The glue lines are usually exaggerated on the cut side.
Curved laminated beams.
Contact us via glulam sales department.
We can even fabricate complete circles.
The flexibility of glulam beams allows for the designer s creative imagination to be realised.
Factory made members can be formed into any practical shape and any desired size.
Curved headers for porches and towers.
In addition to making curved beams american laminators can also manufacture beams with one side curved and the other side straight.
Use other member stress combinations e g.
Arched ceilings and rafters.
Curved and arched glulams calvert co inc.
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.
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.
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.
Common applications for curved laminated products are.
Radial curved elliptical shapes and reverse curves are all possible.
Larger cross sections can be made via special wood manufacturing processes.