wood fiberboard
– high productivity of board production – short molding cycle times
blowline process and enables the production of
– long storage stability – new design options for surface and shape
3D moldable wood fiberboards. These boards – safer working environment due to no added – superior surface quality of molded parts
formaldehyde and low levels of VOCs enables savings for finishing technologies
are perfectly suited for shaping and embossing
– compatibility with additives (e. g. water repellants, – safer working environment due to no added
technologies, adding a new dimension to the pigments, flame retardants) formaldehyde and low levels of VOCs
– high degree of wood utilization and scrap reduction
furniture and interior design industry.
– recyclability like other wood-based products

Shaping wood composites with acForm®

BASF’s binder technology for new designs, with efficient production on standard equipment

1 acForm® 
Water-based binder without added formaldehyde. 2 ... enables 3D moldable wood fiberboards (3MF)
3MF can be produced on existing fiberboard production lines.

acForm ®
acForm ®

3D moldable
3D moldable
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Blowline
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 Properties Applications

BASF’s acForm® enables the production of a new wood-based – shaped furniture (e. g. chair parts)
material for the furniture industry. Specifically, it enables the – wall panels Enter a new world of design
production of a thermoplastic composite, which is storage-stable – furniture fronts freedom: Scan the QR code,
and suitable for production on existing fiberboard production lines. – doors download the free app, and
– sports equipment (e. g. Yogaboard) explore the opportunities of
acForm® virtually.
In contrast to standard thermoset boards, this new wood-based – wherever you want to realize extraordinary
material enables a post-moldability and surface s­ tructuring of designs with wood-based materials
3MF the composites. This can be achieved in short c ­ ycle times by
using standard furniture molders’ equipment. The increased
moldability of the composite enables new d ­ esign options.

The 3D moldable fiberboards can be processed into traditionally

molded parts such as seat shells, seat backings, and other
curved or deeply structured components. As formaldehyde is
not added to the binder system, the working environment is
further improved. Finally, BASF offers the possibility of
producing acForm® based on the biomass balance approach,
thus ­enabling the 3MF to be a 100 % bio-based raw material.

3 ... for curved and deeply structured wood composites.

Conventional hot-molding turns 3MF into 3D wood composites.

MoldingMolding
along all
along all
three spatial
three spatial
axes axes

Detailed
Detailed
embossing
embossing
with with
high degree
high degree
of flexibility
of flexibility
3MF 3MF Conventional
Conventional
hot-molding
hot-molding
Contact

BASF SE
Marketing Fiber Bonding EMEA

E-EDE/KF - H201
67056 Ludwigshafen
Germany

[email protected]
www.basf.com/fiber-bonding

E-EDE/KF 0519e
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