Plyboard is a wood based panel, made of a core of softwood stripes that are glued together. These stripes are usually 28 mm wideplaced edge to edge that is sandwiched between two veneers of either softwood or hardwood glued under high pressure. ActuallyPlyboard isa local term given to Blockboard. Blockboard is used to denote plywood mainly in industries and factories.
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Uses of Blockboard / Plyboard
Blockboards or Plyboards are popularly used for furniture that cover large areas like table, doors, wardrobe shutters, shelves, forpaneling as partitions, etc. Apart from these, plyboards have a very good screw holding ability and has good resistance to warping. Plyboard is most frequently used for overhead shutters which is 1 inch or 25 mm thick.
Composition of Plyboard
Plyboard panels consist of 3 layers where one is veneer sheet that is covering both the sides of plyboard that sandwiches wood stripes in between. Plyboards are sometimes produced in 5 layers where two veneer sheets on each sides are used for better stability and one veneer sheet is sandwiched between the stripes of wood which is inturn sandwiches between veneer stripes. Plyboards are available in varied sizes ad thickness too. The thickness of plyboard ranges from 13mm to 60 mm.
Different surface finish
Plyboard or blockboard cab also be bought in different finishes like wood veneer finish, melamine finish, etc. as decorative finish surface.