Canadian mass timber leader SilvaSpan uses a proprietary manufacturing process that mass-produces precision-engineered nail-laminated timber (NLT) panels with finger-jointed lumber.
Only SilvaSpan’s NLT panels provide fully coated protection, structural integrity, architectural beauty, long spans and up to 100% waste-diverted wood – benefits impossible to achieve with other mass timber solutions.
Our efficient offsite mass timber manufacturing process uses local wood and waste-diverted wood, lowering costs and providing premium aesthetics.
Each SilvaSpan NLT panel is made with hand-selected lengths of wood, crafted using finger-jointed technology.
SilvaSpan NLT structural panel solutions can span farther with less material than cross-laminated timber (CLT) and standard NLT.
SilvaSpan NLT panels help to reduce your carbon footprint by using wood diverted from landfills.
Each board in the NLT panel is coated on all four sides to completely protect from moisture during installation.
SilvaSpan NLT is a fully engineered product that is manufactured to high-quality standards.
SilvaSpan’s proprietary NLT press has transformed the production of NLT panels from a labour-intensive and time-consuming process to one focused on mass production, while retaining NLT’s desirable benefits.
The result is the world’s most-innovative NLT panel, superior to CLT, and specifically engineered for your project to provide the maximum efficiency and highest quality.
As the only automated NLT manufacturer in the world, SilvaSpan helps you to find significant cost savings compared to CLT or other mass-timber panel products.
Finger-jointed dimensional lumber is glued together, allowing a continuous full-length lamination. When nailed together, the result is nail-laminated timber panel lengths of up to 60 feet, unlike any other mass timber solution. This technique also enables SilvaSpan to incorporate up to 100% waste-diverted lumber for every unique eco-friendly application.
SilvaSpan has extensive experience as a mass timber industry leader at every project stage, from custom-engineering design, to efficient manufacturing, to comprehensive installation support. SilvaSpan’s leadership is actively involved in working on the creation of the Mechanical-laminated Timber (MLT) standard for NLT.
Our team also provided consultation and evaluation assistance for the Fire Rating of NLT panels in collaboration with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories.
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