Viability of the use of hollow trees of Astronium lecointei Ducke using wood technology and design

ABSTRACT

With the lack of technology in the forest sector, alternatives are necessary to favor the maximization of the use of Amazonian wood, especially to those that have unfavorable characteristics for its processing. Thus, the objective of the research was to develop the design of a product with the planned design, making it and verifying the processing steps to attest the increase of the volumetric yield and the reduction of wood residues from hollow trees. With this, furniture was designed, using software to model the geometry and fitting alternatives for a six-seat dining table, with different structure and shapes. About 0.1799 m³ of Muiracatiara wood was were used to make the table, with marquetry technique on top, with Marupá wood. The final volume of the product was 0.5420 m³, and the volume yield was 30.13% considered high, for the quantity of wood used in the process. With the remainder, about 69.87% of lumber residue from table production, it was possible to make a luminaire, from discarded pieces during the wood machining. The study allowed the demonstration of the applicability of the design in the wood sector from the planning of the use of the raw material, where it was possible to verify the feasibility of the procedure using amazonic wood for the making of household items, regardless of state of quality, making the activity sustainable to the sector.

Keywords
Amazonian Wood; Forestry Technology; Volumetric Yield; Product Design