Veneer technology

Veneer is mainly produced from trees of the genus beech, ash, oak, walnut or maple. Only certain trees with the desired veneer look with the matching colour and wood structure are suitable.

Suitable wood leaves are separated from the trunk by sawing, knife cutting or peeling. After an appropriate drying phase, they are cut to the desired size, usually joined into veneer tops (glued butt to butt or sewn with a zigzag glue thread) and glued to wood materials for surface finishing.

Veneer is used to enhance the appearance of less valuable wood (face veneer). Under-veneer, on the other hand, prevents damage to the substrate from showing through the face veneer or glue joints from becoming visible. Blind veneers prevent warping of the substrate (e.g. on the inside of a plinth). Barrier veneers prevent further movement and alteration of the support boards, e.g. in the case of multiplex boards, which consist of long, narrow wooden bars underneath.

Prerequisites for use:

Log storage

• For storage of logs

Steaming pit

• Logs are boiled or steamed before further processing to make the wood supple

Peeling machine

• After debarking, the log is clamped like a roller and a veneer strip is cut off with a cutter bar. The veneer strip is cut into veneer sheets.

Joining technique

• Veneer sheets are joined to veneer blankets to enable application in one step.