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