Hardwood Floors June/July 2019

ADDITIONAL FACTS: • Oak trees can grow to be 70’ tall and 9’ in width. Most types of oaks live more than 200 years. However, there are some trees that live more than 1,000 years. • One oak tree normally produces about 2,000 acorns each year. • Oak trees can absorb 50 gallons of water per day. • Cork is the bark from the cork oak tree primarily grown in Spain. • Oak is the national tree of numerous nations including the United States, England, Germany, Latvia, France, Serbia, and Poland. It symbolizes strength and perseverance. • The trend to specify European oak often includes the subspecies English oak (Q. robur). Although this species of

oak shares many of the traits as North American white oak, it is not identical. • Bog oak and brown oak are typically both references to English oak (Q. robur) that have been salvaged and oftentimes preserved through being buried underground for years, or even centuries. These terms do not refer to a species of white oak, but a natural aging process that often fetches very high prices. • Red oak leaves are sharp at the ends, whereas white oak leaves are rounded. Sources : The Wood Database; Copyright © 2008-2016, Eric Meier. Wood Handbook (Wood as an Engineering Material), USDA Forest Products Laboratory. A Guide to the Useful Woods of the World; Copyright © 2001, James H. Flynn Jr. and Charles D. Holder. The Woodbook (The Complete Plates), Copyright © 2017, Taschen. Missouri Dept. of Conservation

Engineered Flooring System An alternative to solid hardwood flooring – Only from Union Tool

The Union Tool Corporation offers a complete material handling and coating system for laminating engineered flooring. Count on Union Tool for your next engineered flooring system.

• Includes a hot melt roller coater, lay-up conveyor and multi-nip roll machine. • The hot melt roller coater applies a controlled and consistent amount of (PUR) adhesive. • The lay-up conveyor allows a piece of lamella to be placed on top of the coated core. • The multi-nip roll machine is then used for pressing and holding the two pieces together.

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