Edge Glued Hardwood Panels & Worktops
Hardwood Panels & Worktops
These panels
& worktops are produced from high-quality temperate & tropical hardwood
species, many of which are available with FSC Certification. Each hardwood panel
is supplied with square edges, allowing machining to any profile, and is individually
shrinkwrapped for protection.
Used as hardwood worktops, and for high-quality furniture, products are available manufactured from heat treated timber and in multi-colours.
Construction:
These hardwood panels are manufactured from temperate & tropical hardwoods that have been bonded using moisture resistant B3 glue, with A/B quality surfaces that have been sanded to 80g prior to shrinkwrapping, and leave the factory at 8% m.c. (±2%).
- Maximum size with finger jointed staves of 530x121cm
- Maximum size with full length staves of 250x121cm or 380x67cm
- Thickness up to 50mm
- Moisture content 8% (±2%)
- B3 water-resistant bonding
- Individually wrapped for protection
- Manufactured to order
- Can be supplied in relatively small quantities
Range of hardwoods:
All the species listed below are available as finger jointed hardwood panels, while some species are also available in full length stave construction (in both single and three-layer constructions):
- Acacia
- Alder
- Ash
- Beech
- Steamed beech
- Birch
- Cherry
- Sweet chestnut
- Maple
- Merbau
- European oak
- Pear
- Sapele
- European walnut
- American black walnut
Three-Layer Cross-Section
3-layer hardwood
panels are composed of 5mm or 7mm high-quality face timber bonded to both sides
of a finger jointed cross-banded layer of the same specie that is oriented at 90
deg to the faces, e.g. maple faces on a maple cross banded core (as can be seen
to the right).
This arrangement means that we can offer a hardwood panel that has full length staves that are wider than normal and of the highest quality, while allowing for better use of any material that is visually less attractive in the finger jointed core. As less wood is wasted, the panel is more environmentally friendly, furthermore the resultant panel is stronger and more stable than a standard construction, as any inherent stresses within the faces are counteracted by the cross-banding.
Thermally Modified Timber
Edge-glued panels can be produced from thermally modified lumber in a range of species, all of which are available as finger jointed panels, full length panels in 1-layer construction, and also as full length panels in a 3-layer construction.
The timber is passed through a special thermal kilning process at high temperatures before the panel is constructed - the main advantage of this process being the wood is more stable under widely varying moisture conditions, as the modified wood's ability to absorb free moisture is greatly reduced, due to the fine changes in the cell structure of the timber.
A further effect this process has on the timber is it darkens the colour throughout the wood to a warm, dark brown (the depth of which depends upon the specie and the length of time it has been kilned) - the resultant timber being similar in appearance to the higher-priced exotic hardwood lumbers, thus offering a lower cost option than some of these more expensive, and in some cases, protected timbers.
An additional effect of this process is that fungi and insects do not recognise the modified lumber as food, so the possibility of infection with wood fungi is greatly reduced, which is another advantage to this material when used in a kitchen environment.
Thermally modified hardwood panels & worktops can be manufactured using Ash, Beech, Maple & European oak that have passed through the kilning process.
Multi-Coloured Panels
This is a relatively new product that is made to order using the exact woods and dimensions that you state in alternating wood colours/types.
For example, if you wanted a panel to made of that is manufactured from equal widths of say, European walnut & maple in finger jointed form, this is exactly what would be produced for you.
