Kyakkyawan Balsa Strips daga Ecuador
Ochroma Pyramidale, wanda aka fi sani da itacen balsa, itace babba, itace mai girma da sauri daga kasashen Amurka. Shi ne kawai memba na Ochroma. Sunan balsa ya fito ne daga kalmar Mutanen Espanya don "raft".
Ochroma pyramidale na angiosperm yana iya girma har zuwa mita 30 tsayi, kuma an rarraba shi azaman katako duk da itacen kanta yana da laushi sosai; ba shine mafi laushin katako na kasuwanci kuma ana amfani dashi sosai saboda yana da nauyi.
Za a iya manne da Balsa Strips a cikin tubalan balsa da aka yi amfani da su a cikin injin turbin iska azaman ainihin kayan gini.
Ana amfani da itacen Balsa sau da yawa azaman ainihin abu a cikin abubuwan da aka haɗa; alal misali, ruwan injin turbin da ke da yawa wani ɓangare na balsa ne. Balsa-ƙarshen hatsi abu ne mai ban sha'awa don ruwan wukake na iska domin ba shi da tsada kuma mai yawa sosai don bayar da ƙarfi fiye da kumfa, yanayin da ke da amfani musamman a cikin ɓangaren tushen cylindrical mai tsananin damuwa na ruwa. Ana yanke hannun jarin takardar itacen Balsa zuwa ƙayyadaddun ma'auni, ƙima ko kerfed (tare da tsayi da faɗi, kamar yadda aka nuna, don maɓalli) sa'an nan kuma masu samar da kayayyaki suna haɗa su cikin kits.
Kashi 40% na ƙarar ɗan balsa ƙaƙƙarfan abu ne. Dalilin da ya sa zai iya tsayi da ƙarfi a cikin daji shine saboda a zahiri yana cike da ruwa mai yawa, kamar taya mai cike da iska. Idan aka sarrafa balsa, ana sanya katako a cikin kasko kuma a ajiye shi har tsawon makonni biyu don cire duk sauran ruwa. Ana yin ruwan injin turbin iska daga itacen balsa wanda aka sanya shi a tsakanin rago biyu na fiberglass. Don samar da kasuwanci, ana bushe itacen na kimanin makonni biyu, yana barin sel a sarari kuma babu kowa. Girman girma-zuwa-surface rabo na sakamakon bakin ciki-bango, sel mara komai suna ba busasshen itace babban ma'aunin ƙarfi-zuwa nauyi saboda sel galibi iska ne.
