Funeral Merchandising WK 2

Burial Casket

A casket is a box in which the body of a dead person is buried

Cremation Casket

The casket can be made from any combustible material, hardwood, cloth covered wood, wicker, teak, bamboo, etc, no metal parts

Rental (Ceremonial) Casket

A casket appears from the outside very like a standard casket. The difference is the casket is structured so that an inner cremation container is held as an 'insert' within the casket; can be easily slid out after the visitation or ceremony for the deceased to be cremated

Green, Natural, Environmentally Friendly Casket

A biodegradable coffin or shroud and interred without a concrete burial The grave site is allowed to return to nature The goal is complete decomposition of the body and its natural return to the soil

Solid Wood

Is more expensive because of the personal craftsmanship and labor required during construction; Hardwood and Softwood

Engineered Wood

Are less expensive and often constructed in an automated manufacturing process; Laminations, Wood Veneer, Artificial Laminate, Plywood, Composition Board, Corrugated Containers

Hardwood

Angiosperms; Deciduous meaning they lose their leaves and foliage every and are generally dormant during the winter. They include many broadleaf trees, such as maple, birch, oak, cherry, mahogany, pecan, walnut and poplar

Softwoods

Gymnosperms; Coniferous (cone-bearing) trees and shrubs often with needles; They are primarily evergreen such as pine, spruce, and cedar

Laminations

A technique to manufacture a material in multiple layers so the composite material achieves improved strength stability sound insulation appearance or other properties from the use of differing materials

Wood Veneer

Created by gluing thin layer of wood of superior value or excellent grain to an inferior wood

Artificial Laminate

Created by gluing a thin layer of man-made material to an inferior wood or other material

Plywood

Thin sheets of wood glued together with grains at right angles to one another. Odd number of sheets so grain on front and back runs same direction

Composition Board

Particles of wood bonded together with waterproof glue (pressed board, particle board, flake board)

Corrugated Containers

Containers have an interior corrugated sheet shaped into alternate ridges ad grooves, with flat linerboards on the exterior surfaces. They may be used as shipping container and sturdy receptacles for the cremation of human remains, Natural brown color comes from unbleached wood fibers used in the manufacturing process

Ferrous Metals

Metals containing iron; Steel and Stainless Steel

Steel

Created by adding carbon to iron; 16,18,20 guage

Stainless Steel

Created by adding chromium to iron; 300 - 18%; 400 - 12%

Non-Ferrous Metals

More expensive; Bronze, Copper; Gold, Silver, Platinum;

32o - 19g ; 48o - 16g

Wrought Copper

Processed by rolling and hammering and forging it into specific shapes

Copper Deposit

A casket made from a core of copper metal to which copper ions are combined by an electrolytic process

Polymer

Is similar in appearance to plastic, A compound with a high molecular weight creating an extremely durable substance

Plastic

Is a synthetic or natural organic material softened + shaped and then hardened. Plastics are commonly used in hardware and seldom used as casket shells

Fiberglass

Consists of fine filaments of glass embedded in various resins. Caskets are lightweight, strong and can be given a variety of finishes