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BS EN 12248:1999

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Sawn timber used in industrial packaging. Permitted deviations and preferential sizes
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Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

15-10-1999

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
   3.1 Actual size
   3.2 Moisture content
   3.3 Moisture content size deviation
   3.4 Permitted dimensional deviations
   3.5 Target size, basic size
        3.5.1 Target size
        3.5.2 Basic size
4 Measurement
5 Changes in size due to changes in moisture content
6 Permitted deviations
7 Preferential sizes
   7.1 General
   7.2 Preferential sizes
Table 1 - Dimensions and their permitted deviations
Table 2 - Preferential sizes

This standard defines permitted deviations (due to variability in sawing and processing) from target thicknesses and widths for sawn timber used in industrial packaging when measured at a defined reference moisture content. It also gives preferential sizes of this timber.

Committee
B/543
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 95/109291 DC (08/2004)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
10
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

Standards Relationship
UNE-EN 12248:2000 Identical
EN 12248 : 1999 Identical
DIN EN 12248:1999-09 Identical
NEN EN 12248 : 1999 Identical
NF EN 12248 : 1999 Identical
I.S. EN 12248:1999 Identical
SN EN 12248 : 2000 Identical
NBN EN 12248 : 1999 Identical
UNI EN 12248 : 2000 Identical
NS EN 12248 : 1ED 1999 Identical

EN 844-4 : 1997 ROUND AND SAWN TIMBER - TERMINOLOGY - PART 4: TERMS RELATING TO MOISTURE CONTENT
EN 1309-1:1997 Round and sawn timber - Method of measurement of dimensions - Part 1: Sawn timber
EN 336:2013 Structural timber - Sizes, permitted deviations
EN 844-6 : 1997 ROUND AND SAWN TIMBER - TERMINOLOGY - PART 6: TERMS RELATING TO DIMENSIONS OF SAWN TIMBER

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