Wood types

Sawn timber

There’s a suitable timber product to match almost any application. Every kind of timber has its own unique mix of mechanical, physical and aesthetic properties. No two kinds are completely identical and for that reason, wood is an extraordinarily diverse and beautiful product.

For more information about the different kinds of timber products available and their properties, please refer to the summary below. In addition to a general description of the name and origin, this summary also provides information about the technical properties of the various species.

Wood types

Angelim Vermelho

Uses
The wood can be used in similar situations as Azobé. One should be aware of the specific smell of Angelim Vermelho. Heavy Construction work such as hydro-engineering, bridges and shipbuilding, dockwork, sheet piling, dragline mats, industrial flooring and workbenches

Azobé (Ekki)

Uses
Because of its great strength, consistency and durability, Azobé is widely used as construction material in hydraulic engineering for lock gates, fendering, flood-control, jetties, bridges, bridge decks, shore piling, purlins, webbing, noise barriers, dragline mats, bottom boards and support structures for heavy machinery.

Bangkirai

Uses
Because of its good mechanical properties and durability it is used for outdoor applications, in heavy structures, bridges, bridge decks, bridge parapets, noise barriers, lock gates and other hydraulic works in freshwater, such as shore piling and jetties.

Basralocus

Uses
Because of its resistance to pile worm and its strength, Basralocus is ideally suited for use as sheet piling and construction timber in hydraulic engineering, such as for fendering, jetties, purlins and groynes. In countries of production it is used for furniture, the lighter wood being the preferred choice.

Bilinga

Uses
Bilinga is used for a diversity of construction purposes, for both inside and outside, fendering, jetties, bridges, bridge decks (minimum of 40 mm thick). Other applications include park benches, fences and gate.

Cloeziana

Uses
Can be used in hydraulic engineering for jetties, bridges, bridge decks, sheet piling, purlins, fenders and as timber in gardens for screens and garden furniture. Locally, cloeziana is also used for furniture, turned goods and tool shafts.

Cumaru

Uses
Heavy durable structures, sheet piling, noise barriers, bridge and jetty decks, industrial flooring, street furniture, outdoor panelling, veneer and turned goods. In the countries of origin, it is used for chopping blocks and bats.

Dabéma

Uses
Coachbuilding and used in building construction as a replacement for oak. After careful drying, it can also be used for quarter cut floors.

Demerara Greenheart

Uses
Due to its great durability, the strength and the large dimensions in which the wood is available, it is used mainly for heavy construction work (hydraulic works, bridge and shipbuilding, lock gates and harbour works). In the engineering industry it is used as a prop for machines. The chemical industry also has favourable experiences with Demerara Greenheart.

European Oak

Uses
Oak can be used almost anywhere and in any industry, both in the construction industry, in shipyards, for bridge-building and hydraulic works, as well as in the chemical industry, furniture, toys, agricultural machinery, etc. European oak is indispensable in the manufacture of barrels for wine, sherry and cognac. The uses of oak are far too numerous to mention all here.

Eveuss

Uses
Heavy constructions. Use in freshwater, bridges, industrial and trailer floors. In addition, thanks to its exterior appearance, it can be used for indoor panelling and parquet and strip floors

Ipé

Uses
Mainly for construction work (bridge and shipbuilding and harbour works), sleepers, indoor and outdoor panelling, floors, tool shafts (replaces Hickory or Ash), garden wood and garden furniture.

Massaranduba

Uses
Hydraulic engineering works in pile worm-free areas, bridge decks, floors, sleepers and garden wood. In addition, it is used for turned goods and billiard cues, knobs and handles, parquet floors and floorboards and for violin bows as a substitute for Pernambuco.

Okan

Uses
Because of its great durability, Okan can be used for exterior work, especially for hydraulic works such as lock gates, piling, harbour works and bridge supports. It can be used anywhere where the requirements for strength and durability are high, for example, for sleepers, heavy structures and industrial floors.

Purperheart

Uses
Primarily for decorative work, sculptures, panelling, frames, knobs and handles, rulers, supports and veneer. In the Netherlands, Purple Heart is used for parquet, inside doors, sectioned decks for jetties, trailer floors and garden applications.

Tali

Uses
Heavy constructions outdoors, such as waterworks and bridges. For floors, parquet, thresholds, hubs, axle-guards and blocks, turned goods and furthermore, the same uses as Azobé.