Riga Prime - Visual Grade General Veneer Plywood
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12 mm
12 mm
PEFC
Certificate type
A birch throughout plywood with a primed surface on either one or both faces, prepared for further surface treatment or immediate use. A suitable base for painting or varnishing.
Application
Packaging
- Die boards;
- High-end packaging.
Light building
- Stage systems and industrial flooring;
- Panels for overlaying.
Road transport
- Speciality trailers.
Description
Riga Prime’s durable and uniform surface provides a suitable base for painting or varnishing and a good base for self-adhesive materials.
Features and benefits:
- Durable and uniform surface for industrial varnishing.
- Smooth and even finish, resulting in substantial time and cost saving.
- Easy machining, laser application possible.
- Excellent for die-board applications, due to high stability and service life as well as optimal balance between weight and accuracy.
- Firm and solid base for diecutting blades.
- Sustainable product.
Further processing
Riga Prime can be further processed according to customer’s specification with cut-to-size, CNC, drilling, milling, jointing, edge machining, assembling in sets, and scarf jointing.
Grades for overlaying
Depending on the application, plywood grades S (II), BB (III) and WG (IV) are used (classification according to EN 635-2).
Primer
Riga Ply birch plywood with UV curing primer for indoor use.
Coating methods
UV curing primer applied by roller coating method. The volume of primer can be customised to between 25 g/m2 (PUV1) – 90 g/m2 (PUV4) according to end use.
Colour of primer
By default transparent colour. Pigmented/coloured primers available on request.
General information
Color | Brown Clear Cream Other |
Finish | Primed |
Material | Birch plywood |
Shape | Rectangle Square Other |
Length | 1220 mm 1250 mm 1500 mm 1525 mm 2440 mm |
Width | 1220 mm 1250 mm 2440 mm 2500 mm 2745 mm |
Height | 6.5 mm 9 mm 12 mm 15 mm 18 mm |
Uniclass | |
CAWS | K11/37 Plywood flooring K11/315 Plywood flooring |
Specification data - Visual grade general veneer plywoods
Standards | BS EN 13986. |
Third-party certification | EPD, FSC, PEFC. |
Material | |
Type | Birch plywood. |
Material grade | Grade II to BS EN 635-2.Grade III to BS EN 635-2.Grade IV to BS EN 635-2.Manufacturer guidanceDepending on the application. |
Face veneer | European birch. |
Facing | Primed, one face.Primed, both faces.Manufacturer guidanceUV curing primer for indoor use, applied by roller coating method. The volume of primer can be customised to between 25 g/m2 (PUV1)–90 g/m2 (PUV4) according to end use. The primer is transparent; pigmented/coloured primers available on request. |
Bonding quality | To BS EN 314-2, Class 3.Guidance for specification option: As standard. To BS EN 314-2, Class 1 and BS 1203, H1.Manufacturer guidanceRiga Wood birch plywood is glued with weather and boil-proof phenol formaldehyde or lignin phenol formaldehyde resin adhesive according to EN 314 Class 3 Exterior. Bonding with moisture resistant low emission melamine-urea formaldehyde resin according to EN 314 Class 1 and BS 1203 H1 possible. |
Sheet size | 1220 x 2440 mm.1220 x 2500 mm.1220 x 2745 mm.1220 x 2750 mm.1220 x 3000 mm.1220 x 3050 mm.1250 x 2440 mm.1250 x 2500 mm.1250 x 2745 mm.1250 x 2750 mm.1250 x 3000 mm.1250 x 3050 mm.1500 x 2440 mm.1500 x 2500 mm.1500 x 2745 mm.1500 x 2750 mm.1500 x 3000 mm.1500 x 3050 mm.1525 x 2440 mm.1525 x 2500 mm.1525 x 2745 mm.1525 x 2750 mm.1525 x 3000 mm.1525 x 3050 mm.2440 x 1220 mm.2440 x 1250 mm.2500 x 1220 mm.2500 x 1250 mm.Bespoke. |
Nominal thickness | 12 mm. |
Number of plies | 9. |
Edges | Square. |
Sustainability data
Contains Red List materials | Yes Guidance for specification option: Formaldehyde. |
Country of material origin | Europe Guidance for specification option: Grown, harvested and processed in the European Union. |
Country of product manufacture | Europe Guidance for specification option: Grown, harvested and processed in the European Union. |
Recyclability | 100% |
Recycled contentAs defined in clause 7.8 of BS EN ISO 14021 | 0 % |
Third party certifications
PEFC
PEFC certificate
Literature
Plywood Handbook 2022 - Riga Wood
Plywood Processing Options - Riga Wood
Riga Laser - Outstanding quality for laser cutting - Riga Wood
Riga Prime - Datasheet - Riga Wood
Case studies
Latvian National Museum of Art
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