Method of forming a decorative wear resistant layer
AssigneeCeraloc Innovation AB
InventorDarko Pervan
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Abstract
A method to form a digital print on a substrate including a polymer material by bonding particles in powder form to the surface of the substrate. The method may include: providing a substrate including a thermoplastic material and a transparent layer including a thermoplastic material, providing a continuous print layer including particles on the substrate or on the transparent layer, printing a digital image including color pigments on the print layer, and bonding the print layer with the color pigments to the transparent layer and to the substrate with heat and pressure such that the digital image is located between the transparent layer and the substrate.
Claims14
A method of forming a decorative wear resistant layer, the method comprising:
- providing a substrate comprising a thermoplastic material and a transparent layer comprising a thermoplastic material, the transparent layer being a thermoplastic foil,
- providing a continuous print layer comprising at least one of mineral particles, fibers, or thermoplastic powder on the substrate or on the transparent layer,
- printing a digital image comprising colour pigments on the at least one of the mineral particles, fibers, or thermoplastic powder of the print layer, and
- bonding the print layer with the colour pigments to the transparent layer and to the substrate with heat and pressure such that the digital image is located between the transparent layer and the substrate.
A method of forming a decorative wear resistant layer of a building panel, the method comprising:
- providing a core,
- providing a first thermoplastic foil and a second thermoplastic foil, the second thermoplastic foil being transparent,
- applying particles or fibers on the first thermoplastic foil or on the second thermoplastic foil,
- printing a digital image comprising colour pigments on the particles or the fibers, and
- bonding the print layer with the colour pigments to the first thermoplastic foil and the second thermoplastic foil by applying heat and pressure such that the digital image is located between the first thermoplastic foil and the second thermoplastic foil, the bonding including simultaneously bonding the first thermoplastic foil to the core when the heat and the pressure are applied so that the building panel is formed.
A method of forming a decorative wear resistant layer, the method comprising:
- providing a first thermoplastic foil,
- providing a second thermoplastic foil, the second thermoplastic foil being transparent,
- applying a liquid binder to a surface of one of the first thermoplastic foil and the second thermoplastic foil,
- applying a continuous print layer comprising loose particles on the one of the first thermoplastic foil and the second thermoplastic foil which the liquid binder has been applied to,
- printing a digital image comprising colour pigments on the loose particles of the continuous print layer after the applying of the continuous print layer on the one of the first thermoplastic foil and the second thermoplastic foil, and
- bonding the print layer with the colour pigments to the first and second thermoplastic foils with heat and pressure such that the digital image is located between the first thermoplastic foil and the second thermoplastic foil.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.