TIMBERSTRAND LSL IS A WOOD BASED BILLET. MADE BY LAMINATING LONG WAFERS OF WOOD TOGETHER. THE LONG WAFERS ARE TREATED WITH A PHENOLIC OR ISOCYANATE BASED CHEMICAL AND ALIGNED IN ONE DIRECTION TO FORM A MAT. THE MAT IS THEN HEATED AND COMPRESSED BY A HYDRAULIC STEAM PRESS. THE MAT OF WAFERS IS BONDED TOGETHER AND THE WAFERS BONDED 35 TO 80 PERCENT TO MANUFACTURE A STRONG WOOD COMPOSTIE. THIS DENSIFIED WOOD BASED PRODUCT HAS A MECHANICAL STRENGTH THAT IS INCREASED OVER THAT FROM WHICH IT WAS MADE.

GIR 1 TERMS OF HEAD 4413 DENSIFIED WOOD, IN BLOCKS, PLATES, STRIPS OR PROFILE SHAPES.