Floor panel and methods for manufacturing floor panels
AssigneeFlooring Industries Limited, Sarl
InventorsChristophe Naeyaert, Pieter-Jan Sabbe
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Abstract
A floor panel with a substrate and a decorative layer of wood veneer with a thickness of 1 millimeter or less and provided on the substrate. The decorative layer is provided on the substrate by means of a glue layer which is situated between the substrate and the decorative layer. The glue layer comprises hard particles with an average particle size which is at least one third of the thickness of the wood veneer. Methods for manufacturing such floor panels are provided.
Claims20
A floor panel with a substrate, and a decorative layer of wood veneer with a thickness of 1 millimeter or less and provided on the substrate,
- wherein said decorative layer is provided on the substrate by means of a glue layer situated between the substrate and the decorative layer,
- wherein said glue layer comprises hard particles with an average particle size which is at least one third of the thickness of the wood veneer and wherein the substrate, at a surface where the decorative layer is situated, has a density of more than 900 kilograms per cubic meter.
A floor panel with a substrate, and a decorative layer of wood veneer with a thickness of 1 millimeter or less provided on the substrate,
- wherein said decorative layer is provided on the substrate by means of a glue layer situated between the substrate and the decorative layer,
- wherein the glue layer comprises hard particles penetrating into the wood veneer at an underside of the decorative layer over a distance of at least 20% of the thickness of the wood veneer;
- wherein the hard particles have an average particle size which is at least one third of the thickness of the wood veneer and wherein the substrate, at a surface where the decorative layer is situated, has a density of more than 900 kilograms per cubic meter.
A method for manufacturing floor panels, the floor panels each comprising at least a substrate, and a decorative layer of wood veneer provided on the substrate, wherein the method comprises at least the following steps:
- the step of providing a basic board;
- the step of composing a stack including at least the basic board, a glue layer, hard particles and one or more wood veneers;
- the step of pressing said stack, wherein the veneers are adhered to the basic board;
- wherein the hard particles have an average particle size which is at least one third of a thickness of the wood veneer and wherein the substrate, at a surface where the decorative layer is situated, has a density of more than 900 kilograms per cubic meter;
- wherein the decorative layer has a thickness of 1 millimeter or less.
A method for manufacturing floor panels, wherein these floor panels comprise at least a substrate, and a decorative layer of wood veneer provided on the substrate, wherein the method comprises at least the following steps:
- the step of providing a colored paste or liquid at least on a rear side of one or more wood veneers;
- the step of providing a basic board;
- the step of composing a stack including at least the basic board, a glue layer, hard particles, and the one or more wood veneers;
- the step of pressing said stack, wherein the veneers are adhered to the basic board and wherein the substrate, at a surface where the decorative layer is situated, has a density of more than 900 kilograms per cubic meter.
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