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Merbau (Cross-Laminated Timber)
Venturer’s innovative Architectural and structural, hardwood glue laminated range of construction products. Lamintsia is a first in Asia, one of only a handful of of hardwood glue laminated systems produced worldwide. Lamintsia is suitable for a variety of applications suitable for exposed structural members to internal architectural applications. Lamintsia allows designers the liberty to create curved, lightweight yet strong and durable structures: breaking new ground for timber engineered structures.
Hardwood laminated components are relatively recent and were first introduced in 1995. It is more difficult to successfully laminate hardwood than softwood as hardwood fibers are much denser and therefore require very strong adhesives often heat and pressure processes to meet glue lam bonding standards.
The advantage of hardwood glue lam is that it is nearly twice as strong as its temperate cousins , thus section sizes that can often match depth and be narrower in width than equivalent steel sections. Combined with data on Fire retardant properties of hardwood and proprietary intumescent clear coatings can mitigate against the concerns of fire safety.
Lamintsia is available in a number of custom specifications and can be manufactured as a knock down system using proprietary structural concealed connectors.All Lamintsia products, are sourced from certified sources.