STANDARDS WRITING ORGANISATION (SWO)

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Standards Development Activities
By
Malaysian Timber Industry Board

:: Completed Standards

1	Glossary of terms relating to timber and wood-based panel products Part 1 : Characteristics and Properties of Timber
2	Glossary of terms relating to timber and wood-based panel products Part 2 : Wood-Based Panel Products
3	Glossary of terms relating to timber and wood-based panel products Part 3 : Carpentary, Joinery and Furniture
4	Specification for Visual Strength Grading of Tropical Hardwood
5	Terminology on Wood-Based Panel (Fibreboard, Particleboard & Oriented Strand Board)
6	Wood-Based Panels - Part 1: Determination of dimension of panels
7	Wood-Based Panels - Part 2: Sampling and cutting of test pieces
8	Wood-Based Panels - Part 3: Determination of dimensions of test pieces.
9	Wood-Based Panels - Part 4 : Determination of moisture content.
10	Wood-Based Panels - Part 5 : Determination of density.
11	Wood-Based Panels - Part 6:Determination of swelling in thickness after immersion in water
12	Wood-Based Panels - Part 7: Determination of dimensional changes associated with changes in relative humidity.
13	Wood-Based Panels - Part 8: Determination of moisture resistance under cyclic test conditions
14	Wood-Based Panels - Part 9: Determination of surface soundness
15	Wood-Based Panels - Part 10 : Determination of modulus elasticity in bending and of bending strength
16	Wood-Based Panels - Part 11 : Determination of tensile strength perpendicular to the plane of the panel
17	Wood-Based Panels - Part 12 : Determination of wet bending strength
18	Wood-Based Panels - Part 13: Determination of screw holding ability
19	Wood-based panels - Part 14 : Determination of formaldehyde content by perforator method
20	Wood-based panels - Part 15: Determination of formaldehyde emission - desiccator method

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:: Standards Under Deliberation

1	Nomenclature and uses of commercial timbers of Malaysia
2	Code of practice for grading and safety use of wood-working machinery
3	Methods for determination of Moisture Content of Solid Timber
4	Specification for treatment of timber with CCA wood preservatives
5	Specification for machine stress grading of tropical hardwood
6	Specification for timber flooring
7	Specification for wooden window
8	Specification for structural laminated veneer lumber :Performance requirements and minimum manufacturing requirements
9	Specification for Particleboard
10	Specification for Fibreboard
11.	Grading of Sawn Timber

as of July, 2007