Method of manufacturing a moulded product
AssigneeATC Holdings Limited
InventorDavid John Salenius
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Abstract
The present invention relates to methods of manufacturing moulded products, for example building panels, and in particular, but not exclusively, to manufacturing a panel comprising natural stone or rock set into a polymeric layer. The method of manufacturing a moulded product as described herein comprises at least one article being set into a polymeric layer, followed by placing the at least one article and particulate ferrous material in a container so that at least a portion of the or each article is embedded in the particulate ferrous material, introducing a polymeric material into the container to form the moulded product, and removing the moulded product from the container.
Claims27
A method of manufacturing a building panel as a moulded product comprising at least one article, wherein the article is a decorative element set into a polymeric layer, the method comprising:
- partially filling a container with particulate ferrous material,
- placing the at least one article in the container so that at least a portion of the or each article is embedded in the particulate ferrous material to a predetermined depth so that a surface of the or each article is buried below a surface of the particulate ferrous material,
- positioning a tension member over or about the articles,
- introducing a polymeric material into the container to form the moulded product, and
- removing the moulded product from the container to yield the building panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.