Editing Lamination (section)

=== Wood ===

[[Plywood]] is a common example of a laminate using the same material in each layer combined with an adhesive. Glued and laminated dimensional timber is used in the construction industry to make beams ([[glued laminated timber]], or ''Glulam''), in sizes larger and stronger than those that can be obtained from single pieces of wood. Another reason to laminate wooden strips into beams is quality control, as with this method each and every strip can be inspected before it becomes part of a highly stressed component.

Examples of laminate materials include [[melamine]] adhesive countertop surfacing and [[plywood]].<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Martin|first1=Alan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RjmKuHpTC6EC&q=Examples+of+laminate+materials+include+melamine+surfacing+and+plywood&pg=PA99|title=An Introduction to Radiation Protection 6E|last2=Harbison|first2=Sam|last3=Beach|first3=Karen|last4=Cole|first4=Peter|date=2012-03-30|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=9781444146073|language=en}}</ref> [[Decorative laminate]]s and some modern [[Millwork (building material)|millwork]] components are produced with decorative papers with a layer of overlay on top of the decorative paper, set before pressing them with thermoprocessing into high-pressure decorative laminates (HPDL).<ref>{{cite web|date=21 January 2015|title=What Is Post-Formed Plastic Laminate?|url=http://deloriectd.com/post-formed-plastic-laminate/|access-date=15 February 2015|publisher=Delorie Countertops and Doors|archive-date=11 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711065214/https://deloriectd.com/post-formed-plastic-laminate/|url-status=live}}</ref> A new type of HPDL is produced using real [[wood veneer]] or [[multilaminar veneer]] as top surface.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}} High-pressure laminates consists of laminates "molded and cured at pressures not lower than 1,000&nbsp;lb per sq in.(70&nbsp;kg per cm<sup>2</sup>) and more commonly in the range of 1,200 to 2,000&nbsp;lb per sq in. (84 to 140&nbsp;kg per cm<sup>2</sup>).<ref>McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture & Construction</ref> Meanwhile, low pressure laminate is defined as "a plastic laminate molded and cured at pressures in general of 400 pounds per square inch (approximately 27 atmospheres or 2.8&nbsp;×&nbsp;106 pascals).<ref>McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.</ref>