PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Šimek, Milan
AU  - Haviarová, Eva
AU  - Eckelman, Carl
TI  - The end distance effect of knock-down furniture fasteners on bending moment resistance of corner joints
DP  - 2014 Nov 14
TA  - Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis
PG  - 203--210
VI  - 56
IP  - 2
AID - 10.11118/actaun200856020203
IS  - 12118516
AB  - The goal of this paper is to investigate the effect of the end distance of cam lock fasteners on the bending moment resistance of knock-down corner joints. The preliminary study of knock-down furniture assembly plans was done in order to discover the manufacturers' fastener typical usage in case construction. Laminated particleboard, cam fasteners and wooden dowels were used for specimen construction. L-shaped joint specimens 760 mm in length were tested by pressing the joint members together - also called a compression test in the angle plane. The study results showed that cam fasteners with end distance of 60 mm from the member edges perform the best.