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BS EN 15497 - FINGER JOINTED STRUCTURAL TIMBER - PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM PRODUCTION REQUIREMENTS
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Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Symbols
5 Requirements
5.1 General
5.2 Timber
5.2.1 General
5.2.2 Species
5.2.3 Knots and fissures
5.2.4 Wane or edge damage
5.3 Adhesives
5.4 Finger joints
5.5 Durability
5.5.1 Natural durability of the timber
5.5.2 Timber treated against biological attack
5.6 Formaldehyde emission
5.7 Reaction to fire
6 Evaluation of conformity
6.1 General
6.2 Initial type testing
6.2.1 General
6.2.2 Report
6.3 Factory production control (FPC)
6.3.1 General
6.3.2 Equipment
6.3.3 Raw materials and components
6.3.4 Product testing and evaluation
7 Marking
Annex A (normative) - Minimum manufacturing requirements
A.1 Production conditions
A.2 Timber
A.3 Adhesive application
A.3.1 General
A.3.2 Adhesive application by machine
A.3.3 Manual adhesive application
A.4 Assembly and end pressure
A.4.1 Assembly
A.4.2 Adhesive
A.4.3 End pressure
Annex B (normative) - Formaldehyde classes
B.1 General
B.2 Initial classification and factory production control
B.3 Requirements for the formaldehyde classes
Annex ZA (informative) - Clauses of this European standard
addressing the provisions of the EU Constructions
Products Directive
ZA.1 Scope and relevant characteristics
ZA.2 Procedure for attestation of conformity of
finger-jointed structural timber
ZA.2.1 System of attestation of conformity
ZA.2.2 EC certificate of conformity and EC declaration
of conformity
ZA.3 CE marking and labelling
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