Kupay Hardwood Hardness

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Kupay hardwood hardness. Red oak spice click lock product details. A common use of janka hardness ratings is to determine whether a species is suitable for use as flooring. The janka hardness test from the austrian born emigrant gabriel janka 1864 1932 measures the resistance of a sample of wood to denting and wear. Our price 8 59 sale price.

The janka test is a measure of the hardness of wood. The janka test measures the amount of force required to embed a 0 444 steel ball into the wood to half of its diameter. Imported exotic wood flooring. Volume 32 issue 7 by reginald tucker first time visitors to the hemisphere imports booth space at the recent cca global partners convention fcnews aug.

Woods with a higher rating are harder than woods with a lower rating. The janka scale is used to determine the relative hardness of particular domestic or exotic wood species. The janka test was developed as a variation of the brinell hardness test. This test measures the ability of a wood species to withstand denting and wear.

Phone calls and emails tell the story with hardness being very near the top of the list. Having seen changes in the wood flooring business over the years i never realized how many people were ill advised of how to actually go about buying wood floors. It measures the force required to embed an 11 28 millimetres 0 444 in diameter steel ball halfway into a sample of wood. The focus was on a unique species called kupay a durable dense hardwood sourced from paraguay.

Hardwood flooring hardness. The test measures the force required to push a steel ball with a diameter of 11 28 millimeters 0 444 inches into the wood to a depth of half the ball s diameter. See our collection of wood flooring stains and grains. The higher the number the harder the wood.

Featured hardwood products the janka process of measuring the hardness of wood begins with embedding a steel ball 0 444 inches in size until it reaches halfway of its diameter into the wood. 5 99 5 wide click lock thick 4mm wear layer engineered flooring is perfect for diy installs. The measurement in america is done in pounds force lbf and the results are put into the janka scale or chart such as the one below. The janka hardness scale is used to rate the hardness of wood.

It s also an indicator of how easy the species is when working with carpenter s tools such as sawing drilling and nailing.