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Timber for Furniture
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- 3. Exports of Malaysian Timber Products by Regions (2012ā2014) 2012 : RM20.2 billion 2013 : RM19.5 billion 2014 : RM20.5 billion 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 2012 2013 2014
- 4. 4 Malaysia: Export of Major Timber Products 2014 Logs RM2,073 million 10% Sawntimber RM2,545 million 12% Plywood RM5,200 million 25% Veneer RM304 million 2%Mouldings RM711 million 3% Chipboard/ Particleboard RM108 million 1% Fiberboard RM995 million 5% Wooden Frame RM124 million 1% BCJ RM1,000 million 5% Wooden Furniture RM6,328 million 31% Rattan Furniture RM35 million 1% Other Products RM870 million 4% (Total: RM20.5 billion )
- 5. 5 Malaysia: Top 10 Markets for Timber Products 2014 Japan RM4,155 million 20% USA RM2,423 million 12% India RM1,771 million 9% Taiwan RM988 million 5%Singapore RM947 million 4% South Korea RM954 million 5% Australia RM905 million 4% China RM788 million 4% UK RM758 million 4% Others RM6,830 million 33% (Total: RM20.5 billion)
- 6. Malaysia: Top 10 Markets for Wooden Furniture 2014 USA RM 1,978 million 31% Australia RM 433 million 7% Others RM 1,800 million 29% Japan RM 565 million 9% Singapore RM 351 million 6% United Kingdom RM 321 million 5% Canada RM 263 million 4% UAE RM 216 million 3% Saudi Arabia RM 145 million 2% India RM 137 million 2% Korea, Republic of RM 114 million 2% (Total: RM 6.3 billion)
- 8. Malaysian Timber Council dream timber
- 10. 10 Timber & Timber Products for Furniture
- 12. 12 Designing Furniture with Malaysian Timber Products timber toolsprocess material
- 13. 13 Designing Furniture with Malaysian Timber Products timber and timber products
- 14. Raw Materials Solid Wood Plywood MDF Particleboard LVL Laminated Board
- 15. Types of Timbers 15 Heavy hardwood ā¢ Balau ā¢ Chengal ā¢ Merbau ā¢ Red balau Medium Hardwood ā¢ Kasai ā¢ Kelat ā¢ Keledang ā¢ Kempas ā¢ Keruing ā¢ Mengkulang ā¢ Merpauh Light Hardwood ā¢ Bintangor ā¢ Dark Red Meranti ā¢ Gerutu ā¢ Kembang semangkok ā¢ Mersawa ā¢ Nyatoh ā¢ Rubberwood ā¢ Sepetir ā¢ Yellow Meranti Softwood ā¢ Pine ā¢ Cedar ā¢ Douglas ā¢ Cypress ā¢ Hemlock ā¢ Spruce
- 16. Timbers for Furniture 16 Rubberwood ā¢ Pale cream in colour Dark red meranti ā¢ Medium red to deep red or deep red-brown
- 17. Timbers for Furniture 17 Nyatoh ā¢ Deep pink-red colour or red-brown with stripe Kembang semangkok ā¢ Yellow-brown or light brown
- 18. Timbers for Furniture 18 Walnut ā¢ Dark chocolate-brown to purplish-black Teak ā¢ Golden or medium brown
- 19. Timbers for Furniture 19 Oak ā¢ White oak and red oak Cherry ā¢ Reddish timber
- 20. 20 SOLID WOOD
- 21. SOLID WOOD - properties Ease of Planing Quality of Finishing Ease of Boring Ease of Turning Quality of Nailing Ease of Treatability
- 22. SOLID WOOD - colours 22 dark red
- 23. 23 Colours Bintangor Dark red meranti NyatohRubberwood
- 24. 24 Oak flat sawn Oak quarter sawn Oak end grain Other properties ā cutting patterns
- 25. 25 Other properties ā dimensional stability moisture content
- 27. 27 Plywood Thickness Surface Shape ā¢ 3mm ā 35mm ā¢ Veneer ā¢ Paper laminate ā¢ Not easy to bent
- 28. 28 Particleboard
- 29. 29 Particleboard Thickness Surface Shape ā¢ 9mm ā 36mm ā¢ Plastic laminate ā¢ Not suitable with veneer ā¢ Not easy to bent
- 30. 30 Medium Density Fiber Board (MDF)
- 31. 31 Medium Density Fiber Board (MDF) Thickness Surface Shape ā¢ 6mm ā 25mm ā¢ High-end paints ā¢ Veneer ā¢ Not easy to bent
- 32. 32 Medium Density Fiber Board (MDF) heavy straight porous swells fasterners
- 33. 33 Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL)
- 34. 34 shape surface thickness Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) ā¢ Any desired width and thickness ā¢ Its own surface ā¢ Finishing or staining ā¢ Veneer ā¢ Easy to bent or curved
- 35. 35 ā¢ āAlmost-likeā solid wood with smooth surface ā¢ Can be engineered to meet specified technical and strength requirements ā¢ It can be dimensioned into any desired width and thickness ā¢ Possibility of curved laminated parts Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL)
- 38. Furniture Manufacturing Process 38 Selection of raw material Cutting to shape & joints Drilling Sanding Assembly Finishing Packaging and shipping
- 39. Tools 39 Tablesaw ā crosscuts, ripping, cutting several types of joint Bandsaw ā crosscuts, ripping, resaw Router ā cut joints and decorative shapes Carving tools ā to do shaping and decorative designs
- 40. Cutting to Shape & Joints 40 ā¢Cut to width ā¢Cut to length ā¢Surface planing TYPES OF CUTTING ā¢Dovetails ā¢Butt joint ā¢Tongue and groove ā¢Mortise & tenon ā¢Rabbet ā¢Dadoes ā¢Finger-joint TYPES OF JOINTS ā¢Strength ā¢Appearance ā¢Construction SELECTING RIGHT JOINTS
- 41. Drilling, Sanding & Assembly 41 DRILLING ā¢ To make holes for dowel joints, for decoration purpose and to fasten wood with screws SANDING ā¢ Smooth the surface of wood prior to finishing ā¢ Using stationary or portable sanding machine ASSEMBLY ā¢ Assemble accordingly with each parts and joints
- 42. Finishing & Packaging 42 ā¢ Protection ā How and Where the furniture will be used (e.g: table top must be protected against spills and bumps) ā¢ Appearance ā almost any appearance ā¢ Clear finish ļ highlight wood grain ā¢ Paint and enamel ļ cover up unattractive surface ā¢ Stains and bleaches ļ wood lighter or darker ā¢ Varnish ļ surface shiny ā¢ Application ā Some applied quickly and simply / more difficult & time consuming. FINISHES SELECTION ā¢ Use robust material that can protect the furniture from any damage PACKAGING
- 54. 54 MTC ā Other Things We Do
- 55. 55 Project: MTC Glulam Bridge in Putrajaya ļ¼ Span ā 40m; Width ā 3m ļ¼ Super structure ā Mengkulang Glulam ļ¼ Cost: RM1.789 million ļ¼ Developer: myGlam Sdn. Bhd. ļ¼ Engineering detail : SWECO, Norway
- 56. 56 Project: Fire Performance Test Current progress ļ¼ 5 species were tested for charring rate ļ§ DRM ļ§ Mengkulang ļ§ Damar Hitam ļ§ Merpauh ļ§ Kapur ļ¼ Mengkulang shows the lowest charring rate of 0.50 mm/min ļ¼ A full size beam will be sent to BRANZ, New Zealand for a full fire test Fire Performance Test
- 57. 57 Timber-Related Projects Timber Frame Housing Current progress ļ¼ Ministry of Housing (KPKT) is looking into using timber frame system for some of their housing projects
- 58. 58 Visit us at Archidex Fair (12 ā 15 Aug 2015)
- 59. 59 MTC Website
- 60. 60 MTC Wood Wizard Technical properties and applications of a comprehensive list of Malaysian timbers
- 61. 61 Species Guide
- 62. 62 Projects
- 64. 64
Editor's Notes
- Amended to incl Jan-Oct 2014 fig.
- Copy of ATIF paper submitted to the late SUPAR in 2007/2008 (?) for consideration of Committee on Human Capital Development