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Birch Bed Slats
FSC certified birch bed slats made by LVL process, up to 170mm wide, 25mm thick, 1750mm long and supporting 300kg. Warp resistant slats for platform and bunk beds.
Product Overview
WOOCAN birch bed slats are made from birch plywood using an LVL laminated veneer lumber process, supplied to 170mm wide, 25mm thick and 1750mm long or customized. The cross laminated veneers resist warping and carry loads up to 300kg, and the slats are FSC certified. Birch balances support, flexibility and breathability, which is why bed and mattress factories specify it for platform beds, bunk beds and adjustable frames.
Key Benefits
- LVL process resists warping so slats stay straight through the frame's life
- Supports up to 300kg, suitable for residential and commercial bed frames
- FSC certified birch for buyers with chain of custody requirements
- Breathable slat spacing helps the mattress ventilate
- Bending process allows sprung slats for adjustable and platform frames
At A Glance
- Family
- Bed Slats
- Category
- Wood Bed Slats
- Type
- Birch Bed Slats, LVL laminated veneer lumber
- Material
- Birch plywood
- Width
- up to 170mm or customized
- Thickness
- up to 25mm or customized
The Profile The Surface And The Finish Options
These are the manufacturer's own photographs of this product, reproduced as published: the section, the surface finish and the colour options that were photographed together. Nothing here is a rendering.
Who It Is For
- Bed frame and mattress manufacturers and retailers who need a certified, load rated slat that will not warp in the warehouse or in service.
Problems It Solves
- Slats bowing in storage and refusing to sit flat in the frame
- Load complaints and breakage on heavier commercial beds
- Buyers demanding FSC chain of custody that the supplier cannot document
- Mattress moisture build up from a closed, unventilated base
Application Scenarios
- Platform bed manufacturing
- Bunk bed frames
- Adjustable bed bases
- Hotel and dormitory bed production
- Commercial mattress base assembly
Technical Features
- Type: Birch Bed Slats, LVL laminated veneer lumber.
- Material: Birch plywood.
- Width: up to 170mm or customized.
- Thickness: up to 25mm or customized.
- Length: up to 1750mm or customized.
- Load: supports up to 300kg.
- Certification: FSC.
- Process: LVL lamination and bending.
Published Specification
Every row below is reproduced from the manufacturer's published specification for this range. Rows shown in italics are figures the specification does not publish; those are confirmed in writing rather than estimated here.
| Type | Birch Bed Slats, LVL laminated veneer lumber |
| Material | Birch plywood |
| Width | up to 170mm or customized |
| Thickness | up to 25mm or customized |
| Length | up to 1750mm or customized |
| Load | supports up to 300kg |
| Certification | FSC |
| Process | LVL lamination and bending |
Use Guide
- Set slat spacing to your frame design, install cambered slats crown upwards, and seat the ends fully in the holders.
- Store flat and dry before assembly.
Quality Control
- Veneer lay-up and glue lines inspected across the LVL section
- Load behaviour checked against the 300kg support claim on sample slats
- Width, thickness and length verified per order spec
- Camber and twist checked before bundling
Materials
- Birch plywood processed as LVL laminated veneer lumber.
- FSC certified birch stock.
- Cambered slats formed by bending, or flat slats as required.
Manufacturing Process
- ['LVL lamination', 'A knot in a sawn slat is the point it breaks at; laminated veneers remove that point.', 'Veneers are laid up and pressed into laminated veneer lumber, then cut to the slat section.']
- ['Bending', 'A flat slat gives no suspension; a cambered one carries the mattress with some give.', 'Slats are formed to camber where the frame calls for sprung slats.']
- ['Inspection', 'A dimension checked after packing is a dimension checked too late.', 'Section, colour and surface are checked against the order spec during the run, not only at the end.']
- ['Packing and loading', 'Edge damage in transit is the most common reason a panel order is rejected on arrival.', 'Boards are bundled, film wrapped or cartoned and palletised for container loading.']
Certification Standards
Production follows FSC. Certificates are sent per product on request rather than posted publicly, because the documents a shipment needs depend on the destination market.
Customisation Options
- Slat width, thickness and length to your frame drawing
- Cambered sprung slats or flat slats
- End profiling for your slat holders
- OEM packaging, bundling and labelling
How It Compares With The Alternatives
A technical comparison against other ways of solving the same problem. Nothing here is a performance claim against a named competitor product.
| Against the alternative material | Against poplar slats, birch gives higher strength and a documented FSC chain of custody, at a higher material cost. Against solid sawn slats, LVL removes the knot weak point entirely. |
| Against a panel sold without a published section | This product publishes up to 170mm or customized. A supplier quoting a range name and a photograph is asking you to discover the section after the container arrives, which is where cutting waste and joints that will not close come from. |
| Against a quotation that does not state the material | The blend here is published as Birch plywood. Two quotations cannot be compared until both state what is actually in the board. |
| Against the rest of this range | See the Wood Bed Slats page for what this range does that the others do not, and the related products below for the nearest alternatives. |
Birch Bed Slats Questions
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