Riga Superwire - Specialist Veneer Plywood
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12 mm
12 mm
EPD
Certificate type
PEFC
Certificate type
A birch throughout plywood, overlaid with a hard wearing special wire pattern on both faces, combining both functionality and a decorative visual appearance.
Application
Road transport
- Passenger cars;
- Light and heavy commercial vehicles;
- Light trailers;
- Speciality trailers;
- Buses.
Light building
- Stage systems and industrial flooring;
- Joinery, furniture and shopfittings;
- Outdoor solutions.
Description
Riga Superwire is a durable panel, designed for technically demanding applications, where high wear resistance and good anti-slip properties are required.
Features and benefits:
- Decorative finish with smooth, visually attractive surface.
- Highly wear resistant and anti-slip surface ensuring safety underfoot.
- Excellent strength-to-weight ratio.
- Weather resistant gluing and water resistant surface.
- Surface is resistant to commonly used chemicals and surface impact, easy to clean.
- Sustainable product with long life span.
Further processing
Riga Superwire can be further processed according to customer's specification with cut-to-size, CNC, drilling, milling, jointing, edge machining, and assembling in sets.
Surface properties
The superwire overlay improves panel resistance against mechanical damage and wear. It resists abrasion, and commonly used chemicals and is weather and moisture resistant. Depending on the film used (modified phenolic or melamine), abrasion, crack, UV resistance and other properties can be significantly improved. Riga Wood experts will advise the most appropriate overlay depending on the end use.
General information
Color | Black Blue Brown Green Grey |
Finish | Film |
Material | Birch plywood |
Shape | Rectangle Square |
Length | Bespoke 1220 mm 1250 mm 1500 mm 1525 mm |
Width | Bespoke 2440 mm 2500 mm 2745 mm 2750 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 - Specialist veneer plywoods
Standards | BS EN 13986. |
Third-party certification | EPD, FSC, PEFC. |
Characteristics | Highly wear-resistant and anti-slip. |
Material | |
Type | Birch plywood. |
Face veneer | European birch, overlaid with resin impregnated film with superwire pattern. |
Balancing veneer | European birch, overlaid with resin impregnated film with superwire pattern. |
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. |
VOC emissions | To EN 13986, Class E1 and complies with EPA TSCA Title VI and |
Number of plies | 9. |
Nominal thickness | 12 mm. |
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.Bespoke. |
Edges | Square. |
Colour/ Finish | Dark brown. Black. Green. Guidance for specification option: BB grade veneer under this translucent film. Light brown. Yellow. Manufacturer guidanceFilm weights from 120 g/m2 to 660 g/m2. Based on phenolic resin: Dark brown, black, green, light brown, yellow, green. Based on melamine resin: Silver grey, honey, opal white, light grey, blue. The edges are sealed with colour matched moisture resistant paint. Other colours are available upon request. |
Wear resistance | Taber test to EN 438-2, up to 2500 revolutions. Guidance for specification option: Depending on the coating. |
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 |
Embodied carbonA1-A3 (production stage) as defined in BS EN 15804 | -750 kg CO₂ eq/unit |
Recyclability | 100% Guidance for specification option: Plywood can be reused endlessly depending on previous use conditions but it cannot be recycled as material for producing of new plywood. |
Recycled contentAs defined in clause 7.8 of BS EN ISO 14021 | 0 % |
Third party certifications
Third party certifications
Literature
Plywood Handbook 2022 - Riga Wood
Plywood Processing Options - Riga Wood
Riga Superwire - Datasheet - Riga Wood