Recycling of laminate floorings
AssigneeValinge Innovation Belgium BVBA
InventorsDarko PERVAN, Kent Lindgren, Jan Jacobsson, Niclas Hakansson, Eddy Boucke, Goran Ziegler
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Abstract
Recycling of laminate flooring based on a separation of the panels into particles which are connected with a binder and formed to a new sheet shaped material. A building panel includes a surface layer and a wood fiber based core, and the wood fiber based core includes aluminium oxide particles.
Claims14
A building panel comprising a surface layer and a wood fiber based core, the wood fiber based core includes aluminium oxide particles.
A method to recycle laminate floor panels including a wood fiber based core, a decorative surface layer that includes a thermosetting resin and aluminium oxide, the method comprises:
- a) mechanical cutting of the panel into particles;
- b) mixing said particles with a binder;
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- c) pressing the mixed particles and binder and thereby forming a sheet shaped material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.