Sapelly
Denominación.
• Scientific name: Entadrophagma cylindricum Sprague
• Spanish: Sapelli, Abebay
Provenance
Description of the wood
• Sapwood: Pinkish white to rosacea gray.
• Heartwood: Freshly cut pink to reddish brown rapeseo with its exposure to light.
• Fiber: Straight, very often with the fiber slightly intertwined.
• Grain: Thin to medium.
Impregnation
• Sapwood: Moderately impregnable
• Heartwood: Little impregnable
Mechanization
• Sawing: No problems.
• Drying: Medium to slow speed. Small risks of deformations by tile and fendas.
• Planning: No problems except the repelling produced by the pieces with the intertwined fiber. It curves very well.
• Gluing: No difficulties.
• Nailing and screwing: No difficulties.
• Finish: Sm dlficultades.
Applications
• Furniture and fine cabinetry of interior and exlerior.
• Curved furniture. Turned furniture.
• Carpentry of intenor, doors, coatings, mouldings, skirting boards, friezes, parquet.
• Exterior carpentry: doors and windows.
• Decorative plates.
Mechanical properties
• Resistance to static flexion 1,150 Kg/cm2
• Elasticity module 120,000 Kg/cm2
• Resistance to compression 590 kg/cm2
• Parallel tensile strength 860 Kg/cm2
Notes
- In the book of ATIBT flgura with Latin I, however in Spain the Y is usually used.
