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=Laminated wood processes and products =

A laminate is a material constructed by uniting two or more layers of material together. The process of creating a laminate is lamination, which in common refers to the placing of something between layers of plastic and sealing them with heat and/or pressure, usually with an adhesive.

Laminated wood is usually built by the parallel gluing of lumber boards in a variety of sizes and shapes according to intended use. The main products are load-carrying members, such as beams and arches.

The process of 'laminated flooring'
Laminate flooring is type of flooring made of a laminate material. Laminate flooring is made to look like natural products such as wood flooring or natural stone, yet is made up of either synthetic materials or of synthetic materials combined with natural and recycled ingredients and covered with an attache decorative applique including an aluminum oxide finish.

Laminate flooring has a dense inner core and a glued-on layer or fused layers of outer material. Many types of laminate flooring simulate wood, but some look like marble or granite. A popular alternative to other hard surface products, high-quality laminate flooring resists staining, wear, and fading much better than wood and natural stone while providing unique looks and appeal.

[|THE HISTORY OF LAMINATE FLOORING]

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The materials used
The materials used in laminates can be the same or different. An example of the type of laminate using different materials would be the application of a layer of plastic film — the "laminate" — on either side of a sheet of the glass— the laminated subject. Plywood is a common example of a laminate using the same material in each layer. Glued and laminated dimensioned timber is used in the construction industry to make wooden beams, Glulam, with sizes larger and stronger than 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 such as an aircraft undercarriage.

**Lamination in the manufacture of skateboards**
A laminated deck for a skateboard comprises a plurality of layers of graphite cloth alternating with a plurality of layers of a laminating resin. The deck is formed after treating the layers of material for between one-half hour to six hours under a vacuum at a temperature ranging from ambient temperature to 600 degrees F., depending upon the manufacturing process, whether using a hand layup process, or multiple layers of graphite cloth containing a laminating resin (“pre-preg” material). An additional lower layer of fiberglass, which can become the deck bottom, may be used in both processes. The laminated skateboard deck has properties that are at least comparable to those of wooden skateboard decks.

Skateboards are laminated several times. Not only does this make the board all nice and shiny, but it means that when one is skateboarding, and one decides to do a grind, or other trick which rubs along your board, the several layers of laminate are going to take the brunt of the attack, and that means that your board won't be scraped at for some time. Hence, increased longetivity. On top of that, laminate is a fairly smooth and frictionless surface and therefore allows the board to slide better when doing grinds.