Floor panel and method for manufacturing a floor panel
AssigneeIvc Bvba
InventorsKristof VAN VLASSENRODE, Paul BRUSSEEL, Nick VANHULLE, Jochen BOSSUYT
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Abstract
Floor panel with a substrate, including thermoplastic material, a decor provided thereon, and, on at least one pair of opposite edges, coupling parts realized at least partially from the substrate. The coupling parts allow to effect a mechanical locking between two of floor panels, where the substrate includes a rigid substrate layer of thermoplastic material, and a glass fiber layer is present in the floor panel.
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A floor panel with a substrate, comprising thermoplastic material, a decor provided thereon, and, on at least one pair of opposite edges, coupling parts realized at least partially from the substrate, said coupling parts allowing to effect a mechanical locking between two of such floor panels, wherein the substrate comprises a rigid substrate layer of thermoplastic material, and a glass fiber layer is present in the floor panel.
A method for manufacturing a floor panel with a substrate, comprising thermoplastic material, and a decor provided thereon, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
- providing a first rigid substrate layer of thermoplastic material by means of a first strewing treatment;
- providing a glass fiber layer on the strewn substrate layer;
- providing a second rigid substrate layer of thermoplastic material on the glass fiber layer, by means of a second strewing treatment;
- consolidating the strewn substrate layers and the glass fiber layer under the influence of pressure and/or heat;
- providing, on the consolidated second substrate layer, a more flexible or more compressible substrate layer of thermoplastic material by applying this thermoplastic material in liquid condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.