Decorative panel and method for producing a decorative panel
AssigneeChampion Link International Corporation
InventorsThomas Luc Martine Baert, Tom Van Poyer, Sven Boon
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Abstract
The invention relates to a decorative panel and to a method for producing a decorative panel, in particular a floor panel, wall panel or ceiling panel. The method comprises the steps of providing at least one decorative panel, the panel comprising a core layer comprising an upper surface and a bottom surface, applying at least one uncured coating onto the upper surface of the panel such that a coating layer is formed, creating a surface texture in the coating layer and curing the coating layer via UV curing.
Claims17
A method for producing a panel, wall panel or ceiling panel, comprising the steps of:
- a) providing at least one decorative panel comprising an upper surface and a bottom surface, and further comprising at least one core layer;
- b) applying at least one uncured coating layer onto the upper surface of the at least one decorative panel;
- c) applying at least one texture layer upon the at least one uncured coating layer, wherein at least part of the at least one texture layer comprises a surface texture and wherein the at least one texture layer is positioned such that at least part of the surface texture is in contact with the at least one uncured coating layer;
- d) subjecting at least part of the at least one texture layer to ultraviolet light such that at least part of the at least one uncured coating layer is cured to form an at least partially cured coating layer, wherein an upper surface of the at least partially cured coating layer has a texture which is an inverse texture of the surface texture of at least part of the at least one texture layer;
- e) removing the at least one texture layer from the at least partially cured coating layer;
- wherein the at least one texture layer applied at step c) has a surface energy lower than a surface tension of the at least one uncured coating layer applied at step b);
- and wherein the at least one uncured coating layer applied at step b) has a viscosity in the range of 500 and 1500 Pa*s at 25 degrees Celsius
- and f) optionally, subjecting at least part of the at least partially cured coating layer to ultraviolet light such that at least part of the uncured part of the at least partially cured coating layer is cured.
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