Heat-treated PVC-plastic panel
AssigneeXylo Technologies AG
InventorDieter Döhring
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of treating PVC plates as well as plates and panels manufactured by this method. Further, the invention relates to plates and panels, in particular wall, ceiling or floor panels, comprising a heat-treated carrier plate (12) based on polyvinyl chloride with a density of, for example, 900 to 2,500 kg/m3 and a film (17) applied thereon. The film is a thin PVC-film and comprises a decorative pattern (18) directly printed thereon.
Claims19
A method of treating a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plate comprising the following steps in the given order:
- providing a PVC plate;
- heating the PVC plate in an oven to at least 70° C.;
- cooling the heated plate.
A panel, comprising a polyvinyl chloride plate and a film attached thereto, wherein the film is a PVC film having a thickness of 0.04 to 0.2 mm and comprising a decorative pattern directly printed thereon, and a cured polymer layer is provided over the PVC film, and wherein the polyvinyl chloride plate contains no plasticizers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.