Madeira de Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh e Eucalyptus urophylla S.T. Blake visando seu uso na indústria moveleira

• Autor(a) principal: Souza, Maria Odete Alves de
• Data de Publicação: 2007
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: LOCUS Repositório Institucional da UFV
• Texto Completo: http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/3173
• topic: Eucalipto; Móveis; Ergonomia; Design; Eucalyptus; Furniture; Ergonomy; Design; CNPQ::CIENCIAS AGRARIAS::RECURSOS FLORESTAIS E ENGENHARIA FLORESTAL::TECNOLOGIA E UTILIZACAO DE PRODUTOS FLORESTAIS

This study had as its objective the evaluation of the potential of the wood of three clones of eucalypt two of Eucalyptus urophylla, one of six, another of eight years of age and one of a ten years old E. camaldulensis in what regards machining and finish application and the design, development and ergonomic assessment of furniture products. The material used came from a commercial plantation, where trees had been planted in association with grain and latter, with cattle. They belonged to the Companhia Mineira de Metais, a steel mill located in Vazante, State of Minas Gerais. Six trees per each clone were used for machining tests and for surface finish essays. They were also used, regardless of age and species, during the development, design and ergonomic evaluation of products. Satisfactory results were obtained during the machining tests, with special mention to the eight years old E. urophylla lumber, which was found to be very interesting for furniture. All three clones proved to give very good bonds to synthetic varnishes, specially E. camaldulensis that received polyurethane or nitrocellulosic varnishes. Carnauba was, a natural finish, on the other hand, was never found satisfactory. When the concepts of design and ergonomy, along with technical standards were applied to a chair for domestic usage, the resulting product was considered by public evaluation as having higher aggregate value. It can be concluded that the woods tested did not show any particular difficulty for furniture production and may be safely used by theses industries.