Technical Data

Timber Decking Support Pads

Raw material	IPE		CUMARU		CEDRINHO
	green	dry	green	dry	green	dry
Density	960 kg/m3	994 kg/cm3	910 kg/m3	1,138 kg/cm3	590 kg/m3	593 kg/cm3
Bending strength	1,579 kg/cm2	1,825 kg/cm2	1,357 kg/cm2	1,917 kg/cm2	593 kg/cm2	892 kg/cm2
Maximum crushing strength	1,825 kg/cm2	725 kg/cm2	1,917 kg/cm2	634 kg/cm2	892 kg/cm2	275 kg/cm2
Stiffness	204 T /cm2	220 T /cm2	189 T /cm2	213 T /cm2	92 T /cm2	110 T /cm2
Specific gravity	0.92	1.08	0.86	0.9	0.46	0.55
Hardness	1,671 kg		1,606 kg		393 kg
Shearing strength	114 kg/cm2				80 kg/cm2
Weight	994 kg/cm3		1,138 kg/cm3		593 kg/cm3
Radial shrinkage	6.60%		5%		4.30%
Tangential shrinkage	8%		7.60%		10%
Volumetric shrinkage	13.20%		12%		13.40%
Colour	dark green to yellow / brown		chestnut		Light red
Texture	fine		unstressed fibrous		rough
Durability	very hard, resistant to termites and fungus		Resistant to fungal and marine attack		softwood, low resistance to fungus
Size of tile	500 x 500mm		500 x 500mm		500 x 500mm
Thickness of tile	30mm		30mm		30mm
Weight of tile
Sawing characteristics	regular		difficult		easy
Drilling characteristics	easy		easy with defects		easy with defects
Finishing characteristics	good		good		regular
Drying characteristics	easy with little or no defects		easy with small defects		fast with defects