Beech Plywood

Beech Throughout Plywood:

This panel has high mechanical properties and can be relied upon to perform regularly and in a predictable manner under stressful conditions.

Beech throughout plywood is used in the manufacture of toys, vehicles, workbenches & tables, decorative furniture, and many other applications where a plywood product offering high-performance & dimensional stability in a consistant manner is required.

This product is available as fineline plywood

Beech Faced Plywood:

These products can be supplied with species such as poplar or fir included in the core, in order to offer a product that is lighter in weight, or for other technical characteristics, while keeping a face veneer of beech.

Plywood such as this can be supplied as 'beech combi plywood' - every other veneer is beech, or 'beech twinply' - only the face veneers are of beech.

Production of beech plywood to order:

Beech plywood can be made specifically to your exact requirements, for instance should you require a plywood with unidirectional veneers - the grain of each veneer laid in the same direction - or to achieve a decorative edge with contrasting colors, this can be achieved.

Core qualities:

The veneers used in beech plywood cores can be graded to ensure there are no open defects anywhere within the core. These are described as 'closed' cores, while standard cores may allow small open defects within the core, whether the core is of beech throughout, or a combination of other woods.

Technical details:

Thickness:
- 3-100mm
Standard sizes:
- 1250x1250mm, 2200x1250mm, 2550x1250mm, 2550x1530mm, 2550x1850mm
Special sizes:
- Any size can be supplied, up to maximum 2550x1850mm or 1850x2550mm
Tolerances:
- Length/width: up to 1m @ ±1mm, up to 2m @ ±2mm , 2m & above @ ±3mm
- Thickness: +0.2mm, -0.5mm
- (Others by arrangement)
Face grades:
- I/II, II/II, II/III, III/III
Gluing:
- EN 636-2 - Covered exterior usage
- EN 636-3 - Fully exterior usage
Other features:
- Available with no open defects throughout the core
- Special beech plywood layup available - core veneers of 0.83mm or 1.66mm thickness
- Also available with unidirectional veneers
- Can be supplied as 100% beech throughout plywood, or with a core to any required mix of other species

Decorative veneer faced beech plywood:

Any of our wide range of decorative real wood veneers can be bonded onto beech plywood core.

Average weights:

The following are approximate weights of beech plywood in standard construction:

3mm (3-ply) = 2.3 kg/m2
4mm (3-ply) = 3.0 kg/m2
6mm (3-ply) = 4.5 kg/m2
8mm (5-ply) = 5.9 kg/m2
10mm (5-ply) = 7.4 kg/m2
12mm (7-ply) = 8.9 kg/m2
15mm (7-ply) = 11.0 kg/m2

18mm (9-ply) = 13.2 kg/m2
21mm (9-ply) = 15.3 kg/m2
25mm (11-ply) = 18.2 kg/m2
30mm (13-ply) = 21.8 kg/m2
35mm (15-ply) = 25.3 kg/m2
40mm (17-ply) = 28.9 kg/m2
50mm (21-ply) = 36.0 kg/m2

Beech throughout plywood - special veneers

As an alternative to standard construction, we offer beech plywood using the same thickness veneers throughout the construction of the plywood before sanding:

100% 1.66mm veneers
Panel size: 2200/2500x1250mm

4.5mm (3-ply)
8.0mm (5-ply)
11.0mm (7-ply)
14.5mm (9-ply)
17.5mm (11-ply)
21.0mm (13-ply)
24.0mm (15-ply)

31.0mm (19-ply)
34.0mm (21-ply)
40.5mm (25-ply)
44.0mm (27-ply)
50.5mm (31-ply)
54.0mm (33-ply)
60.5mm (37-ply)

100% 0.83mm veneers
Panel size: 1250x1250mm

4.0mm (5-ply)
5.8mm (7-ply)
7.5mm (9-ply)
10.8mm (13-ply)
12.3mm (15-ply)
15.8mm (19-ply)
20.8mm (25-ply)

25.8mm (31-ply)
31.6mm (39-ply)
36.0mm (45-ply)
41.0mm (51-ply)
44.5mm (55-ply)
50.8mm (63-ply)

FSC Certification:

Beech plywood is available with FSC Certification, which is your guarantee that the product has been sensibly and sustainably managed right from the point where the trees were grown to the point the plywood arrives with you.

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