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Glued laminated timber – Bilam and trilam beams – Duo structural timber Ceiling elements – Log-house planks – Bilam forte – primolam® weinberger-holz gmbh · [email protected] www.weinberger-holz.at · www.bestofwood.eu Carinthia factory: Bamberger Straße 4, 9463 Reichenfels, Austria T: +43.4359.2228-0 · F: +43.4359.2228-18 Salzburg factory: Schratten 44, 5441 Abtenau, Austria T: +43.6243.440 50-0 · F: +43.6243.440 50-1 02 Contents 04_05 Wood – the material that success is carved from 06_07 Weinberger – the making-of 08_09 Best of wood – products and highlights 10_11 Special effects at a glance 12_13 Vertical and horizontal finger jointing 14_15 Best of wood comes from Carinthia and Salzburg 16_17 Glued laminated timber 18_19 Bilam and trilam beams 20_21 Duo structural timber 22_23 Ceiling elements 24_25 Log-house planks 26_27 Bilam forte. The log-house plank that doesn’t settle 28_31 primolam® – solid-wood wall/ceiling system by Weinberger 32_33 Certificates 03 Wood – the material that success is carved from The uses of wood are endless. Be it furniture, houses, industrial halls, bridges or towers – wood has accompanied humankind for many thousands of years. And not without reason. Because its advantages over other materials are beyond dispute. Here are just a few examples: Foto: Griffner Haus 04 Non-ageing qualities Wood that has been protected against weathering will not age. That’s why – with correct maintenance – buildings will not lose their value. You only need to think of old half-timbered structures dating from the 13th century. Great heat-retention capacities Its special cell structure makes wood a poor conductor. That’s why it’s especially good for heat insulation. Better fire resistance With the proper structural measures to provide protection against fire, wood will, for instance, resist the effects of fire longer than steel beams and concrete structures are able to. Renewable resources Wood grows back again. It is therefore an inexhaustible source and comes with an impressive ecological record to boot. Compliant with current CO2 requirements One cubic metre of primolam used in a building, for example, will keep one tonne of CO2 out of the atmosphere. Which is just one of the reasons why it is able to meet the CO2 requirements that currently govern the construction of public buildings in a variety of countries. And that have, for example, already passed into law in France, Slovenia and the Austrian provinces of Styria and Carinthia. These are a few reasons why timber is such a good material for construction. But because we’re also able to enhance its properties, there are also many more reasons. But find out for yourself! 05 Weinberger – the making-of 1854 Weinberger’s success story began with a farm in the Austrian province of Carinthia, which also included some forested property. Four generations ago, it was decided to exploit that capital through commerce. The business based in the Lavant Valley increased its ability to add value by building a small sawmill. The following decades were characterised by the expansion of the site and extensions to the sawmill. A log yard was created, for instance, and parquet production was commenced as was the construction of the machining plant for profile boards and timber for building. All investments were designed to help the company develop into a high-tech wood-processing company. 1982 Foundation stone laid for finger-jointing, which today lies at the heart of Weinberger’s production 1992 European première in the use of formaldehyde-free polyurethane technology with adhesives (PUR adhesive) for load-bearing structural timber components 1994 Bilam and trilam production 2000 Approval for B11 and B13 qualities 2001 Province winner of the “Wachstum durch Forschung” innovation award [Growth through Research] 2007 Third place in the “Innovatives Verkleben von tragenden Holzbauteilen” innovation and research award [Innovative Gluing of Load-bearing Structural Timber Components] 2010 Acquisition of the glued-laminated timber works in Abtenau (Salzburg) 2012 Weinberger became the first company in Europe to manufacture bilam and trilam to meet CE requirements 2013 The 2013 ACR Cooperation Prize awarded to weinberger-holz gmbh for the “Setzungsfreie Blockhaus- bohle” (“Non-settling log-house plank”) research project carried out in conjunction with Holzforschung Austria 2014 Austria’s most modern plant for the production of glue-laminated timber went into operation at Wein- berger in Abtenau in autumn 2014 06 Weinberger is at home where others go on holiday – in Carinthia. The intact natural landscape in Austria’s southernmost province is not only our reliable supplier of raw materials, but also additional motivation to provide only the best to our customers. When it comes to quality and service, Weinberger is today the market leader in the fields of bilam, trilam, glue-lami- nated timber and log-house planks. Our products have been appreciated by numerous renowned European customers operating in the prefabricated building industry as well as by quality-aware wood-trading and wood-construction com- panies of all sizes for many years. 07 Best of wood – products and highlights Quality is always the absolute measure of everything we do. Which means that we only work with fine-fibred mountain wood sourced from altitudes ranging between 900 to 1,400 metres and Scandinavian products for: ¦ Glued laminated timber ¦ Bilam and trilam beams in qualities for visible areas ¦ Industrial-quality duo structural timber ¦ Ceiling elements with machined tongue-and-groove system ¦ Log-house planks made from several types of wood and in different thicknesses ¦ Bilam forte, the non-settling log-house plank ¦ primolam solid-wood wall/ceiling systems Our 80 ranges also include timbers of widely varying types and quality that are all available for rapid delivery. Our strict methods of pre-selection already help us distinguish ourselves from the competition. And because we focus on supplying absolutely high-quality special products, we are able to justifiably claim that we are the first and only ones in some specific sectors. 08 Bilam and trilam of the highest strength Our manufacturing technologies enable us to produce bilam and trilam that is 10 % stronger than usual. A study by Holzforschung Austria confirmed our unique standing where the production of B11-strength bilam and trilam beams is concerned. Naturally, we manufacture B10 and B13 bilam and trilam as well, also in accordance with the Z-9.1-440 ap- proval, which became the equivalent of the general technical approval by the Deutsche Institut für Bautechnik in January 2006. This approval means that we are able to produce bilam and trilam possessing a coefficient of elasticity parallel 2 to the fibre with an E0,mean of 11,600 N/mm . This value is comparable to that of GL24-strength glued laminated timber. The major benefit: greater strength and even higher maximum loads for the most demanding of uses in a wide range of areas. Glued log-house planks in a variety of profiles We manufacture our log-house planks from heartwood-free Austrian wood that is dried to the moisture content that standards require for indoor use. Their outstanding feature is that from the outside only the joint’s straight line is visible along the length. This exclusive visual effect is achieved through the use of edge finger jointing. A special tool is used to create tongue-and-groove profiles to an accuracy of 1/100 mm. The great benefit: planks from different production batches may be easily joined together. Profile accuracy is one of the most important demands we make on quality. So it’s all the more important to know what that means – the explanation is simple: just imagine you’re using a knife to create a profile. The knife will become blunt after a while. So you sharpen it. But sharpening the knife alters its geometry. And will therefore affect the shape of the profile. So the only way to pre- vent that is to change the knife. And that’s exactly what we do at Weinberger. And are thus able to guarantee absolutely accurate profiles. Glued laminated timber and duo structural timber Our philosophy regarding quality is also based on our ability to provide one-stop shopping in specific areas to all cus- tomers. Which is also why the properties of our glued laminated timber almost equal the properties of bilam and trilam qualities. In conjunction with bilam and trilam beams and our duo structural timber, we are therefore able to supply all wood products for building with timber. 09 Special effects at a glance As a high-tech company, we carry out ongoing research to develop product innovations that in the past have frequent- ly helped us progress from pioneering status to becoming the market leader with specific products. This philosophy designed to ensure our future in the field and to protect quality rests on many pillars ... Wood of the highest quality sourced from the best of growing regions The area around our Reichenfels location in Carinthia’s Lavant Valley, for example, is an excellent growing region. For this reason alone we have been able to establish ourselves as a top supplier of quality timbers destined for use in visible areas. We are also able to supply Scandinavian pine which possesses fine fibres and particularly attractive growth patterns. All this in conjunction with the special care that we take in addressing our customers’ individual requirements as well as production by lists and different types and combinations of wood (e.g. spruce/larch, log planks) count among our major strengths. Bilam and trilam of the highest strength The Z-9.1-440 general technical approval issued by the Deutsche Institut für Bautechnik has been in force since January 2006. This approval means that we are able to produce bilam and trilam possessing a coefficient of elas- 2 ticity parallel to the fibre with an 0,meanE of 11,600 N/mm .