Laminated Glulam Beams

The mark signifies that the manufacturer is committed to a rigorous program of quality verification and testing and that products are manufactured in conformance with ansi standard a190 1 standard for wood products structural glued laminated timber.

Laminated glulam beams. Glued laminated timber also abbreviated glulam is a type of structural engineered wood product constituted by layers of dimensional lumber bonded together with durable moisture resistant structural adhesives. Timber technologies products include treated and untreated columns for sidewalls and end walls in post frame buildings glue laminated headers and beams and architectural grade. Shop menards for great selection of laminated veneer lumber that can be used as headers or as floor and ceiling beams. Engineered wood products ewp lvl span and size charts.

Glue laminated beams glulam general glulam consists of at least three fiber parallel oriented glued board laminations. Aitc capacity tables provide the uniformly distributed load that a glued laminated timber beam can support based on beam size span and material properties. Aitc beam capacity tables. Timber technologies l l c started operations in 2003 and has been manufacturing glue laminated glulam wood columns and beams for post frame builders since that time.

Glulam beams manufactured by apa members are certified with the apa trademark. Boise glulam beam products are manufactured with exterior grade or wet use adhesives that comply with all recognized standards. Our beams are manufactured in a variety of widths and depths with lengths up to 66 feet with or without camber. The apa mark of quality.

Glulam is generally exposed to bending stress so that the tension or compression areas will experience the highest strain. Glue laminated glulam beams. Our titan timber beams resist checking and twisting and are job site ready with one piece construction and more cost efficient than lvl and psl. Laminated veneer lumber lvl strand lumber at menards whoops.

Timber technologies glue laminated beams are superior in all strength characteristics to solid sawn lumber and pound for pound stronger than steel. Table specifications are provided with each table indicating conditions and assumptions used to calculate the loads. These tables are provided as a guideline. Structural timber nz techlam nz s largest glulam timber manufacturers providing high quality structural timber throughout nz and globally.

Versa lam laminated veneer lumber lvl beams and headers eliminate twisting shrinking and splitting and deliver flatter quieter floors and structures. In north america the material providing the laminations is termed laminating stock or lamstock.