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Bangkirai / Yellow Balau and Rubber Wood

In the country known as Bangkirai wood, while outside Indonesia is better known as Yellow Balau or sometimes just mentioned Balau, which actually is the name of Malaysia. Wood is only found in much of Indonesia, Malaysia & Philippines.
Tree
Bangkirai be up to 120 cm in diameter and tree height reached 40 meters. Diameter average is 70-90cm.
Wood Color
Wood color is yellow, and sometimes a little brown, because that is called yellow balau. The difference between the wood pig and wood nucleus is quite clear, with a lighter color pig. At just split / cut, the wood nucleus sometimes appears reddish brown.
Density
Violence Bangkirai wood is quite high, between 880-990 kg/m3 at 12% MC dried. Even its can reach 1050 kg/m3.
Drying
Bangkirai drying process with a normal temperature is 12-25 days. Greatest risk is curved wood or even crack when still in the oven space.
Process Machinery
Fiber types with strong ties, the engine will quite easily and smoothly, but after several hours in the open air, fiber Bangkirai have a tendency open and twisted so less suitable for construction that requires high stability. But because of its hardness, it is very suitable for decking products, outdoor furniture, construction of the bridge, pergola and other heavy construction.
Botanical Name: Shorea lavefolia Endent
Family Name: Dipterocarpaceae

Rubber Wood (Hevea brasiliensis)
Rubber wood and the internationally known rubber wood were originally grown only in Amzon areas, Brazil. Then in the late 18th century began to do the planting in the India but did not succeed. Then it brought up to Singapore and the countries of Southeast Asia including Java land. Rubber tree cultivated for its primary purpose is taken resin as the main material rubber, until now.
Tree
Rubber trees can grow to a height of 30 meters and will start taken the sap in the 5-6 years age. Rubber wood is economically very efficient because it would only be cut down and become furniture industry raw materials when it does not produce rubber. After a 25-year-old rubber trees no longer produce latex, so it is time to cut down and replaced with new trees.
Wood Color
Rubber wood color is creamy, a little creamy when just split or cut. When it started to dry out will change slightly browned. There is no striking difference in color on wooden pig with a wooden porch. You could say there is almost no wood porch on rubber wood.
Density
Rubber wood classification is softwood - hard, but pretty heavy with a density between 435-625 kg/m3 in wood drying level 12%.
Rubber Wood Drying
With a conventional dry kiln system, rubber wood drying quickly with distance calculated between 10-14 days time. No there are many problems in curved so far as the preparation of wooden timber in KD well regulated. Overall, rubber wood shrinkage relative small, under 2%, especially in the radial direction.
Process Machinery
According to the experience of rubber wood process machine does not cause a lot of defects, and the assembling process or gluing also caused no defect that means. Cutting wood at any angle up to 30o remain smooth and flat. Rubber wood is used as raw materials in the room furniture, especially kitchen furniture in the room. Top table kitchen set, kitchen utensils such as knives mats, cooking utensils and dining chair is perfect to use raw material of rubber wood. Therefore, most kitchen equipment manufacturers have a huge stock of rubber wood. With the lack of the wooden porch conditions on the wood rubber, timber handling this type has to be careful and timely. It is very important as a key process in the rubber wood is to preserve the use of chemicals in order to avoid the blue rubber wood stain or wood eating insects. Hence after logging, rubber wood must be soaked or preserved by certain chemicals (known as Borax) to avoid mildew and insects.
Botanical Name: Hevea brasiliensis
Family Name: Euphorbiaceae

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