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GB/T 18959-2023Code of practice for wood protection in storage (English PDF)

木材保管规程

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SAMR; SAC

Level / Type

National · Recommended

Issue date

March 17, 2023

Implementation date

October 1, 2023

Scope

GB/T 18959-2023 is the English-translated version of 木材保管规程.

GB/T 18959-2023 sets out how timber is looked after while it is in store. It establishes the storage procedure and specifies the general requirements, the physical storage of logs, the physical storage of sawn timber and the chemical storage of wood, and it describes the verification methods: process records, documents and measurement.

It applies to timber storage in wood production, processing, use and circulation.

It defines wood storage as protecting and managing timber by physical and chemical means, physical storage as the methods that hold off fungi, insect eggs and checking without changing the chemical make-up of the wood, and chemical storage as spraying, brushing or impregnating a wood protectant.

It cites GB 3095, GB 22280, GB/T 29399, GB/T 29406.1 and LY/T 1069. It replaces GB/T 18959-2003, was issued on 17 March 2023 and has applied since 1 October 2023.

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National Standard of the People's Republic of China

ICS
79.020
Classification
B 68
Replacing
GB/T 18959-2003

Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of the PRC

Contents

  • Foreword
  • 1 Scope
  • 2 Normative references
  • 3 Terms and Definitions

Foreword

This document is in accordance with the provisions of GB/T 1.1-2020 "Guidelines for Standardization Work Part 1: Structure and Drafting Rules for Standardization Documents" drafting.

This document replaces GB/T 18959-2003 "Wood Storage Regulations". Compared with GB/T 18959-2003, except for structural adjustment and editing in addition to sexual changes, the main technical changes are as follows:

a) Added terms and definitions (see Chapter 3);

b) The timber storage method is deleted (see Chapter 4 of the 2003 edition);

c) Timber storage procedures have been added (see Chapter 4);

d) Changed "timber storage principles" to "general requirements" and changed the content (see Chapter 5, Chapter 3 of the 2003 edition);

e) The physical storage of logs has been changed (see Chapter 6, Chapter 5 of the 2003 edition);

f) Changed the physical storage of sawn timber (see Chapter 7, Chapter 6 of the 2003 edition);

g) Changed the chemical storage of wood (see Chapter 8, Chapter 7 of the 2003 edition);

h) Increased verification method (see Chapter 9).

1 Scope

This document establishes wood storage procedures, specifies general requirements, physical storage of logs, physical storage of sawn timber and chemical storage of wood, describes verification methods such as process records, supporting documents and measurements are specified.

This document is applicable to timber storage in the fields of timber production, processing, use and circulation.

2 Normative references

The contents of the following documents constitute the essential provisions of this document through normative references in the text. Among them, dated references For documents, only the version corresponding to the date is applicable to this document; for undated reference documents, the latest version (including all amendments) is applicable to this document.

GB 3095 Ambient Air Quality Standard

GB 3838 Environmental Quality Standards for Surface Water

GB 8978 Comprehensive Wastewater Discharge Standard

GB/T 14019 Wood Preservation Terminology

GB/T 15035 Wood Drying Terms

GB 16297 Comprehensive Emission Standard of Air Pollutants

GB 22280 Preservative wood production specification

GB/T 29399 Wood Insect (Ant) Technical Specification

GB/T 29406.1 Safety Code for Wood Preservation Factory Part 1: Factory Design

GB/T 29406.2 Safety Code for Wood Preservation Factory Part 2: Operation

GB 50016 Code for Fire Protection Design of Buildings

GB 50354 Code for Fireproof Construction and Acceptance of Building Interior Decoration

LY/T 1069 Sawn Timber Air Drying Process Regulations

LY/T 1371 log back Leng

3 Terms and Definitions

GB/T 14019, GB/T 15035 and the following terms and definitions apply to this document.

3.1 Wood storage

During the storage of wood, physical and chemical methods are used to protect and manage it.

3.2 Physical storage

On the premise of not changing the chemical composition and performance of wood, it can prevent fungi, insect egg hatching and growth, wood cracking and other factors affecting quality the custodial method of occurrence and development.

3.3 Chemical storage

It is a storage method that uses spraying, coating, impregnation and other methods to make the wood protective agent chemically react with the wood components to produce different protective effects.

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