Method of manufacturing decorative panels
AssigneeAgfa NV
InventorsJurgen Van Dorpe, Patrick Van Mooter, Paul Wouters, Christof Baks
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Abstract
Manufacturing decorative panels by using a web-fed inkjet printer. During the feeding of the to-be-printed substrate, the tension of the substrate is controlled by a dancer unit (720) which includes a dancer roll (200), having a connector (120) on both side ends of said roll, and wherein both connectors (120) are connected to a pair of parallel guiders (110) for floating said roll along a floating path (210); and wherein the step of controlling comprises the step of moving one guider (110) of said pair of guiders (110) parallel to said floating path (210) whereby the dancer roll (200) is tilted.
Claims16
A method of manufacturing decorative panels, the method comprising:
- feeding a web-substrate along a feeding path in a web-fed inkjet printer;
- printing a decoration layer on said substrate by said printer;
- forming an assembly of layers by applying one or more other layers on said printed substrate and/or applying said printed substrate on one or more other layers;
- pressing said assembly for bounding the layers of said assembly to form a decorative panel;
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- during the feeding, controlling tension of said substrate for avoiding one or more wrinkles in said substrate;
- wherein said controlling step is performed by a dancer unit within the feeding path, wherein said dancer unit includes a dancer roll, having
- a shaft which is positioned parallel to a first direction, which is transverse of said fed substrate;
- and
- having a connector on both side ends of said shaft wherein both connectors are connected to a pair of parallel guiders for floating said roll along a floating path which is perpendicular to said first direction;
- and
- wherein the step of controlling comprises:
- moving one guider of said pair of guiders parallel to said floating path for tilting said shaft where said shaft is connected to said moving guider.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.