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STRUCTURAL COMPOSITE LUMBER [1 record]

Record 1 2016-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Products
  • Reconstituted-Wood Products
  • Structural Framework
DEF

[A] solid structural engineered wood product created by layering wood veneers, strands or flakes with exterior type adhesives into blocks of material[, which] are cured in a heated press and sawn to consistent sizes that are easily worked in the field using conventional construction tools.

OBS

[This category] includes products such as laminated veneer lumber (LVL), parallel strand lumber (PSL), laminated strand lumber (LSL).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits du bois
  • Bois reconstitués
  • Charpentes
DEF

[...] produit structural de bois d’ingénierie créé en superposant des placages, des lamelles ou des particules de bois collés ensemble au moyen d’adhésifs d’extérieur pour former des blocs de bois[, qui] durcissent dans une presse chaude puis sont sciées en pièces uniformes pouvant facilement être travaillées sur les chantiers avec des outils de construction courants.

OBS

Sont inclus dans cette catégorie le bois en placage stratifié (LVL), le bois de copeaux parallèles (PSL) et le bois de longs copeaux lamellés (LSL).

Spanish

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