BSI - BS 4978
Softwood Grades for Structural Use
| Organization: | BSI |
| Publication Date: | 30 November 1988 |
| Status: | inactive |
| Page Count: | 39 |
| ICS Code (Wood, sawlogs and sawn timber): | 79.040 |
scope:
Specifies 2 methods of grading softwood namely, visual and machine stress grading. Permissible limits of characteristics for: (a) 2 visual stress grades - General Structural (GS) and Special Structural (SS); (b) 3 laminating grades - LA, LB and LC. Requirements for machine stress grades; Machine General Structural (MGS), Machine Special Structural (MSS), M50 and M75 and Strength Classes are specified. Also includes performance requirements for machines which grade softwood.
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