What is the colour silver?

Cambio peeled posts are wooden posts from which the bark has been removed. With these debarked posts, or cambio debarked posts, the peeling knives cut down to the cambium layer of the tree trunk. As only the bark is removed during cambio peeling, you will still see patchy spots of bark and cambium on the entire trunk. The difference with white peeled posts is that the knives cut deeper into the trunk, making the posts entirely “white”. Because the knives do not cut deep into the trunk, imperfections in the trunk can sometimes result in residual bark remaining.

The peeling process

Cambio peeling is often carried out at so-called timber cut-off stations, where longer foundation piles are shortened into straight sections. White peeling of wooden piles is usually done at specialised timber peeling companies. Large and thick piles are often first cambio peeled before they are white peeled. This is because the bark has already been removed, allowing the piles to pass through the peeling machine more easily, which is desirable given their size and weight. Cambio peeling is simpler than white peeling of piles, and less cubic metre of wood is lost. Because the cambio peeled piles can be produced much more economically, they form a cheaper alternative to white peeled piles. Cambio peeled piles are often used, particularly for sheet piling works and piled sewerage projects where the wooden piles are largely placed below the water surface.