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Quality

From beginning to end of the production operations we have a high quality control on the purchasing raw materials, manufacturing and shipment.

We provide such requirements for the quality of our square-edged hardwood timber:

SQUARE EDGED	Grain	Knots	Sapwood	Other particularities
Q - FA (roughly corresponds to former choice 1, first choice, 4 clear sides )	Straight-grained and exempt of any deteriorations or sawing defects on all 4 sides	Not accepted	Q - FA: No sapwood tolerated Q - FAX: sound sapwood limited to 2/3 the thickness Q - FAXX: Through sound sapwood	According to terms of contract: colour, grain, quarter sawn or 3/4 sawn
Q - F1a (corresponds to former choice 3/4 clear sides)	Straight-grained sawings exempt of all deteriorations	20 % of the pieces may present Intergrown sound knots with a maximum diameter of 10 mm, or its equivalent per linear meter, or per piece if smaller than 1 m	Q - F1a: No sapwood tolerated Q-F1aX: Sound sapwood limited to 2/3 the thickness Q-F1aXX: Through sound sapwood	According to terms of contract: colour, grain, quarter sawn or 3/4 sawn
Q - F1b (roughly corresponds to former choice bis)	Almost straight-grained	2 intergrown sound knots of 12 mm maximum per linear meter on each side	Q - F1b: No sapwood tolerated Q-F1bX: Sound sapwood limited to 2/3 the thickness Q-F1bXX: Through sound sapwood	According to terms of contract (dimension cut timber): colour, grain, etc
Q - F2 (corresponds to former choice 2)		Small knots without limitation - 3 intergrown sound knots of maximum diameter equivalent to 1/3 of the width, limited to 25 mm per linear meter, on each side	Q - F2: No sapwood tolerated Q-F2X: Sound sapwood limited to 2/3 the thickness Q-F2XX: Through sound sapwood
Q - F3 (corresponds to former choice 3, beau rustique)		Small knots without limitation - 3 intergrown sound knots of maximum diameter equivalent to 1/2 of the width of the side, on each side, but limited to 40 mm maximum per linear meter or its equivalent	Q - F3: No sapwood tolerated Q-F3X: Sound sapwood limited to 2/3 the thickness Q-F3XX: Through sound sapwood
Q - F4 (old choice, apart from the rules)		Intergrown sound knots without limitation, of maximum diameter equivalent to 1/2 of the width, but limited to 70 mm. 1 dead knot of 20 mm per linear meter admitted on each side	Q - F4: Traces of sapwood admitted on both sides, limited to 1/2 of the thickness. Q - F4XX: Through sound sapwood without limitation.

We provide such requirements for the quality of our squared hardwood beams:

SQUARED BEAMS	Grain	Knots	Sapwood	Face shakes	Other particularities	Not admitted
Q - PA	Slope of grain < 7 % admitted on one side and must not exceed 10 %	Intergrown sound knots admitted as long as the diameter of each one does not exceed 1/3 of the width of the side or edge. Two sound dead knots with a diameter of < 15 mm per meter are admitted.	Slight and sound on maximum two edges, if inferior to 15% of the width of the sides or edges.		Slight traces of heart tolerated on one side, enclosed heart admitted, black streaks tolerated on 10 % of the pieces of the batch, superficial side shakes tolerated on the extremities	Heart shakes, ring shakes, frost cracks, curly grain, bark pocket, enclosed sapwood, stain, bore holes, red heart, brown rot
Q - P1	Slope of grain < 12 % admitted on one side and must not exceed 20 %	Intergrown sound knots admitted as long as the diameter of each one does not exceed 1/2 of the width of the side or edge. Two sound dead knots are permitted per linear meter as long as their individual diameter does not exceed one quarter of the width of the side or edge.	Sound sapwood accepted on edges as long as the diameter does not exceed 1/2 of the width of the side or edge		Tolerance of slight wane on maximum 2 edges as long as the width remains 90% clear. Slight traces of heart tolerated on 2 sides - enclosed heart admitted - red heart admitted. On 10% of the pieces of the batch black streaks, brown rot, curly grain, bark pocket can be present. Heart shakes, ring shakes and frost cracks can be present on the ends of the pieces, as long as sides remain clear. Face shakes tolerated on the extremities
Q - P2	Slope of grain of 18 % admitted on one side and must not exceed 25 %	Unsound or rotten knots are tolerated	Sound sapwood admitted without limitation - unsound sapwood admitted on the edges to the same degree as wanes	Face shakes of maximum 10 cm admitted.	Tolerance of wane without limitation as long as 60% of the width of the corresponding sides or edges remain clear - all other particularities admitted with the exception of dead knots with individual diameter exceeding one third of the width of the side or edge - black bore holes admitted - deterioration caused by fungal attacks are not admitted on the sides	Stain and rot

Reference: European Norm EN 975-1 "Sawn timber - Appearance grading of hardwoods - Part 1 (oak and beech)" adopted by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) in 1995 (improved in 1999) and applied by national organisations (see http://www.cenorm.be/)

We provide such requirements for the quality of our softwood sawn products:

planks sawn on both sides, without failure;
knots on both sides that do not fall apart, that occupy no more than half the width of the piece on both sides;
no blue stains;
no rot;
no wane;
no mechanical damage;
no bending and twisting;
a small number of resin bags is possible

All our softwood sawn products meet technical requirements of GOST 8486-86 (the state standart of quality) for 1, 2, 3 grades. . See below

SAWN TIMBER OF SOFTWOODS
Technical requirements in accordance with GOST 8486-86

#	Parameter, attribute, defect of wood, its arrangement	Requirements on grades
#	Parameter, attribute, defect of wood, its arrangement	Select (0 grade)	1 grade	2 grade	3 grade	4 grade
1	Species of wood	coniferous species (under the specification of the buyer)
2	Nominal length, m: for domestic market and export	from 1,0 up to 6,5 with gradation 0,25
	for manufacturing container	from 0,5 with gradation 0,1
	for bridge blocks	3,25
	for export	from 0,9 up to 6,3 with gradation 0,3
3	Deviations from nominal length, mm	from -25 up to +50
6	Deviations from nominal thickness and width, mm, at the nominal sizes: up to 32 mm inclusive	from -1 up to +1
	from 40 up to 100 mm inclusive	from -2 up to +2
	more than 100 mm	from -3 up to +3
7	The least face width of unedged sawn timber, mm,at nominal thickness: from 16 up to 50 mm	50
	from 60 up to 100 mm	60
	from 125 mm and more	60 % of thickness
*The note 1:* The sizes of sawn timber on thickness and width are established for moisture content of 20%. At the greater or smaller moistness the sizes should be more or less on size of shrinkage in accordance with GOST 6782.1-75.
8	Sound intergrown knots: diameter in percentage of width/ number for 1 m length, pieces: face knots and arris knots	20/2	25/3	33/4	50/4	allowed
	edge knots: at thickness up to 40 mm	33/1	50/2	67/2	allowed/2
	40 mm and more	25 (but no more than 15 mm) / 2	33/2	50/3	allowed/3
9	Partly intergrown knots and dead knots, diameter in percentage of width / number on 1 m length (in the sum with intergrown knots), pieces: face knots and arris knots	12,5/2	20/2	25/3	33/3	50/4
	edge knots: at thickness up to 40 mm	25/1	33/1	50/2	allowed/2	allowed/2
	40 mm and more	10 mm / 1	25/2	33/2	67/2	allowed/3
10	Rotten and unsound knots	not allowed	diameter - on standards for intergrownand dead knots, number - no more than half from their allowed quantity
*The note 2:* Diameter of a knot is measured on distance between two straight linees concerning a knot, parallel to a longitudinal axis of sawn timber. *The note 3:* Knots with diameter less from 50% from permitted value are not taken into account. *The note 4:* The stepson are normalized as dead knot, in the perfect grade stepson is not allowed. *The note 5:* One knot with diameter on sizes of adjacent lower grade in sawn timber with length more than 3 m is allowed. *The note 6:* On the area of length, that is equal to width of sawn timber, the sum of the sizes of knots on the direct line crossing this area in any direction, should not exceed the permitted diameter of a knot. *The note 7:* Spike knots and two-edges arris knots with with the size on a small axis up to 6 mm and depth up to 3 mm in sawn timber more than 40 mm (except for a perfect grade) are allowed *The note 8:* The number of knots is not standardized for cants (thickness and width of 100 mm and more).
11	Face and edge cracks, including cracks, extended on the end, length, percentage of length of sawn timber: shallow (with deep less 5mm or less 1/10 of thickness for sawn timber with thickness more than 50mm)	16	25	33	50	allowed
11	deep (with deep more than 5mm or more 1/10 of thickness for sawn timber with thickness more than 50mm)	10	16	33	50	allowed
12	Face through cracks, including extending on the end: length, mm	100	150	200	-	-
12	length, percentage of length of sawn timber	-	-	-	16	25
13	End shakes(except for cracks from shrinkage (checks)), length, percentage of width of sawn timber	not allowed	25	33	50	allowed
13		not allowed	(on one of the ends)			allowed
*The note 9:* The permitted sizes of cracks are specified for sawn timber with moisture content of 22%. At the greater moisture these sizes have to been reduced twice.
14	The cross grain, %	5	allowed
15	Compression wood, percentage from the face area of sawn timber	not allowed	20	allowed
16	Gum pockets: number for on 1 m length of sawn timber, pieces	1	2	4	allowed
16	gum pocket length (on one side of sawn timber), mm	50	allowed
17	The pith and a double pith	not allowed		allowed
17	without ring shakes and radial cracks in sawn timber with thickness of 40 mm and more	not allowed	allowed
18	Bark pocket (one-sided): width, percentage of width of sawn timber	not allowed	10	20	25	allowed
18	length, percentage of length of sawn timber	not allowed	5	10	10	allowed
19	Cancer, length, percentage of length of sawn timber	not allowed		20, but no more than 1 m	33	allowed
20	Fungus heartwood stains, the area, percentage from the area of face of sawn timber	not allowed	10	20	allowed
21	Blue stain and mould: surface	not allowed	not allowed			allowed
21	deep blue, the area, percentage from the area of sawn timber	not allowed	10	20	50	allowed
22	Rot:	not allowed
22	Motley heartwood rot as spots and strips, the area, percentage from the area of sawn timber	not allowed				10
23	Wormholes,number of holes for 1 m length of sawn timber, pieces	not allowed (except for shallow on wane part)		2	3	6
24	Foreign bodies and impurities	not allowed
25	Sharp wane, width of unsawed face in percentage to the width of sawn timber	not allowed				50
25	width of unsawed edge in the percentage of the length of sawn timber	not allowed				25
26	Rough wane: on faces and edges without limitation on length, the size of unsawed part in percentage of width	16	16	16	33	allowed
	the size of unsawed part on separate sections of edges in the percentage of width	33	33	33	66
	length of the section in percentage of length of sawn timber	16	16	16	25
27	Butt trimming, percentage of width or thickness of sawn timber	5	5	5	5	5
28	Tooth marks, snaking, shears, depth, mm	no more than deviations from nominal thickness or width			3	allowed
29	Bow, spring and twist, height of curvature in percentage of width of sawn timber	0,20	0,20	0,20	0,40	allowed
30	Cup, height of curvature in percentage of width of sawn timber	1	1	1	2	allowed
*The note 10:* Norms on warp are established for sawn timber with moisture of 22%. At the greater moisture the norms have to be reduced twice. *The note 11:* The defects of the wood which has been not mentioned in the table are allowed. *The note 12:* Sawn timber are delivered dry (moisture no more than 22%), natural dry or antiseptized natural dry. *The note 13:* The quality rating of sawn timber should be made on the worst face and worst edge.