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Beech

Beech wood is whitish or yellowish, darkening to slightly reddish brown when exposed to air. Beech is often steamed to reduce nervousness in the wood and make it easier to process, producing a light to dark red color. Beech processes well by hand or machine, peeling cylindrically for uses like plywood, furniture, parquet flooring, barrels, tools, machine parts, and sports equipment. With chemical protection, beech can also be used for outdoor structures, water construction, and shipbuilding.

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Beech

Beech wood is whitish or yellowish, darkening to slightly reddish brown when exposed to air. Beech is often steamed to reduce nervousness in the wood and make it easier to process, producing a light to dark red color. Beech processes well by hand or machine, peeling cylindrically for uses like plywood, furniture, parquet flooring, barrels, tools, machine parts, and sports equipment. With chemical protection, beech can also be used for outdoor structures, water construction, and shipbuilding.

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BEECH FACT

SHEET
The beech wood is whitish or yellowish to very pale brown
and darkens to a slightly reddish brown when standing in
the air. Beech is most often mated (steamed) to reduce
COMMON NAME:
nervousnes of the wood and make it easier for processing.
European Beech
Depending on the length and intensity of the beech mating
process, a gentle light to dark red color of the wood is
SCIENTIFIC NAME:
achieved.
Fagus Sylvatica
Beech is generally well processed either by hand or ma-
chine. It peels well, and the cylindrical shape of the logs
HABITAT:
allows circular peeling for plywood. Responds superbly to
Europe
steam bending.
TREE SIZE:
It is mostly used in the industry of peeled veneer, furniture,
30 - 40 m tall, 1 - 1,5 m trunk diameter
for producing parquet and barrels, for holders and handles
of tools and implements, for machine parts and sports
DENSITY OF WOOD:
supplies.
700 - 900 kg/m3
Chemically protected by suitable procedures, beech can
also be used for outdoor structures, in water construction
JANKA HARDNESS:
and shipbuilding, and for railway sleepers.
6460 N

ELASTIC MODULUS:
14,31 - 16 GPa

CRUSHING STRENGTH:
57 - 62 MPa

BENDING STRENGTH:
110 - 123 MPa

SHRINKAGE:
Radial 5,8%, Tangential 11,8%, Volumetric 17,9%

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