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Eucalyptus woods
Wood Solutions offers plantation-grown Eucalyptus wood species that can replace tropical hardwood species in a number of applications. Read more
Wood applications
The course of the cloeziana is less than 10mm/m. and is therefore widely used in sheeting, under jetties/bridges, mooring posts, etc.
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Production/Source
Margadant Wood is a partner of Wood Solutions and is engaged in the extraction of forests and planting of new trees and the production of products for the European and local market. Read more
Sustainable production of Eucalyptus Cloeziana
quality wood for the European market
The Netherlands, with a production company, Margadant Wood Pty Ltd, based in South Africa. We are specialized in FSC® certified round and sawn Eucalyptus wood for the Water Works Industry FSC® C016391. (Maritime applications, such as jetties in harbours, mooring poles, embankment protection)
Wood Solutions supplies round poles (all FSC® certified) with high natural durability
Wood Solutions supplies round poles (all FSC® certified) with high natural durability (Durable and Very Durable, European class 1 and 2). Sizes of round poles range from butt end (thick end) diameter of 10 cm and length 2,5 m to butt 40 cm with length 18,0 m. Sizes of sawn timber ranges from square poles of 100 x 100 mm, length 1,5 m to size 200 x 200mm in length 5,0 m and also planks of thickness 20 mm and 25 mm, width 100 mm to 150 mm and length mainly 2,5 m up to 4,0 m.
Eucalyptus cloeziana round poles have the following unique properties:
- very straight
- little taper (< 1 cm/m)
- cylindrical shape
- tolerance butt diameter +/- 1 cm
- standard length to 11,8 m but also possible to length 15,0 m
- high durability (class 1) also marine borer resistance class 1.
- due to round applications possibility it is cost efficient.
- strength class D 50 (D70 in bending)
source: Houtvademecum © 2011 Centrum Hout Almere.
Also the strength propertieso of the Eucalyptus species are comparable to those of the tropical hardwoods.
The specie: Eucalyptus cloeziana is one of the few wood species in the world with natural marine borer resistance, which is important when the wood is applied in direct contact with salt water (SHR 2004)