Sanded Utility Face - Utility Veneer Core – Regular Back Grade

Product Name	Commercial Plywood
Grade	UTY – UTVC – Regular Back
Face & Back Veneer	Okoume / Bintangor
Core Veneer	Poplar
Glue Type	Type II MR (Moisture Resistance: Interior, Urea Formaldehyde)
Thickness	2.7mm(3ply) / 3.6mm(4ply) / 5.2mm(5ply) / 8mm(7ply) 9mm(7ply) / 12mm(9ply) / 15mm(11ply) / 18mm(13ply)
Size(mm)	1220 x 2440

Sanded Utility Grade for Face (Okoume)

Live Knots	Yes.
Dead Knots	Puttied
Knotholes	25.4mm Max. Diam. Patched, Blending
Burls	Yes
Color Variation	Yes
Stain & Mineral Streak	Yes
Dry Pitch & Bark Pockets	Puttied
Wormholes, Pinholes	Puttied
Worm tracks	Puttied
Vane Marks	Yes
Cross Breaks	Yes
Doze	Puttied

Utility Grade for Veneer Core (Poplar)

Laps	Yes, visible on face& not touchable on face, strongly bonded to avoid delaminating.
Voids	Yes, less than 3.0mm, one-two in single layer.
Shims	Yes
End Split	Yes, not visible on face
Uneven Core Thickness	Yes, symmetrically composed
Numbers of Components	Not specified

Not Sanded Back Grade for Back Face (Okume)

Boat or Large symmetrical patches	Yes
Live Knots	Yes
Dead Knots	Puttied
Knotholes	19mm Max Diam. Puttied, blending
Burls	Yes
Color Variation	Yes
Stain & Mineral Streak	Yes
Dry Pitch & Bark Pockets	Puttied
Wormholes, Wormtracks	Puttied
Vane Marks	Yes
Cross Breaks	Yes
Doze	Puttied

Manufacturing Standard

Item	Utility Face Veneer	Not Sanded Back Veneer
Joint	One is allowed	One is allowed
Wrinkles & Delaminating	Not allowed.	Not allowed
Open Splits	Hair line	Allowed
Filled or Puttied Splits	Three 3.2mm x 305mm	One, max. 9.5mm x 508mm
Fill & Putty Smear	Yes	One, max. 9.5mm x 508mm
Rough Cut& Ruptured Grain	Yes	Yes
Knife Marks	Yes	Yes
Tape & Glue Residue	Sanded, Smooth	Yes
Sanding	Sanded	Not Sanded

Physical Test

Moisture Contents	Less than 13%
Adhesion	Resistant 2 hours boiling & 3 hours drying at 60°C
Thickness Tolerance	±0.2mm for 5.5mm & less, ±0.5mm for 6mm & thicker
Allowance in width & Length	±2.0mm
Diagonal Allowance	Max. 3.0mm
Warp	0.1% (1.22mm against 1,220mm wide, 2.44mm against 2,440mm long)