The significance of rubber-wood in furniture manufacturing
 Rubberwood Sizes Ideal for Turning Products like Sofa Legs |
Rubber-wood is harvested from plantation-grown rubber trees in South-East Asia which are grown principally for latex, a compound used in making tires, gloves and all rubber-based products. The botanical name for rubber-wood is Hevea Brasiliensis and sometimes called Parawood in Thailand. At the expiry of its economic life (about 25-30 years), rubber trees are felled for wood ecologically making its way inevitably into furniture manufacturing because of its hardwood quality similar to the maple family of woods. Like a maple specie of wood, rubber-wood has a dense grain character that is easily controlled in a kiln- |
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drying process. Inherently stable with very little shrinkage, rubber-wood becomes ideally suitable for wooden furniture manufacturing. Being an eco-friendly wood, its supply is almost assured and replaceable driven and supported by the world rubber industry without causing any harm to world's forest. The American fascination with rubber-wood begins in the 70s with imports of rough sawn and expanding into small scale furniture parts and sets manufacturing. But the onslaught of the American economic expansion beginning in the early 1990 and the eventual rise of China manufacturing power transformed rubber-wood into a �world wood�. Fresh-cut rubber-wood are transported in containers to China from South-east Asia and later re-exported to USA in the form of carved and turned furniture parts or whole furniture. In the world of turning and carving wood, rubber-wood meets 3 basic requirements: whitish wood base, medium hardness and ideal for staining. The properties of rubber-wood are:
Hence, when you buy our sofa legs, you are getting the best value of wood without harming the environment. |
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