Two or three sections of SCL can be joined together to form 3-1/2-inch or 5-1/4-inch members. Typical uses for SCL include rafters, headers, beams, joists, studs, columns, and I-joist flange material. SCL is a solid, highly predictable, and uniform engineered wood product that is sawn to consistent sizes and is virtually free from warping and splitting. The resulting products out-perform conventional lumber when either face- or edge-loaded. In SCL billets, the grain of each layer of veneer or flakes runs primarily in the same direction.
Structural composite lumber (SCL), which includes laminated veneer lumber (LVL), parallel strand lumber (PSL), laminated strand lumber (LSL) and oriented strand lumber (OSL), is a family of engineered wood products created by layering dried and graded wood veneers, strands or flakes with moisture resistant adhesive into blocks of material known as billets, which are subsequently resawn into specified sizes. Making the Best Use of Resources SCL Basics
