Keruing Hardwood Timber

Texture is coarse but even and grain is usually straight.

Keruing hardwood timber. Strong resinous odor taste and exudes resin which may be troublesome. A popular southern asian hardwood. Other common uses include internal flooring protected framing and boards internal joinery and mouldings lining paneling and framework. The timber contains an oleo resin which exudes in a number of pieces especially on the end grain when exposed to sunlight.

The grain is usually straight but may be shallowly interlocked and the texture is moderately coarse or coarse but even. It is a versatile utility wood that ranges in colour from light to yellowish brown all the way through to a darker reddish brown. Heartwood varies from light red to dark brown darkening on exposure. Keruing timber is low maintenance hardwearing and ideal for outdoor furniture use.

Keruing it is a medium hardwood with a density of 690 945 kg m3 air dry in peninsular malaysia and with a density of 595 865 kg m3 air dry for the species found in sabah vessels are moderately large or very large with simple perforations few or moderately few exclusively solitary evenly distributed but often with a tendency to arrangement. Although severe reactions are quite uncommon keruing has been reported to cause skin irritation. Maple 13 1 2 3 size. Dipterocarpus spp our keruing hardwood sapwood is greyish brown heartwood varies from light red to reddish brown or brown darkening on exposure grain is usually straight but may be interlocked timber contains oleo resin which exudes normally from end grain.

Truwoods private limited visakhapatnam an iso 9001 14001 18001 certified company mechanical properties of keruing timber strength grade hs strength class d50 bending parallel to grain 16 0 n mm tension parallel to grain 9 6 n mm compression parallel to grain 15 2 n mm compression perpendicular to grain 4 5 3 5 n mm. The term keruing does not refer to a single kind of timber but rather hardwood from up to 70 different species of tree all from south east asia. Keruing timber is used for. Sizes we mainly stock are 50mm x 150mm sawn and 28mm x 140mm profiled half lap vehicle flooring although some other sizes are available in limited quantities.

Not commonly imported to north america keruing is sometimes available as lumber or flooring planks. See the articles wood allergies and toxicity and wood dust safety for more information. Prices should be. Sapwood is distinct greyish brown usually 4 8 cm wide.

The wood is strong and classified as durable making it useful for construction purposes. Classified as a medium hardwood. We import 100 authentic keruing apitong the most popular hardwood trailer and truck flooring used in the entire transportation industry. Providing decades of high quality hardwood dependable service at affordable prices.

Heavy structural use flooring lorry beds wharf decking and many more.