Ipe
Denominación científica:
Tabebuia spp
Procedencia geográfica:
Central America and south America.
- Sapwood: yellowish white colour.
- Heartwood: dark grey with a very characteristic greenish shade.
- Fiber: straight, usually intertwined or very intertwined.
- Grain: thin to medium size.
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Impregnabilidad
- Sapwood: medium capacity of being impregnated.
- Heartwood: low capacity of being impregnated.
Propiedades mecánicas
- Resistance to static flexion 1,750 kg/cm2.
- Elasticity module 200,000 kg/cm2.
- Resistance to compression 890 kg/cm2.
Mecanización
- Sawing process: ordinary problems due to hardness. Fast blunting.
- Drying process: Slow. Little risk of deformation and crack formation.
- Planing process: Difficult due to its hardness and high risk of repelling. Slow mechanisation is recommended.
- Gluing process: tannins hamper proper adherence.
- Nailing and screwing process: pre-drilling is recommended due to hardness.
- Finish: rubber deposits can locally hamper varnish adherence.
Propiedades físicas
- Apparent density at 12% humidity 1.050 kg/m3 very heavy wood.
- Dimensional stability
- - Volumetric contraction coefficient 0.41 % stable wood.
- - Relation between contractions 1.27% no tendency to deformity.
- Hardness (Chaláis-Meudon) 8.5 very hard wood.
Observaciones
- Fusta que actualment té molta demanda i que l'oferta és escassa.
- Hi ha diverses espècies que la poden substituir adequadament.
- Pel que fa a preu està situada a la gamma alta pel fet que l'oferta és molt limitada, però, la demanda no deixa de créixer pel fet que és considerada una de les millors fustes tropicals per a exterior.