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A Class Coniferous
Quality description of A class in romanian standards.
A class is a superior quality in romanian lumber and timber classification.

 
 
Defects
Admission conditions
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1-Bended, tangled fiber, curls, compression wood admitted
2-Round and oval knots category :
a                                        b                                     c
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admitted unlimited with the size until :
20 mm                               15 mm                             10 mm
admitted, on faces, in average on each m :
two                                    one                                 one
with the size of :
21…40 mm                        16…30 mm                     11…20 mm
3-Transversal and double knots (moustache knots) admitted from a category, on a single face, in average 2 pieces/m with the great axe of maximum 80 mm
4-Cracks  
-shallow
admitted
-deep
admitted on faces and lateral sides on a cumulated length of maximum 1/3 of piece length
-through
admitted on heads, with a cumulated length of max. 200 mm
-on scales
admitted in the conditions of profound cracks
-ring-shaped
not admitted
-frost crack
admitted on a single face, cumulated, with the length of  max. 150 mm and breadth of max. 15 mm
5-Holes and galleries made by insects (worm holes) admitted small holes, only on blunts surfaces
6-Red colour / stain admitted of weak intensity, on a single face and lateral side (fungal sap-stains) as stains and strips
7-Blue coloration / stains admitted but not to surpass, cumulated, ½ of piece surface
8-Cafee coloration (coloured sap-stains) admitted
9-Mould admitted in isolated stains
10-Soft and hard sap rot not admitted
11-Inbark admitted superficially, cumulated, with the length of max. 150 mm and breadth of max. 15 mm
12-Wet areas admitted
13-Resin purses admitted on faces and lateral sides, must be un-piercing
14-Marrow admitted without radial cracks
15-Cup admitted if  the arrow is not bigger than :
  • 2 mm for pieces with breadth under 15 cm (inclusive)
  • 4 mm for pieces with breadth bigger than 15 cm
16-Simple bow, twisting, curbing admitted with arrow under 3 mm on each meter length
17-Unparallel and shakings on  faces and lateral sides admitted as prescribed by STAS 942-89
18-Obtuz wane admitted on both lateral side on max. of ½ of piece length and 1/3 of piece breadth and the breadth of exterior face  shall not be reduced with more than 1/5 of its entire breadth
19-Sharp wane not admitted
20-Other defects not admitted
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