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WOOD-BASED PANEL [2 records]

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Record 1 2017-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Art Supplies
  • Painting (Arts)
  • Restoration of Works of Art (Museums and Heritage)
DEF

A rigid primary or secondary support.

OBS

Traditionally, a panel was a wooden board or a number of boards joined together. The term has now broadened to refer to wood-based supports, such as compressed wood boards and plywood. Other rigid materials, such as aluminium honeycomb-core supports and aluminium/polyethylene boards, can also be referred to as "panels. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel d'artistes
  • Peinture (Arts)
  • Restauration d'œuvres d'art (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
DEF

Support rigide principal ou secondaire.

OBS

Le terme «panneau» désigne, traditionnellement, une ou plusieurs planches de bois assemblées. Ce terme peut maintenant s'appliquer à des supports à base de produits du bois, tels que les panneaux de bois aggloméré et ceux de contreplaqué. Ce terme peut aussi servir à désigner des supports fabriqués de matériaux rigides comme ceux en aluminium à âme en nid d'abeille et ceux en composite d'aluminium et de polyéthylène.

Spanish

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Record 2 1987-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plywood
  • Woodworking
DEF

A type of wood-based panel operation essentially consisting in banding the edges of veneer panels.

OBS

A number of different edging materials are used, particularly with the thicker products such as particleboard and medium-density fiberboard. Wood strips can be edge banded to the boards and these strips can be profiled to the preferred shapes, using conventional routers and shapers. Plastics can be used to fill the edges, and these plastics can be later finished similarly to the top of the panel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contreplaqués
  • Travail du bois

Spanish

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