Bam-kung (Cynometra polyandra)
Family: Leguminosae
Common names: Bam-kung, Belangkan, Bonsuthai-buphang, Chherasu, Dieng-rai-heh, Dieng-soh pyda, Dila dila, Dila-dila, Katong, Katong-katong, Kekatong, Korhai-ha, Mangkha, Nanop, Ping, Rang-koroi-ching, Thing-changleing-theing
Distributed in: Burma, China, India, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand (Oceania and S.E. Asia)
Common uses: Agricultural implements, Boat building (general), Boxes and crates, Cabinetmaking, Carvings, Charcoal, Door, Flooring, Flooring: commercial heavy traffic, Fuelwood, Furniture, Handles: general, Heavy construction, Joinery, Ladders, Light construction, Mine timbers, Oars, Plywood, Poles, Railroad ties, Sporting Goods, Structural work, Tool handles, Toys, Turnery, Veneer, Veneer: decorative
Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm
Colors: the heart isReddish brown, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodPaler than heartwood
.The grain isWavy, the textureMedium to coarseand the lusterMedium
Natural durability: Susceptible to attack from powder post (Lyctid & Bostrychid) beetles, Susceptible to marine borer attack
Silica Content: Siliceous
Kiln Schedules: Dry at a slow speed
Drying Defects: Severe surface checking, Severe twisting/warping
Ease of Drying: Variable results.
Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is not buttressed
Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good
Blunting Effect: High to severe
Boring: Fairly easy to very easy
Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw
Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Nailing: Fair to Good , Very Good to Excellent
Planing: Planes well, to a good finish
Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable
Resistance to Splitting: Poor
Response to hand tools: Responds Readily
Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Veneering qualities: Suitable for peeling, Suitable for slicing
Screwing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Very Good to Excellent Results; Turning: Turns with moderate ease
Polishing: Satisfactory;
- Numerical data Metric
- Numerical data English
- Strength properties
- References
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Item |
Green |
Dry |
Metric |
Specific Gravity |
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Density |
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865 |
kg/m3 |
Bending Strength |
899 |
1391 |
kg/cm2 |
Crushing Strength |
509 |
727 |
kg/cm2 |
Hardness |
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1131 |
kg |
Impact Strength |
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129 |
cm |
Shearing Strength |
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177 |
kg/cm2 |
Stiffness |
155 |
179 |
1000 kg/cm2 |
Tangential Shrinkage |
7 |
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Radial Shrinkage |
3 |
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Weight |
849 |
737 |
kg/m3 |
Maximum Load |
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cm-kg/cm3 |
Toughness |
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cm-kg |
Static Bending |
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kg/cm2 |
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 |  |  |  | Item | Green | Dry | English | Bending Strength | 12800 | 19794 | psi | Density | | 54 | lbs/ft3 | Hardness | | 2495 | lbs | Impact Strength | | 51 | inches | Maximum Crushing Strength | 7247 | 10350 | psi | Shearing Strength | | 2525 | psi | Stiffness | 2213 | 2552 | 1000 psi | Weight | 53 | 46 | lbs/ft3 | Radial Shrinkage | 3 | | % | Tangential Shrinkage | 7 | | % | Volumetric Shrinkage | 13 | | % | |
Bending strength (MOR) = high 0 Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = high Max. crushing strength = high Hardness (side grain) = hard Toghness-Hammer drop (Impact Strength) = high Density (dry weight) = 61-67 lbs/cu. ft Density (dry weight) = 53-60 lbs/cu.ft. Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large Shrinkage, Radial = small Shrinkage, Radial = moderate Bending strength (MOR) = medium Toughness-Hammer drop (Impact Strength) = medium Shrinkage, Volumetric = fairly large Shrinkage, Tangential = very small Shrinkage, Tangential = small Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate Shrinkage, Radial = very small Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = medium Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = high Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very high Max. crushing strength = very high Density (dry weight) = 67-75 lbs/cu. ft. Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Hardness (side grain) = very hard
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