Glulam

CSA Spruce and Lodgepole Pine

Made to the highest specifications and standards in a regularly inspected environment focussed on quality, Western Archrib's glulam products are second to none.

Imperial Beam Sizes

Widths: 3 1/8", 5 1/8", 6 7/8", 8 1/2", 10 3/8", 12 3/8" and 14"
Depths: 4 1/2" to 84" (1 1/2" increments)

Metric Beam Sizes

Widths: 80mm, 130mm, 175mm, 215mm, 265mm, 315mm, 365mm
Depths: 114mm to 2128mm ( 38mm increments)

Applications

Floor Beams, Roof Beams, Headers, Purlins, Trusses

Specified Strenghts and Modulus of Elasticity
  Spruce - Lodgepole Pine
    20f-E 20f-EX 12c-E
Bending Moment (pos.) fb 25.6 25.6 9.8
Bending Moment (neg.) fb 9.8 25.6 9.8
Longitudinal Shear fv 1.750 1.750 1.750
Compression parallel fc 25.2 25.2 25.2
Compression parallel combined with bending fcb 25.2 25.2 25.2
Compression perpendicular fcb
- compression face bearing   5.8 5.8 5.8
- tension face bearing   5.8 5.8 5.8
Tension net section ftn 17.0 17.0 17.0
Tension gross section ftg 12.7 12.7 12.7
Tension perpendicular to grain ftp 0.51 0.51 0.51
Modulus of elasticity E 10300 10300 9700

CSA Douglas Fir

Made to the highest specifications and standards in a regularly inspected environment focussed on quality, Western Archrib's glulam products are second to none.

Imperial Beam Sizes

Widths: 3 1/8", 5 1/8", 6 7/8", 8 1/2", 10 3/8", 12 3/8" and 14"
Depths: 4 1/2" to 84" (1 1/2" increments)

Metric Beam Sizes

Widths: 80mm, 130mm, 175mm, 215mm, 265mm, 315mm, 365mm
Depths: 114mm to 2128mm ( 38mm increments)

Applications

Floor Beams, Roof Beams, Headers, Purlins, Trusses, Arches, Pitched-tapered beams

Specified Strenghts and Modulus of Elasticity
  Douglas Fir - Larch
    24f-E 24f-EX 20f-E 20f-EX 16c-E
Bending Moment (pos.) fb 30.6 30.6 25.6 25.6 14.0
Bending Moment (neg.) fb 14.0 30.6 14.0 25.6 14.0
Longitudinal Shear fv 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000 2.000
Compression parallel fc 30.2 30.2 30.2 30.2 30.2
Compression parallel combined with bending fcb 30.2 30.2 30.2 30.2 30.2
Compression perpendicular fcb
- compression face bearing   7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0
- tension face bearing   7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0
Tension net section ftn 20.4 20.4 20.4 20.4 20.4
Tension gross section ftg 15.3 15.3 15.3 15.3 15.3
Tension perpendicular to grain ftp 0.83 0.83 0.83 0.83 0.83
Modulus of elasticity E 13100 13100 13100 13100 13100