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AS 5068-2006
[Current]Timber - Finger joints in structural products - Production requirements
specifies requirements for bonded finger joints and minimum requirements for the manufacture of cut, interlocking, bonded finger joints in structural timber members. Requirements are also given for timber, adhesive, moisture content, cutting, bonding, preservative treatments and flame-retardant treatments.
Published: 26/06/2006
Pages: 14
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Cited references
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Table of contents
Header
About this publication
PREFACE
1 SCOPE
2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
3 DEFINITIONS
4 SERVICE CLASSIFICATION
4.1 Service Class 1
4.2 Service Class 2
4.3 Service Class 3
5 NOTATION
6 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
6.1 General
6.2 Timber
6.2.1 Species
6.2.2 Knots and fissures
6.3 Adhesives
6.4 Finger joint strength
7 MANUFACTURING REQUIREMENTS
7.1 Conditions
7.2 Timber
7.3 Adhesives application
7.4 Assembly and end pressure
7.4.1 Assembly
7.4.2 End pressure
7.5 Preservative and flame retardant treatments
8 QUALITY CONTROL—FACTORY PRODUCTION CONTROL
8.1 General
8.2 Strength assessment
8.2.1 Sampling
8.2.2 Testing
8.2.3 Compliance—Finger-jointed timber
8.3 Assessment of adhesive bond durability for Service Class 2 or 3 exposure
8.3.1 Sampling
8.3.2 Wet conditioning of specimens
8.3.3 Testing
8.3.4 Compliance
9 IDENTIFICATION
APPENDIX A
APPENDIX B
B1 SCOPE
B2 PRINCIPLE
B3 APPARATUS
B4 PREPARATION OF TEST SPECIMENS
B4.1 General
B4.2 Finger-jointed timber
B4.3 Finger-jointed laminations
B5 PROCEDURE
B6 CALCULATIONS
APPENDIX C
C1 SCOPE
C2 PRINCIPLE
C3 APPARATUS
C4 PREPARATION OF TEST SPECIMENS
C4.1 General
C4.2 Finger-jointed timber
C4.3 Finger-jointed laminations
C5 PROCEDURE
C6 CALCULATIONS
APPENDIX D
Amendment control sheet
AS 5068—2006
Amendment No. 1 (2010)
Correction
Cited references in this standard
ASTM D4688
Standard Test Method for Evaluating Structural Adhesives for Finger Jointing Lumber
AS/NZS 1604
Specification for preservative treatment (all Parts)
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[Superseded]
DR 02443
AS 5068-2006 Rec:2016
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