Glued timber manufacturing and processing
Glued timber manufacturing and processing
The glued timber manufacturing and processing means gluing narrow pieces of wood along their edges to create wide solid wood boards.
The narrow pieces of wood used into the glued timber manufacturing and processing are cut from larger pieces of wood to remove visual defects such as knots, cracks, wanes. The finished board is more dimensionally stable than a single piece of wood of the same dimensions, resisting warping, cupping and twisting because of the random orientation of the grain in the adjacent sections.
As an industrial product, panels can be finished or unfinished and are often cut to specific sizes to get furniture parts, countertops and tabletops, stair treads, drawers, and cutting boards.
For the retail market, panels are cut to size but not finished, since they are for the do-it-yourself market where people often purchase them for home use. However, DIY stores sell some finished panels that have been pre-shaped as tabletops, cutting boards, shelves, and countertops.
Lafor has built a reputation as an industry leader in the glued timber manufacturing and processing field.
To maintain and improve this position, Lafor has evolved its operation to include two modern production lines: one for production of edge-glued panels and another for manufacturing the semi-machined components, drawer parts, and stair treads.
One of the lines utilizes the latest technology in the glued timber manufacturing and processing field and focuses on the need for high quality, close tolerance, and large production runs.
Our second line has been designed to produce drawer parts, stair treads, wooden stairs, and other specialty items. This line provides our operators with the flexibility to meet our customers’ most stringent requirements.