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Multipleapplications

invariousfields

Asahighlyversatilem

aterial,withoutstanding

mechanicalanddurab

ilityproperties,offering

innumerableaestheticpossibilities,plywoodisused

inmanyareas:

Construction

Packaging

Marineapplicatio

ns

Transport

Joinery

Inconformitywiththequalitativeandregulatory

requirementsofeach

sector,plywoodadapts

perfectlytothedesire

dachievementsby

guaranteeingsafety,respectoftheenvironmentand

savingenergy.

marking

Guaranteefor

plywoo

d

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ZPLY

06

EN

13986

EN636-1G

18mm

E1

isaplywoodforgeneral(non-structural)interioruse

(EN636-1G).Itmaynotatallbeusedinstructural

applicationsandd

oesnotbenefitfroma

certificateof

conformitydeliver

edbyanexternalorganisation.

Thismarkinghastobefixedonthepanelitself,onthe

labelthatisattached,onthepackagingoronthe

commercialdocum

entsthatarelinkedtotheproduct.

TheCEmarkingo

fthepaneloffersthecertaintythat

theinformationst

rictlycorrespondswiththe

identifiedproduct

.

Whichpanelshoulda

customerbeadvisedtoselect?

Alltheinformationre

latingtothemechanical,physi-

calandchemicalchar

acteristicsofthesesixdifferent

typesofplywoodare

tobefoundinthestandard

EN636Plywood-Spe

cifictions.

Followingtheapplica

tionconditions,aplywood

panelintendedforstr

ucturaluse(CE2+)hastomeet

oneofthefollowingr

equirements:

EN

636-1S:p

lywoodforinteriorstructural

useindryconditi

ons

EN

636-2S:p

lywoodforstructuralinterioror

protectedexterioruseinhumidconditions

EN

636-3S:p

lywoodforstructuralusein

exteriorcondition

s

Forgeneralnon-struc

turaluseonly:

EN

636-1G

:p

lywoodforgeneral(non-

structural)interio

ruseindryconditions

EN

636-2G

:p

lywoodforgeneral(non-

structural)interio

rorprotectedexterioruse

inhumidconditio

ns

EN

636-3G

:p

lywoodforgeneral(non-

structural)usein

exteriorconditions

Theterm"

general"sy

mbolisedby"G"islikelytobe-

ingreplacedbythete

rm"

non-structural"abbreviated

as"NS"followingare

visedversionofEN636.

Incircumstanceswheret

heultimateuseofapanel

isnotdefinitelyknown,cautionarypracticedictates

thatthepanelshouldbepurchasedontheassump-

tionthatitwillbeusedfo

rastructuralpurpose(ina

floor,wallorroof)ofwhichthefactoryproduction

controliscertified(CE2+).

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Isitnecessarytoplaceal

ltherequireditemsofthe

CEmarkinginformationo

ntheproduct?

No!Inanycasethiswouldnotalwaysbetechnically

possible.T

heseindication

scanbegivenonthe

commercialdocumentso

ronthetechnicalinforma-

tionsheetsthatarelinked

totheproduct.

Whenthepanelhasbeen

soldontoafurtherbuyer

inthesupplychain,

thein

formationlinkedtotheCE

markmustbepassedontothenewbuyerinexactly

thesamedetailasorigina

llygivenbythemanufac-

turer.Thisimposesanobligationonthedistributorto

keepastrictrecordofpurchasesandsalesin

ordertoensurethetracea

bilityoftheproductatany

time,particularlyifitundergoesanytransformation

process.

Towhatdoesthisregulationcorrespond?

ByaffixingtheCEma

rkingthemanufacturer

declaresthattheprod

uctconformstoalllegal

stipulations,

inparticulartheEuropeanConstruction

ProductsDirective(CPD)andthestandardEN13986

"Wood-basedpanelsforuseinconstruction-

Characteristics,evaluationofconformityandmark-

ing",andthatitisapp

ropriateforuseinconstruc-

tion.

Itistheofficialg

uaranteethattheproductis

suitableforagivenapplicationduringareasonably

longandeconomicallyrealisticservicelife.

Thepanelthatisint

endedforuseinstructural

applications(CE2+)

canbeusedforallapplications.

Itscontrolbythemanufactureriscertifiedbyan

independantexternalorganisation.

Natural,warmandwithanincomparableinvariability

ofproduction,ply

woodauthorizesamultitudeof

decorativepossib

ilities...

fullymeetingthewishesof

architects,

decora

torsanddesigners!

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