Download the glued laminated beam design tables form s475 provide recommended preliminary design loads for two of the most common glulam.
Blued laminated construction.
When glued with industrial adhesives usually melamine or polyurethane resin.
The glulam product guide form x440 describes apa trademarked glulam addresses important design considerations and includes a specification guide it also highlights some of the many applications where glulam is used in construction.
A glue laminated timber is an engineered wood product meaning it is made from wood but is machined and assembled to precise specifications to create a predictable dimensionally stable building material.
Glued laminated wood glulam is a structural material manufactured through the union of individual wood segments.
Other common engineered wood products include plywood oriented strandboard osb and laminated veneer lumber lvl.
Glue laminated trusses glulam truss beam thickness is normally 3 7 but can be larger.
Because of the laminated construction technique beam depth can be supplied much larger than solid timbers which are normally limited to 16 20 inches of depth with beams up to 60 deep having been manufactured.
Glue laminated construction glulam products are large manufactured structural products used in commercial and residential applications.
Glued laminated timber also abbreviated glulam is a type of structural engineered wood product constituted by layers of dimensional lumber bonded together with durable moisture resistant structural adhesives.