BS 5450:1977

Superseded

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Specification for sizes of hardwoods and methods of measurement

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

15-03-1999

Language(s)

English

Published date

28-02-1977

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Foreword
Cooperating organizations
Specification
1. Scope
2. References
3. Definitions
4. Moisture content
5. Basic sizes of sawn hardwoods
6. Permissible deviations from basic sizes
7. Methods of measurement
8. Reduction of sawn hardwood sizes by processing
Appendix
A. Shrinkage on drying
Tables
1. Basic cross-sectional sizes of sawn hardwoods
2. Permissible deviations from basic sizes of
     thickness or width
3. Reduction from basic sawn size to finished size
     by processing of two opposed faces
Figures
1. Measurement of length for specified widths,
     square edged and random widths, square edged
2. Measurement of length for random widths, waney
     edged

Range of basic sizes of sawn hardwood at 15 per cent moisture content. Measurement of moisture content and sizes. Includes a table for reductions by manufacturing processes from the basic sawn hardwood sizes, for some end uses and products.

Committee	B/518
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	10
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Superseded
SupersededBy	BS EN 1313-2:1999

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