Friday, March 29, 2013

Merbau Wood

Merbau is one of the wood species typical of tropical regions of high quality. Produced merbau merbau trees. The trees have sizes ranging from medium to large size, and high merbau trees can reach 50 m, with boles gemang around 20m and up to 160 (-250) cm. With the support of high root circumference and thickness.
Generated from wood merbau tree is known to have a relatively good quality and also classified the type of wood that has a very good commercial value in the market. To know more details about the merbau wood, here are some of the characteristics present in merbau:Merbau Characteristics:Merbau woodThe colors on the wooden porch and wooden pig: Between the porch and the pig as there is a limit to the obvious. Because the terrace and sapwood of merbau has a different color (contrast). For the terrace, the color varies from gray brown, brownish yellow to bright red brown or almost black. While the sapwood pale yellow or light yellow.merbau
The texture and feel of touch: wood merbau has a slightly rough texture and when touched, merbau wood surface was slippery.
Grain: grain direction on merbau wood varies, but, most of merbau wood fiber direction is straight, but there are also irregular and cohesive.The level of violence: a merbau wood species that are categorized by the level of violence is very hard.
The level of durable and strong: merbau wood is a type of tropical wood known for its durability is good. Wood is classified as a type of wood that is resistant to attack by fungi and termites, wood rot or wood destroying pests. While in grade level classification and grade level strong durable timber, merbau wood is a type of wood with durable grade levels I-II and strength class I-(III).
Shrinkage and cracking power levels: a merbau wood species with a very small rate of depreciation, in addition, the wood is also classified as the type of wood to crack low power. It is made of merbau is not easily damaged when dried, or if there is damage during the drying process, the damage is not considered serious damage.
The execution: For the workmanship, merbau wood species are considered somewhat difficult to work with. But that does not mean merbau can not be processed into a variety of products of high commercial value, because the fact that a lot of various kinds of products made using merbau wood as raw material.
In the current era of industrialization, merbau wood used as raw material to make a variety of wood products derived from such a variety of furniture, wood floors (parquet flooring), sills, doors, windows, and can also be used as a timber.

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