Wood Information Sheet 2/3-23 Introduction to wood-based panel products
Publication Year
2018
Document Status
Withdrawn
Abstract
Outlines the manufacture and characteristics of basic types of wood-based panels and indicates some of the speciality products derived from them. Covers plywood, particleboard, oriented strand boards and fibre building boards, and discusses CE marking requirements.
Document History
Superseded by the February 2019 edition. May 2018 edition, with minor corrections. Supersedes the April 2016 edition. First published 1999; revised 2003, 2012 and 2016.
Publisher Information
BM TRADA
BM TRADA originates during the 1930s when a forerunner of what later became the Timber Research and Development Association (TRADA) was set up to promote the use of wood in construction. Their publishing programme delivers an extensive range of timber information - Eurocode 5 guidance, span tables, Wood Information Sheets and technical manuals on timber structures, characteristics, performance aspects such as fire and durability, and common applications.
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