Laminated Beams | Siero Lam

Siero Lam is a leading European manufacturer of chestnut wood and other high quality Woods products prioritizing customer service and circular economy principles. Siero Lam offers Laminated beams. Laminated wood stands out as the ideal building material due to its exceptional load-bearing capacity, structural stability, and aesthetic appeal. With a maximum moisture content of 12%, glulam wood beams resist contraction, movements, and cracks, ensuring durability.

Compared to solid beams, laminated wood offers greater strength and stiffness, enabling the creation of large unsupported spans with thinner construction elements. laminated wood's superior performance is complemented by the unique aesthetics of noble species like sweet chestnut and iroko, elevating it from a purely functional element to a decorative asset in its own right.

Characteristics

• Wood species: Sweet chestnut (Castanea satifa Mill.)
• Type of adhesive in accordance with EN301: Type 1
• Class of formaldehyde emission: E1
• Fire reaction: Ds2-d0
• Durability against biological attack: 2
• Service classes: 1 and 2
• Bending strength: 30 N/mm2
• Tensile strength: 20 N/mm2
• Compression strength: 5 N/mm2
• Shear strength: 5 N/mm2
• Modulus of elasticity: 13000 N/mm2
• Shear modulus: 810 N/mm2
• Rolling shear modulus: 65 N/mm2
• Density: 540 Kg/m3