MATERIALS WE FABRICATE

Chipboards

Wood particleboard is an engineered wood-based sheet material in which wood chips are bonded together with a synthetic resin adhesive.

Wood chips comprise the bulk of wood particleboard and are prepared in a mechanical chipper generally from coniferous softwoods, principally spruce, though pine and fir and hardwoods, such as birch, are sometimes used.

These chips are generally bound together with synthetic resin systems such as urea- formaldehyde (UF) or melamine urea formaldehyde (MUF).

Various grades of boards are produced however they are all intended for interior applications. Particleboard manufactured in Europe and used in construction must now be specified in accordance with European standards. The UK versions of these are BS EN 312 Parts 1-7 (formally BS5669)

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