prEN 301

Adhesives, phenolic and aminoplastic, for load-bearing timber structures - Classification and performance requirements

This document establishes a classification for phenolic and aminoplastic polycondensation adhesives according to their suitability for use for load-bearing timber structures in defined climatic exposure conditions, and specifies performance requirements for such adhesives for the factory manufacture or factory-like manufacturing conditions of load-bearing timber structures only.
This document only specifies the performance of an adhesive for use in an environment corresponding to the defined conditions.
The performance requirements of this document apply to the adhesive only, not to the timber structure. This document does not cover the performance of adhesives for on-site gluing (except for factory-like conditions) nor the production of wood-based panels, except solid wood panels, or modified and stabilized wood with considerably reduced swelling and shrinkage properties, e.g. such as acetylated wood, heat treated wood and polymer impregnated wood.
This document is primarily intended for the use of adhesive manufacturers and for the use in timber structures bonded with adhesives, to assess or control the quality of adhesives. The requirements apply to the type testing of the adhesives. Production control activities are outside the scope of this document.
Adhesives meeting the requirements of this document are adequate for use in a load-bearing timber structures, provided that the bonding process has been carried out according to an appropriate product standard.

Klebstoffe, Phenoplaste und Aminoplaste, für tragende Holzbauteile - Klassifizierung und Leistungsanforderungen

Dieses Dokument stellt eine Klassifizierung für Polykondensationsklebstoffe auf Phenoplast- und Aminoplastbasis entsprechend ihrer Eignung zur Verwendung für tragende Holzbauteile unter bestimmten Klimabedingungen auf und legt die Leistungsanforderungen an derartige Klebstoffe ausschließlich zur werksmäßigen Herstellung oder Herstellung unter werksähnlichen Bedingungen von tragenden Holzbauteilen fest.
Dieses Dokument legt nur das Leistungsverhalten eines Klebstoffs für den Einsatz in einer Umgebung fest, die den festgelegten Bedingungen entspricht.
Die Leistungsanforderungen in diesem Dokument sind lediglich für den Klebstoff, nicht für das Holzbauteil anzuwenden. Dieses Dokument behandelt weder das Leistungsverhalten von Klebstoffen für die Vor-Ort-Verklebung (ausgenommen bei werksähnlichen Bedingungen) noch die Produktion von Holzwerkstoffen, ausgenommen Massivholzplatten. Es ist nicht für modifiziertes und vergütetes Holz mit beträchtlich verringerten Quellungs- und Schwindungseigenschaften anzuwenden, wie z. B. acetyliertes Holz, wärmebehandeltes Holz und mit Kunstharz imprägniertes Holz.
Dieses Dokument ist in erster Linie für den Gebrauch durch die Hersteller der Klebstoffe und der verklebten Holzbauteile bestimmt, um die Qualität von Klebstoffen zu beurteilen oder zu überprüfen. Die Anforderungen sind für die Typprüfung von Klebstoffen anzuwenden. Aktivitäten im Rahmen der Produktionskontrolle gehören nicht zum Anwendungsbereich dieses Dokuments.
Klebstoffe, die die Anforderungen dieses Dokuments erfüllen, sind für den Einsatz in tragenden Holzbauteilen geeignet, vorausgesetzt, dass der Verklebungsvorgang nach einer entsprechenden Produktnorm vorgenommen wurde.

Adhésifs de nature phénolique et aminoplaste, pour structures portantes en bois - Classification et exigences de performance

Le présent document établit une classification des adhésifs de polycondensation de type phénolique ou aminoplaste en fonction de leur aptitude à l’emploi dans les structures portantes en bois dans des conditions d’exposition climatique définies, et spécifie les exigences de performance applicables à ces adhésifs uniquement lorsqu’ils sont utilisés pour la fabrication en usine de structures portantes en bois, ou dans des conditions semblables à la fabrication en usine.
Le présent document spécifie la performance d’un adhésif uniquement dans l’environnement correspondant aux conditions définies.
Les exigences relatives à la performance définies dans le présent document ne s’appliquent qu’aux adhésifs et non aux structures en bois. Le présent document ne couvre pas la performance des adhésifs utilisés pour le collage sur site (à l’exception des conditions semblables à la fabrication en usine) ou pour la fabrication de panneaux à base de bois, à l’exception des panneaux en bois massif, ou pour le bois modifié et stabilisé ayant une propension considérablement réduite au gonflement et au retrait, comme par exemple le bois acétylé, le bois traité à la chaleur et le bois imprégné de polymère.
Le présent document s’adresse avant tout aux fabricants d’adhésifs pour leur permettre, dans le domaine des structures en bois collées, d’évaluer ou de contrôler la qualité des adhésifs. Les exigences s’appliquent aux essais de type des adhésifs. Les activités de contrôle de la production ne relèvent pas du domaine d’application du présent document.
Les adhésifs répondant aux exigences du présent document conviennent pour une utilisation dans des structures portantes en bois, à condition que le processus de collage ait été réalisé conformément à une norme de produit appropriée.

Lepila na osnovi fenolov in aminoplastov za nosilne lesene konstrukcije - Razvrstitev in zahteve za delovanje

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• ICS: 83.180 - Adhesives
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 193 - Adhesives
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 193/SC 1/WG 8 - Revision of EN 301 and EN 302
• Ref Project: oSIST prEN 301:2022 - Adhesives, phenolic and aminoplastic, for load-bearing timber structures - Classification and performance requirements

RELATIONS

• Revised: EN 301:2017 - Adhesives, phenolic and aminoplastic, for load-bearing timber structures - Classification and performance requirements
• Effective Date: 18-Sep-2019

Standards Content (sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN 301:2022
01-marec-2022
Lepila na osnovi fenolov in aminoplastov za nosilne lesene konstrukcije -
Razvrstitev in zahteve za delovanje

Adhesives, phenolic and aminoplastic, for load-bearing timber structures - Classification

and performance requirements

Klebstoffe, Phenoplaste und Aminoplaste, für tragende Holzbauteile - Klassifizierung und

Leistungsanforderungen

Adhésifs de nature phénolique et aminoplaste, pour structures portantes en bois -

Classification et exigences de performance
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 301
ICS:
83.180 Lepila Adhesives
91.080.20 Lesene konstrukcije Timber structures
oSIST prEN 301:2022 en,fr,de

2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
prEN 301
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
December 2021
ICS 83.180 Will supersede EN 301:2017
English Version
Adhesives, phenolic and aminoplastic, for load-bearing
timber structures - Classification and performance
requirements

Adhésifs de nature phénolique et aminoplaste, pour Klebstoffe, Phenoplaste und Aminoplaste, für tragende

structures portantes en bois - Classification et Holzbauteile - Klassifizierung und

exigences de performance Leistungsanforderungen

This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee

CEN/TC 193.

If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations

which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.

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language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC

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Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and

United Kingdom.

Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are

aware and to provide supporting documentation.

Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without

notice and shall not be referred to as a European Standard.
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© 2021 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. prEN 301:2021 E

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Contents Page

European foreword ....................................................................................................................................................... 3

Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................... 4

1 Scope .................................................................................................................................................................... 5

2 Normative references .................................................................................................................................... 5

3 Terms and definitions ................................................................................................................................... 6

4 Classification ..................................................................................................................................................... 7

5 Requirements ................................................................................................................................................ 10

5.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 10

5.2 Tensile shear test ......................................................................................................................................... 12

5.3 Delamination test ......................................................................................................................................... 13

5.4 Fibre damage test ......................................................................................................................................... 13

5.5 Shrinkage test ................................................................................................................................................ 14

5.6 Static load test ............................................................................................................................................... 14

5.7 Type testing of separate application finger joint adhesive ........................................................... 14

6 Working properties of the adhesive ...................................................................................................... 14

6.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 14

6.2 Physical properties of adhesive prepared for use ........................................................................... 15

6.3 Use of the adhesive ...................................................................................................................................... 15

7 Marking and labelling ................................................................................................................................. 15

Annex A (normative) Delamination test for finger joints with separate spread of adhesive

and hardener ................................................................................................................................................. 16

A.1 Production of the specimens .................................................................................................................... 16

A.2 Testing .............................................................................................................................................................. 16

A.3 Expression of results ................................................................................................................................... 17

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European foreword

This document (prEN 301:2021) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 193 “Adhesives”,

the secretariat of which is held by UNE.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document will supersede EN 301:2017.
Compared to EN 301:2017 the following modifications have been made:
a) EN 302-5, EN 302-6 and EN 302-7 added under normative references.

b) Table 2 – 2 mm glue line – EN 302-3 Mandatory despite pH-value – beech used in the test.

c) Table 2 – Gap filling adhesives – EN 302-8 – tested with 1 mm glueline.

d) Clause 5.1 b) test with representative samples of preservative treated Scots pine or Silver fir also

covers preservative treated Norway spruce, has been added.
e) The Bibliography has been deleted.
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Introduction

This document is one of a series of standards dealing with phenolic and aminoplastic adhesives for use

with timber structures, and is published in support of product standards for load-bearing timber

structures in connection with EN 1995-1-1 Eurocode 5: Design of timber structures — Part 1-1: General —

Common rules and rules for buildings. The series consists of one standard for classification and

performance requirements (EN 301), five test methods (EN 302-1, EN 302-2, EN 302-3 and EN 302-4 and

EN 302-8) used to assess the performance of adhesives after specified heat and humidity treatments, and

three test methods (EN 302-5, EN 302-6 and EN 302-7) to characterize the working properties of the

adhesive.
SAFETY STATEMENT

Persons using this document should be familiar with the normal laboratory practice, if applicable. This

document cannot address all of the safety problems, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility

of the user to establish appropriate safety and health practices and to ensure compliance with any

regulatory conditions.
ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT

It is understood that some of the material permitted in this standard may have a negative environmental

impact. As technological advantages lead to acceptable alternatives for these materials, they will be

eliminated from this standard to the greatest extent possible.

At the end of the test, the user of the standard should take care to carry out an appropriate disposal of

the wastes, according to local regulations.
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1 Scope

This document establishes a classification for phenolic and aminoplastic polycondensation adhesives

according to their suitability for use for load-bearing timber structures in defined climatic exposure

conditions, and specifies performance requirements for such adhesives for the factory manufacture or

factory-like manufacturing conditions of load-bearing timber structures only.

This document only specifies the performance of an adhesive for use in an environment corresponding

to the defined conditions.

The performance requirements of this document apply to the adhesive only, not to the timber structure.

This document does not cover the performance of adhesives for on-site gluing (except for factory-like

conditions) nor the production of wood-based panels, except solid wood panels, or modified and

stabilized wood with considerably reduced swelling and shrinkage properties, e.g. such as acetylated

wood, heat treated wood and polymer impregnated wood.

This document is primarily intended for the use of adhesive manufacturers and for the use in timber

structures bonded with adhesives, to assess or control the quality of adhesives. The requirements apply

to the type testing of the adhesives. Production control activities are outside the scope of this document.

Adhesives meeting the requirements of this document are adequate for use in a load-bearing timber

structures, provided that the bonding process has been carried out according to an appropriate product

standard.
2 Normative references

The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content

constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For

undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

EN 302-1, Adhesives for load-bearing timber structures - Test methods - Part 1: Determination of

longitudinal tensile shear strength

EN 302-2, Adhesives for load-bearing timber structures - Test methods - Part 2: Determination of resistance

to delamination

EN 302-3, Adhesives for load-bearing timber structures - Test methods - Part 3: Determination of the effect

of acid damage to wood fibres by temperature and humidity cycling on the transverse tensile strength

EN 302-4, Adhesives for load-bearing timber structures - Test methods - Part 4: Determination of the effects

of wood shrinkage on the shear strength

EN 302-5, Adhesives for load-bearing timber structures - Test methods - Part 5: Determination of maximum

assembly time under referenced conditions

EN 302-6, Adhesives for load-bearing timber structures - Test methods - Part 6: Determination of the

minimum pressing time under referenced conditions

EN 302-7, Adhesives for load-bearing timber structures - Test methods - Part 7: Determination of the

working life under referenced conditions

EN 302-8, Adhesives for load-bearing timber structures - Test methods - Part 8: Static load test of multiple

bond line specimens in compression shear

EN 408, Timber structures Structural timber and glued laminated timber Determination of some physical

and mechanical properties
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EN 923, Adhesives - Terms and definitions
EN 1245, Adhesives - Determination of pH

EN 1995-1-1:2004, Eurocode 5: Design of timber structures - Part 1-1: General - Common rules and rules

for buildings
EN 12092, Adhesives - Determination of viscosity

EN 13183-2, Moisture content of a piece of sawn timber - Part 2: Estimation by electrical resistance method

EN 13183-3, Moisture content of a piece of sawn timber - Part 3: Estimation by capacitance method

EN 14080, Timber structures - Glued laminated timber and glued solid timber - Requirements

3 Terms and definitions

For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN 923 and the following apply.

ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:

• ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
• IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
3.1
aminoplastic resin

thermosetting synthetic resin derived from a condensation reaction of the –NH groups or –NH2 groups

of amines or amides with aldehydes
3.2
phenolic resin

thermosetting synthetic resin derived from a condensation reaction of a phenol with an aldehyde

3.3
polycondensation adhesive

adhesive mixture made from a resin formed by a polymerization reaction involving the elimination of

water, usually with a hardener
Note 1 to entry: Such adhesives usually also contain extenders and/or fillers.
3.4
service class 1

climatic conditions characterized by a moisture content in the materials corresponding to a temperature

of 20 °C and the relative humidity of the surrounding air only exceeding 65 % for a few weeks per year

Note 1 to entry: In service class 1, which comprises typical indoor conditions, the average moisture content in

most softwoods will not exceed 12 %.
[SOURCE: EN 1995-1-1:2004, 2.3.1.3]
3.5
service class 2

climatic conditions characterized by a moisture content in the materials corresponding to a temperature

of 20 °C and the relative humidity of the surrounding air only exceeding 85 % for a few weeks per year

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Note 1 to entry: In service class 2, to which most covered exterior conditions belong, the average moisture

content in most softwoods will not exceed 20 %.
[SOURCE: EN 1995-1-1:2004, 2.3.1.3]
3.6
service class 3
climatic conditions leading to higher moisture contents than in service class 2
Note 1 to entry: Exterior conditions typically belong to service class 3.
[SOURCE: EN 1995-1-1:2004, 2.3.1.3, modified – Note 1 to entry has been added.]
3.7
glue line
adhesive layer between the wood members
3.8
thick glue line

glue line of nominal thickness in the range of 0,3 mm to 2,0 mm at the time of bonding

Note 1 to entry: Thick glue lines are achieved by using spacers, grooves or similar devices with a thickness of

0,3 mm to 2,0 mm when two plain members are glued together.
3.9
close contact glue line
glue line of thickness maximum 0,1 mm

Note 1 to entry: Close contact glue line can be achieved by pressing together two plane wood members with a

clamping pressure of (0,8 ± 0,1) N/mm without additional grooves, spacers or similar devices.

4 Classification

Adhesives (general purpose, finger jointing or gap filling) for structural purposes shall produce joints of

such strength and durability that the integrity of the bond is maintained in the assigned service class

throughout the expected life of the structure.

Two types of adhesive, I and II, are classified according to their suitability for use in different climatic

conditions:
— Type Ι to be used in service classes 1, 2 and 3 (EN 1995-1-1:2004).
— Type ΙΙ to be used in service class 1 only.

NOTE The application of the adhesive types in the different service classes can be restricted by national

regulations applicable at the end use site of the bonded timber structure.

These two types of adhesive are further divided into three subclasses according to the end use:

— general-purpose adhesive (GP) to be used for glue lines between laminations, for finger joints in

laminations and structural timber, and for large finger joints;

— finger jointing adhesive (FJ) to be used for finger jointing of laminations and structural timber only;

— gap filling adhesive (GF) to be used for fibre parallel gluing, e.g. glue lines between glulam

components of block-glued glulam and for large finger joints. Gap filling adhesives can in addition be

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classified as application type GP usable for glue lines between laminations and for finger jointing of

laminations and structural timber.

Table 1 specifies the thirteen adhesive classes for which this document applies and their designations.

The designations consist of:
— type: Ι or ΙΙ;
— application: GP, FJ or GF;

— maximum test temperature in degrees Celsius: 70 or 90 for type Ι, or maximum use temperature in

degrees Celsius: 50 for type ΙΙ;

— use: M for mixed application, and S for separate application of adhesive and hardener.

Each application area and use shall be part of the designation.

EXAMPLE EN 301 I 70 GP 0,6M and EN 301 I 70 FJ 0,1S if classified as general purpose adhesive for mixed

application and classified as finger joint adhesive for separate application.
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Table 1 — Adhesive classes
Adhesive type Application
Max. glue line
Max. test Service
thickness
Designation
c a
temp. classes
°C Test Use
Face lamination and finger
jointing for general use
EN 301 I 70 GP 0,6M General purpose 70 1,0 0,6 1,2,3
EN 301 I 70 GP 0,3
...