What is glued laminated wood?

glued laminated wood, commonly called glulam, is a type of structural wood made of individual pieces of wood that are connected to adhesives. It is different from the plywood in that the layers are much stronger and the grains of all pieces of components flow in the same direction. Glued laminated wood is a good substitute for large, one components cut beams, because it can use several smaller pieces of wood from smaller trees to replace a single beam that can be fastened only from one larger, older tree. Cutting companies that faced increasing public pressure to become more -minded about protection were also looking for a way to reduce costs, because the ripe trees needed for the largest lumber were more rare and more expensive. The glued laminated wood was a developed as an alternative that dealt with both problems.

The introduction of gluulam provided a product that could be made of several smaller pieces of wood, connected together with extremely strong, waterproof adhesives. These smaller pieces of wood jSOU harvested from smaller trees, which come from the districts of forest control of young wood planted specifically for harvesting, rather than from old growth trees that can take hundreds of years. Trees in the range of 20 to 30 years can provide the timber necessary for this product.

glulam is similar to other composite wood products such as plywood, but has many distinguishing elements that distinguish it from other types of natural composite products. The plywood is made of thin leaves of wood stacked and connected together, with a grain of each consecutive layer aligned at an angle of 90 degrees to the previous layer and is produced in larger leaves. The glued laminated wood is produced by combining thicker pieces of wood, often 2 inches (5 cm) or more thick, while each piece of each piece running in the same direction. This technique can be used to make large beams and beams of almost any dimension, including shapes that are impossible toReach for traditional timber, especially curves, including a compound and more curves that allow the possibilities of construction that are not available when using purely solid holes. Glued laminated wood is usually not treated, but can be treated for outdoor applications.