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Burial Casket

A casket for interring or entombing human remains. Some funeral traditions include a

chance for mourners to see the deceased in the casket before burial.

Many caskets are buried or entombed in cemeteries, although others are cremated, or

burned to ash, depending on religious and personal preferences.

Cremation Casket

A casket manufactured with easily combustible materials for the cremation of human

remains following funeral service events

Ceremonial (Rental) Casket

• A ceremonial rental casket appears from the outside very like a standard casket.

• The difference is that the casket is structured so that an inner cremation

container is held as an 'insert' within the casket.

• This can be easily slid out after the visitation or ceremony for the deceased to be

cremated.

Green, Natural, Environmentally-Friendly

• burial emphasizes simplicity and environmental sustainability. The body is neither cremated nor prepared with chemicals such as embalming fluids. It is simply placed in a biodegradable coffin or shroud and interred without a concrete burial vault. The grave site is allowed to return to nature. The goal is complete decomposition of the body and its natural return to the soil.

• caskets made from sustainably produced materials from renewable sources, are easily biodegradable, and don't add toxins to the earth as they decompose. For these reasons, green caskets have much less of an impact on the earth than commercially produced caskets.

Solid wood

is raw material used to manufacture products entirely from natural wood pieces that contain no wood by-products or composite wood derivatives.

• Engineered wood products are less expensive and often constructed in an automated manufacturing process

Hardwood- Angiosperms

• Any tough, heavy timber with a compact texture

• Deciduous, meaning they lose their leaves and foliage every year and are generally dormant during the winter. They include many broadleaf trees, such as Birch, Cherry, Mahogany, Oak, Pecan, Poplar, Walnut, and

Sycamore.

Softwoods – Gymnosperms

Coniferous (cone-bearing) trees and shrubs, often with needles. They are primarily evergreen, such as Pine, Spruce, Redwood and Cedar.

Laminate

the process of bonding sumperimposed layers of different 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/synthetic

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 the same direction

Composition board

(Pressed board, particle board, flake board). Particles of wood bonded together with waterproof glue; the different types are distinguished by the size and shape of the particles of wood used

ferrous metals

In casket construction and manufacturing, the metals being used may be differentiated by those that contain iron, known as ___

non-ferrous metals

those that do not contain any significant amount of iron, known as ______.

• do not contain iron in any significant amount;

• are less susceptible to rusting and corrosion than the iron-based carbon steels;

• are not magnetic; and

• generally, more expensive than ferrous metals

Steel, also called carbon steel

is used across a broad spectrum of

building and construction projects all over the world.

stainless steel

created by adding chromium and sometimes nickel, thereby making it rust-resistant.

The U.S. Standard Gauge

was established by the federal government in 1893 for the purpose of levying taxes and duties. It was based on a specific steel density as a measurement of weight and an average thickness

gauge

The ____ of sheet metal is the number of sheets needed to equal approximately one inch of thickness.

10

it would take ____ sheets of 10-gauge metal to have a piece of steel one inch in thickness

20

It would take ___ sheets of 20-gauge metal to have a piece of steel one inch thick

thicker

The lower the gauge number, the ____ the metal

The Brown and Sharpe Gauge

is used to measure and identify the thickness of copper and bronze used in manufacturing caskets

‘400’ and ‘300’

While there are several categories of stainless steel, the focus of the funeral service industry is on the _____ series stainless

steels.

lower; higher

The 400 series products represent the ____ end of the spectrum in quality and value, while the 300 series products represent the ____ end.

non-ferrous metals

The precious metals of gold, silver, and platinum are all ____. However, copper and one of its alloys, bronze, are the two most common ____ used in casket construction.

Copper

is a naturally occurring pure metal.

• It is a malleable, ductile, metallic element having a characteristic reddish-brown color and is frequently used in the construction of caskets, urns, vaults, and vault liners due to its non-corrosive qualities.

• It is the superior resistance to corrosion and the beauty of the finished product that make is such a valued manufacturing material for metal caskets and containers.

Wrought copper

is copper processed by rolling, hammering, or forging it into specified shapes, such as sheets, bars, plates, and tubing

Copper deposit

caskets are made from copper metal to which copper ions are combined by an electrolytic process – a very expensive procedure. They are no longer routinely manufactured or offered

The Batesville Casket Company Z94 Promethean

bronze casket has had a legendary status in the funeral service industry since being purchased for the burials of:

• James Brown in 2007;

• Michael Jackson in 2009; and

• Aretha Franklin in 2018.

• The casket is custom made of 48-ounce solid bronze, hand-polished to a mirror finish in a process that takes up to two weeks. It has a plush velvet interior and the hardware is 24-karat gold plated. Most online retail outlets list this casket for a average starting price of $30,000.

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 and 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.

Green, natural, environmentally friendly

are sustainably produced materials from renewable sources, are easily biodegradable, and don't add toxins. Willow, seagrass, bamboo, and wicker caskets are common.