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C Class Coniferous
Quality description of C class in romanian standards.
C class is a middle class 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 unlimited admitted on faces and lateral sides knots of a category knots from categories b and c admitted as follows :
b                                                        c
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admitted unlimited on lateral sides with the size until 20 mm;
admitted unlimited with the size until :
35 mm                                                 25 mm
admitted, on faces, in average on each m :
three                                                  two
with the size of :
36…50 mm                                        26…40 mm
admitted, on faces, in average on each m :
two                                                     none
with the size of :
21…25 mm                                         _
3-Transversal and double knots (moustache knots) admitted from a category - unlimited admitted from b category on both faces in average three pieces/m with the great axle of max. 100 mm or three pieces/m with small axle until 10 mm, indifferent of the big axle length
4-Cracks  
-shallow
admitted
-deep
admitted 
-through
admitted unlimited on faces and lateral sides with the
condition of keeping the piece integrity, and on heads admitted with cumulated length of max. 1/3 from piece length
-on scales
admitted
-ring-shaped
admitted in piercing cracks condition
-frost crack
admitted
5-Holes and galleries made by insects (worm holes) admitted on faces and on one lateral sides in average per m max. 6 holes
6-Red stain, blue stain, cafee colour and mould admitted
7-Soft sap rot admitted sporadically in stains of max. 4 cm²
8-Hard sap rot admitted on a single face and on a single lateral side without surpassing ¼ of piece length
9-Inbark,wet areas, resin purses, marrow  admitted
10-Cup admitted if  the arrow is not bigger than :
  • 4 mm for pieces with breadth under 15 cm (inclusive)
  • 6 mm for pieces with breadth bigger than 15 cm
11-Simple bow, twisting, curbing admitted with arrow under 3 mm on each meter length
12-Unparallelism and snakings on faces and lateral sides admitted as prescribed by STAS 942-89 for deviations at breadth and thickness
13-Obtuz blunt / wane admitted on both lateral sides on the entire length and on depths of  max. of  2/3 of piece thickness with the condition that the breadth of exterior face shall not be reduced with more than 1/2 of its entire breadth
14-Sharp blunt / wane admitted on both lateral sides, on max. 1/4 of piece length,with the condition that the breadth of exterior face not to be reduced with more than ½ on its entire breadth
15-Other defects not admitted
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