Comparative steam bending characteristics of some planted forest wood species in Malaysia

The bending performance of wood is important for its application in furniture, and it one the criteria used to assess suitability a particular species furniture. In this context, steam-bending surface roughness characteristics four forest plantation were evaluated. One batch specimens subjected both experiments using stylus toluene spread methods, while another steaming, clamped, bent circular shape mold. instantaneous spring-back was measured after 10 days, over time from days 15 65. showed that Hevea brasiliensis had lowest roughness, followed by Eucalyptus pellita, Acacia mangium, finally Revotropix paulownia. terms performance, found only H. achieved threshold 95% satisfactory level based on visual ranking. Furthermore, also recorded spring-back, over-time, register best performance. On other hand, R. paulownia worst primarily due low density.