Friday, March 29, 2013

Sengon Wood

What is sengon? Sengon is one of the wood species typical of the tropics. In Indonesia, the wood is very familiar and widely available in Java. Because, on this island sengon trees planted or cultivated by many people, both individually and in groups. Even in this area, management is done seriously. You know why? Because, they realized sengon is one type of tropical hardwood that has a very good commercial value in the commodities market. Thus cultivating plants sengon can be regarded as a promising investment for days.
What sengon yeah cultivation is a promising investment?Sengon crop was rated by many as a promising investment is reasonable and correct. Because there are several reasons that could be made to cultivate considerations, such as:

    
The harvest has been rapid: sengon trees have a relatively rapid period of growth when compared to other tropical tree species such as mahogany or teak. Sengon trees can be harvested or felled trees at the age of 5 years, although at the age of 5 years tree diameter wood products is still small but the wood has been sold in the market.

    
Number of requests: sengon a type of forest that has a high absorption. In other words, the need for sengon commodity markets is very high. It can be an indicator of high demand for sengon are many companies processing wood (plywood or plywood mills) were established in Indonesia. These companies require sengon as raw materials in the production process. Conditions like this is definitely a great opportunity.

    
Easy to sell: With the high demand, meaning sales sengon certainly would not be difficult alias easy. For each timber processing plant stand definitely need sengon. As for the problem selling price, selling price generally varies sengon, judged by the large-small diameter rod and set the price per cubic meter.
Then, as if sengon it? To be more clear about sengon, here are some of the traits sengon:

    
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Sengon is a type of soft wood. In a sense this wood feels soft to the touch similar to wood or wood kapok kapok.

    
Color: wooden terrace or the center of the little white-colored wood, and there is also a portion of the porch sengon pale brown wood. And part pig or wood edge has the same color with the color of the center is white. So the boundary between sapwood and wood patio indistinguishable pins alias unlike other types of tropical wood, teak contuhnya, Which was the boundary between sapwood and wood patio pins.

    
Texture: mostly rough sengon bertektur

    
Scent: the new kondid cut or wet conditions, sengon has a smell similar to a banana tree. But the smell will disappear by itself when the wood is dry.

    
Wood surface: sengon have a little bit slippery surfaces and shiny.

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  2. Any idea what the acoustic sound asorbtion coefficient is?

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  3. what is the composition of sengon wood?

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