WHAT IS RUBBERWOOD

• Rubberwood is a hardwood from the maple family of woods
• Rubberwood has very little tendency to warp or crack
• Rubberwood is Eco-Friendly

• Rubberwood is often the most misunderstood species of wood in the furniture industry. The name rubberwood invokes a variety of misconceptions as to its features and to its durability. Rubberwood (also called Parawood in Thailand) is the standard common name for the timber of Hevea brasiliensis.

In fact, rubberwood is one of the more durable lumbers used in the manufacturing of today's home furnishings. As a member of the maple family, rubberwood has a dense grain character that is easily controlled in the kiln drying process. Rubberwood has very little shrinkage making it one of the more stable construction materials available for furniture manufacturing.

Like maple, Rubberwood is a sap producing species. In the case of maple, it is sap; in the case of rubberwood, it is latex. Rubberwood produces all the latex used in the world for all rubber based products.

There is one more important feature of rubberwood. Rubberwood is the most ecologically "friendly" lumber used in today's furniture industry. After the economic life of the rubber tree, which is generally 26-30 years, the latex yields become extremely low and the planters then fell the rubber trees and plant new ones. So, unlike other woods that are cut down for the sole purpose of producing furniture, rubberwood is used only after it completes its latex producing cycle and dies. This wood is therefore eco-friendly in the sense that we are now using what was going as waste.

Do not mistake the name rubberwood when it comes to its quality features.

Properties of Rubberwood:
· Density(kg/M3 at 16%MC ------------------------- 560-640
· Tangential Shrinkage Coefficient (%) ------------- 1.2
· Radical Shrinkage Coefficient (%) ----------------- 0.8
· Hardness(N) --------------------------------------- 4,350
· Static Bending, N/mm at 12% MC ----------------- 66
· Modulus of elasticity,n/mm at 12%MC ------------ 9,700
 

PLEASE NOTE

We do not manufacture the kitchen cupboard doors and post form tops; we are only suppliers of the laminated rubber wood boards in 15mm, 19mm, 28mm and 35mm.  The average size of a board is 2750mm x 1250mm.

The pictures are a reference to what the wood looks like once it has gone through the manufacturing process in various styles and colours.