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1. Coffin A case or receptacle for dead human remains which is anthropoid in shape
2. Casket FTC a rigid container which is designed for the encasement of human remains and
which is usually constructed of wood, metal, or like material and ornamented and
lined with fabric.
3. Casket ABFSE a case or receptacle in which human remains are placed for protection, practical
utility, and a suitable memory picture.
4. Casket ABFSE any box or container of one or more parts in which a dead human body is
and placed prior to interment, entombment, or cremation which may or may not be
permanently interred, entombed, or cremated with the dead human remains.
5. First US patent James Gray 1836
for a metallic cof-
fin to
6. Species of wood Birch, Cherry, Mahogany, Maple, Oak, Poplar, Walnut, Pine, Select hardwood or
used for caskets Salix and other species.
7. Softwood Gymnosperms are coniferous (cone bearing) with needles or scale like foliage
Species like pines or cedars.
8. Hardwood Angiosperms are broad-leaved deciduous trees that annually lose their leaves like
Species oaks and maples.
9. Mahogany 3 South American Swietenia
types Philippine Shorea
African Khaya
10. Select Hardwood a casket constructed from a variety of hardwoods including poplar, willow or
or Salix cottonwood. The component parts of a single casket will not necessarily be
constructed of the same species of wood.
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11. Production of Solid wood planks between 1" and 4" in thickness- 130- 150 board feet of lumber
good quality cas- with some up to 300 board feet.
ket requires:
12. Board-foot unit Equal to a piece of lumber 12" square and 1" thick
of dimensional
measurement
13. Laminates Made by uniting superimposed layers of different materials. Typically the upper-
most (visible) layer is of finer quality than the less expensive base material.
14. Wood Veneer created by gluing a thin layer of wood of superior value or excellent grain to an
inferior wood.
15. Composition composed of particles of wood bonded together with waterproof glue heat and
Board pressure
16. Types of compo- particle board, hardboard, fiberboard, oriented-strand board (OSB), medi-
sition board um-density fiberboard (MDF) and pressed board. Distinguished by size and
shape of the particles of wood used.
17. Plywood thin sheets of wood glued together, so that the grains are at right angles to one
another; an odd number of sheets will always be used so that the grain on the
front and back will always run in the same direction. Like a laminate of many wood
veneers.
18. Corrugated fiber- basic construction material in many cremation containers and widely used as an
board or card- upholstery backing material.
board used as:
19. Types of Metals Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel, Copper and Bronze
used in Casket
Construction
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20. Ferrous Metal any metal formed from iron. Iron is a metallic, silver white element that is easily
formed, and shaped, rusts easily and is magnetically attractive
21. Non-ferrous Met- any metal not formed from iron such as copper and bronze.
al
22. Alloy two or more metals fused together by melting
23. Steel AKA Carbon a metal alloy consisting mainly of iron and carbon; used in caskets it is low
Steel in carbon which keeps it soft 9mild) and malleable; commercial steel contains
carbon in and amount up to 1.7% as an essential alloying constituent. Too much
carbon makes the steel brittle.
24. Carbon steel cas- gauge- a measurement of thickness of metals
kets classified by:
25. Gauge roughly equated to the number of sheets of metal necessary to equal approx-
imately on inch of thickness. An inverse relationship exists between the gauge
number of the metal's thickness- the lower the gauge number the thicker the
steel.
26. Abbreviation of "ga." Gauge is an abbreviation of United States Standard Gauge established by
gauge the US Government in 1893
27. Common gauges 16 gauge (finest available) 18 gauge (mid-line) and 20 gauge steel (economically
of steel caskets priced)
28. 20 gauge steel typically square corner design, economically priced, with interiors of rayon twill or
caskets crepe. Many automobile body panels made from 20 gauge
29. 19 gauge steel Common a generation ago- infrequently seen today. Approx. 16% thicker than 20
caskets gauge steel, will last 29% longer when earth buried.
30.
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1. Coffin A case or receptacle for dead human remains which is anthropoid in shape
2. Casket FTC a rigid container which is designed for the encasement of human remains and
which is usually constructed of wood, metal, or like material and ornamented and
lined with fabric.
3. Casket ABFSE a case or receptacle in which human remains are placed for protection, practical
utility, and a suitable memory picture.
4. Casket ABFSE any box or container of one or more parts in which a dead human body is
and placed prior to interment, entombment, or cremation which may or may not be
permanently interred, entombed, or cremated with the dead human remains.
5. First US patent James Gray 1836
for a metallic cof-
fin to
6. Species of wood Birch, Cherry, Mahogany, Maple, Oak, Poplar, Walnut, Pine, Select hardwood or
used for caskets Salix and other species.
7. Softwood Gymnosperms are coniferous (cone bearing) with needles or scale like foliage
Species like pines or cedars.
8. Hardwood Angiosperms are broad-leaved deciduous trees that annually lose their leaves like
Species oaks and maples.
9. Mahogany 3 South American Swietenia
types Philippine Shorea
African Khaya
10. Select Hardwood a casket constructed from a variety of hardwoods including poplar, willow or
or Salix cottonwood. The component parts of a single casket will not necessarily be
constructed of the same species of wood.
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11. Production of Solid wood planks between 1" and 4" in thickness- 130- 150 board feet of lumber
good quality cas- with some up to 300 board feet.
ket requires:
12. Board-foot unit Equal to a piece of lumber 12" square and 1" thick
of dimensional
measurement
13. Laminates Made by uniting superimposed layers of different materials. Typically the upper-
most (visible) layer is of finer quality than the less expensive base material.
14. Wood Veneer created by gluing a thin layer of wood of superior value or excellent grain to an
inferior wood.
15. Composition composed of particles of wood bonded together with waterproof glue heat and
Board pressure
16. Types of compo- particle board, hardboard, fiberboard, oriented-strand board (OSB), medi-
sition board um-density fiberboard (MDF) and pressed board. Distinguished by size and
shape of the particles of wood used.
17. Plywood thin sheets of wood glued together, so that the grains are at right angles to one
another; an odd number of sheets will always be used so that the grain on the
front and back will always run in the same direction. Like a laminate of many wood
veneers.
18. Corrugated fiber- basic construction material in many cremation containers and widely used as an
board or card- upholstery backing material.
board used as:
19. Types of Metals Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel, Copper and Bronze
used in Casket
Construction
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20. Ferrous Metal any metal formed from iron. Iron is a metallic, silver white element that is easily
formed, and shaped, rusts easily and is magnetically attractive
21. Non-ferrous Met- any metal not formed from iron such as copper and bronze.
al
22. Alloy two or more metals fused together by melting
23. Steel AKA Carbon a metal alloy consisting mainly of iron and carbon; used in caskets it is low
Steel in carbon which keeps it soft 9mild) and malleable; commercial steel contains
carbon in and amount up to 1.7% as an essential alloying constituent. Too much
carbon makes the steel brittle.
24. Carbon steel cas- gauge- a measurement of thickness of metals
kets classified by:
25. Gauge roughly equated to the number of sheets of metal necessary to equal approx-
imately on inch of thickness. An inverse relationship exists between the gauge
number of the metal's thickness- the lower the gauge number the thicker the
steel.
26. Abbreviation of "ga." Gauge is an abbreviation of United States Standard Gauge established by
gauge the US Government in 1893
27. Common gauges 16 gauge (finest available) 18 gauge (mid-line) and 20 gauge steel (economically
of steel caskets priced)
28. 20 gauge steel typically square corner design, economically priced, with interiors of rayon twill or
caskets crepe. Many automobile body panels made from 20 gauge
29. 19 gauge steel Common a generation ago- infrequently seen today. Approx. 16% thicker than 20
caskets gauge steel, will last 29% longer when earth buried.
30.
