Method of manufacturing decorated leather
AssigneeAgfa NV
InventorLuc De Roeck
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Abstract
A manufacturing method of decorated natural leather including the steps of applying a crusted leather, having a corium side, a grain side and an edge, on a conveyor system, having a position means, and aligning said crusted leather by moving said edge against said position means; and laminating said aligned crusted leather on a temporary carrier, having an adhesive layer, wherein said corium side is attached by said adhesive layer on said temporary carrier while conveying said crusted leather on said conveyor system towards said temporary carrier and moving said temporary carrier relative to said conveyor system; and inkjet printing on said grain side with one or more pigmented inkjet inks an image by an inkjet printing system.
Claims17
A method of manufacturing decorated natural leather comprising:
- applying a crusted leather comprising a corium side, a grain side, and an edge onto a conveyor system comprising a positioning means;
- aligning the crusted leather by moving the edge against the positioning means;
- conveying the crusted leather by the conveyor system towards a temporary carrier comprising a top layer;
- laminating the crusted leather on the temporary carrier such that the corium side is attached to the top layer;
- inkjet printing an image on the grain side with one or more pigmented inkjet inks using an inkjet printing system.
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