Engineered wood products are made from wood fibers, strips, and veneer sheets bonded together with adhesive resin. They include flooring, lumber, and particleboard. Engineered flooring is cheaper and more durable than traditional wood. Engineered lumber includes I-joists and glued laminated timber. Particleboard products include oriented strand board and laminate fiberboard.
Engineered wood products are made from a combination of wood fibers, strips, and veneer sheets. Smaller diameter trees of the same hard and soft wood that are used for making the lumber are also used. Engineered wood products are also called composite wood and the materials are bonded together using an adhesive resin which makes the finished product resistant to warping. Some different products made from engineered wood include flooring, different types of lumber, and particleboard.
Engineered flooring is commonly used in both residential and commercial properties because it is typically less expensive and often more durable than traditional wood. An engineered wood floor is constructed using a thin layer of sealed and sanded hardwood glued to a thicker bottom layer of plywood. The plywood is layered perpendicularly from the top layer of hardwood, which is what makes the finished engineered wood floor so strong. Some of the hardwoods used to produce this type of engineered wood product are hickory, oak, and maple.
Engineered lumber is a broad term used to describe different types of engineered wood products. The I-joist is used in flooring or decking and consists of two parts, the core and the flange, made from laminated veneer wood (LVL). The flange is glued to both sides of each end of the web to form an I-shape. This allows the I-joist to carry a heavier load than traditional lumber and will not sag or sag even when used over long lengths .
Another type of engineered wood is glued laminated timber, which is the shorthand term for glued lamination. Originally made from wood harvested in Scandinavian forests, glulam is now also produced in the United States using southern yellow pine. Many layers of thin pieces are glued together horizontally to form beams, trusses or girders. During the manufacturing process, the wood can be bent and compressed into a curved piece that can still support heavy structural members. Engineered wood products such as laminated wood are often used for churches or other large structures that require high ceilings without large support columns.
Particleboard engineered wood products include oriented strand board (OSB) and laminate fiberboard (LSB). OSB, also known as wafer board, is made by using chopped up strips of wood and pressing them into a resin. The wood strips are oriented crosswise to increase strength so that the final product has multiple thick layers glued together using a heat press. LSB is made in a similar process, but veneer chips are used instead of wood strips and then formed by heat activation.
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