THEN NOW Wood Products Taxonomy
WOOD
Composites Solid Wood
Engineered Panels Lumber Softwood Hardwood Composites Glued Treated Lumber Lumber (ELC)
Wood/ Wood LVL Boards Finger joined CCA treated Hardwood Non-wood Based
Wood/ Particleboard OSL Dimension Edge glued Fire retardant Cement
MDF Timber Glulam
Plywood MSR Engineered Wood Products OSB I-Beams
Roof trusses “A New Taxonomy of Wood Products”
1996 David Cohen, Simon Ellis, Robert Kozak and Bill Wilson Canadian Forest Service FRDA II Working Paper 96.05, Victoria, BC, 56pp Commercial introduction for major wood products
Laminated Strand Lumber
Parallel Strand Lumber
CCA-treated Lumber Wood I-Beam Lumber Laminated Veneer Lumber Light Frame Trusses
Glue Laminated Lumber MSR Lumber
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Plywood Particleboard Waferboard
Medium Density Fiberboard Panels Oriented Strand Board Wood Products
• Primary – most (but not all) are structural products used in construction of residential and non-residential buildings • Secondary – non-structural products used in the finishing and furnishing of these buildings • Tertiary – support services including equipment manufacture, software development, education, marketing Wood Products Taxonomy
WOOD
Composites Solid Wood
Engineered Panels Lumber Softwood Hardwood Composites Glued Treated Lumber Lumber (ELC)
Wood/ Wood LVL Boards Finger joined CCA treated Hardwood Non-wood Based
Wood/ Particleboard OSL Dimension Edge glued Fire retardant Cement
MDF Timber Glulam
Plywood MSR Engineered Wood Products OSB I-Beams
Roof trusses Boards
• 1” thick material, width – increments of 2” • finished, non-structural • markets are: export, industrial, home center • NA production likely to increase Boards
BC Wood Specialties Dimension Lumber
• 2x4, 2x6, 2x8 construction lumber • majority of lumber produced in North America • NA production grown 1.4% p.a. over last 20 years • bulk commodity product with little specialization Dimension Lumber
Canadian Wood Council Timber
• minimum dimensions 5.5” • mainly for export market • production is decreasing • post and beam construction • high-end product Timber
Canadian Wood Council Machine Stress Rated
1950f - 1.7E
• mechanically graded lumber • structural end-uses • value-added lumber product • use is increasing in traditional and new markets Wood Products Taxonomy
WOOD
Composites Solid Wood
Engineered Panels Lumber Softwood Hardwood Composites Glued Treated Lumber Lumber (ELC)
Wood/ Wood LVL Boards Finger joined CCA treated Hardwood Non-wood Based
Wood/ Particleboard OSL Dimension Edge glued Fire retardant Cement
MDF Timber Glulam
Plywood MSR Engineered Wood Products OSB I-Beams
Roof trusses Finger joined
• longer lengths produced from shorter stock • allow defects to be reduced • structural or non-structural • utilized in lumber, glulam, I-beams • markets are increasing Finger Jointed Lumber
Canadian Wood Council BC Wood Specialties Edge-glued
• edge-lamination of wood • wider widths from narrow material • stable-panel produced • industrial and finished retail products Edge Glued Panels
BC Wood Specialties Glulam
Finger joint Individual laminations
• “glue-laminated” lumber • uses high quality, stress-rated “lamstock” • used as beams and columns • structural, architectural uses Glue Laminated Beams
Canadian Wood Council Wood Products Taxonomy
WOOD
Composites Solid Wood
Engineered Panels Lumber Softwood Hardwood Composites Glued Treated Lumber Lumber (ELC)
Wood/ Wood LVL Boards Finger joined CCA treated Hardwood Non-wood Based
Wood/ Particleboard OSL Dimension Edge glued Fire retardant Cement
MDF Timber Glulam
Plywood MSR Engineered Wood Products OSB I-Beams
Roof trusses Particleboard
Single layer (homogeneous) 5-layer
3-layer Graduated
• non-structural panel product • uses waste particles from other processes • surface is smooth but edges are not • used mostly for industrial purposes Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF)
• non-structural panel product • uses mechanically produced wood fibres • superior machinability to particleboard • markets are growing rapidly Plywood
Crossband
Face Grain direction Core
• structural panel product • uses high quality softwood veneers • manufactured in 4x8ft sheets • market is steady or declining Plywood
Canadian Wood Council Oriented Strand Board
• uses flakes or strands (approx. 20x100x1mm) • aspen, poplar, pine, mixed hardwoods used • produced as large panels (up to 12x24ft) • structural panel as replacement for softwood plywood • market is growing rapidly Oriented Strand Board
Structural Board Association Canadian Wood Council Wood Products Taxonomy
WOOD
Composites Solid Wood
Engineered Panels Lumber Softwood Hardwood Composites Glued Treated Lumber Lumber (ELC)
Wood/ Wood LVL Boards Finger joined CCA treated Hardwood Non-wood Based
Wood/ Particleboard OSL Dimension Edge glued Fire retardant Cement
MDF Timber Glulam
Plywood MSR Engineered Wood Products OSB I-Beams
Roof trusses Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL)
• veneers glued with grain running parallel to each other • veneers graded prior to assembly • used on flat or on edge • used as I-beam flanges, beams and joists Laminated Veneer Lumber
Trus Joist Oriented Strand Lumber (OSL)
• uses long strands of wood • wide variety of dimensions possible • Parallam, 2.3mx1cm veneers, high-end structural uses • TimberStrand, 30cmx2cm flakes, window frames, door stock, wall studs Parallel Strand Lumber (Parallam) Wood Products Taxonomy
WOOD
Composites Solid Wood
Engineered Panels Lumber Softwood Hardwood Composites Glued Treated Lumber Lumber (ELC)
Wood/ Wood LVL Boards Finger joined CCA treated Hardwood Non-wood Based
Wood/ Particleboard OSL Dimension Edge glued Fire retardant Cement
MDF Timber Glulam
Plywood MSR Engineered Wood OSB Products
I-Beams
Roof trusses I-Beams
flange
web
• flanges - lumber, MSR lumber, LVL, OSL • webs - plywood, OSB • replace wide, solid pieces of wood • used as floor joists, roof rafters I - Beams
Trus Joist Roof trusses
Top chord Web
Bottom chord Truss plate
• small dimension, short lengths of wood combined to produce large-sized, long length support members • held together with truss plates • often custom-designed using MSR lumber • pitch-chord or parallel-chord Trusses
Canadian Wood Council