In this study,the 24 h tensile strength of new type acetone-urea-formaldehyde furan resin (nitrogen content 3%) was investigated by uniform design optimization.Four independent variables such as acetone:formaldehyde molar ratio (mol/mol),solution pH value,reaction temperature (℃) and reaction time (min) were considered in the experiments.U13(134) uniform design was employed and the equation of 24 h tensile strength model was obtained after 13 experimentations.The 24 h tensile strength was optimized by applying single factor experiments and stepwise non-linear regression analysis.Minitab (Minitab 15 trial version) and MATLAB (R2010a trial version) were used for data analysis.The t-value and p-value indicate that the major impact factors include the interaction effect of solution pH value and reaction temperature (X2X3),the linear terms of acetone:formaldehyde molar ratio (X1),reaction time (X4) followed by the square effects of acetone/formaldehyde molar ratio (X1X1).The optimized results were achieved with the acetone:formaldehyde molar ratio (mol/mol) at 3:1,solution pH value at 6.0,reaction temperature at 70℃,and reaction time at 140 min,respectively.This method can not only significantly reduce the number and cost of the tests,but also provide a good experimental design strategy for the development of furan resin.The investigation shows that the predicted results of 24 h tensile strength are consistent well with the experimental ones. In this study, the 24 h tensile strength of new type acetone-urea-formaldehyde furan resin (nitrogen content 3%) was investigated by uniform design optimization. Four independent variables such as acetone: formaldehyde molar ratio (mol / mol), solution pH U13 (134) uniform design was employed and the equation of 24 h tensile strength model was obtained after 13 experimentations. 24 h tensile strength was optimized by applying single factor experiments and stepwise non-linear regression analysis. Minitab 15 trial version and MATLAB (R2010a trial version) were used for data analysis. The t-value and p-value indicate that the major impact factors include the interaction effect the solution terms pH value and reaction temperature (X2X3), the linear terms of acetone: formaldehyde molar ratio (X1), reaction time (X4) followed by the square effects of acetone / formaldehyde molar ratio ults were achieved with the acetone: formaldehyde molar ratio (mol / mol) at 3: 1, solution pH value at 6.0, reaction temperature at 70 ° C, and reaction time at 140 min, respectively. This method can not only significantly reduce the number and cost of the tests, but also provide a good experimental design strategy for the development of furan resin. The investigation shows that the predicted results of 24 h tensile strength are consistent well with the experimental ones.