Floor panel and methods for manufacturing floor panels
AssigneeUnilin BV
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.
Claims17
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 a thermosetting resin and hard particles with an average particle size that is at least one third of the thickness of the wood veneer, wherein the substrate is a wood fiberboard, wherein the thermosetting resin penetrates the wood veneer and penetrates the substrate, and wherein the hard particles at an underside of the decorative layer penetrate into the wood veneer.
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:
- providing a basic board, said basic board being a wood fiberboard;
- composing a stack which comprises at least the basic board, a glue layer, and one or more wood veneers;
- wherein the glue layer comprises a thermosetting resin and hard particles, wherein the hard particles have an average particle size which is at least one third of a thickness of the wood veneer;
- pressing said stack, wherein one or more veneers are adhered to the basic board, the thermosetting resin penetrates the wood veneer and penetrates the substrate, and the hard particles at an underside of the decorative layer penetrate into the wood veneer.
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