Use other member stress combinations e g.
Curved laminated beams.
The glue lines are usually exaggerated on the cut side.
The tightness of the radius will determine the thickness of the laminations.
In addition to making curved beams american laminators can also manufacture beams with one side curved and the other side straight.
Arched ceilings and rafters.
Contact us via glulam sales department.
Glulam beams that curve in plan use plies that are oriented vertically therefore the finished height of the beam is based on standard glulam widths.
Larger cross sections can be made via special wood manufacturing processes.
Factory made members can be formed into any practical shape and any desired size.
This is done by either cutting a curve into one side of a straight beam or by making a straight cut on one side of a curved beam.
The flexibility of glulam beams allows for the designer s creative imagination to be realised.
Encasements headers for large openings.
We can even fabricate complete circles.
Common applications for curved laminated products are.
Radial curved elliptical shapes and reverse curves are all possible.
We can manufacture most custom curved shapes including s curves side curves parabolic arches double compound curves and tight radius curves with a radius as tight as 2 0.