Wood Information Sheet 2/3-23 Introduction to wood-based panel products
Publication Year
2019
Document Status
Withdrawn
Abstract
An overview of the manufacture and characteristics of basic types of wood-based panels and some speciality products derived from them; addressing plywood, particleboard, oriented strand boards and fibre building boards, and CE marking/harmonised standards.
Document History
Superseded by the December 2020 edition. February 2019 edition, with minor corrections. Supersedes the May 2018 edition. First published 1999; revised 2003, 2012, 2016 and 2018.
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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