Method for manufacturing floorboard having surface layer of flexible and resilient fibers
AssigneeVälinge Innovation AB
InventorDarko Pervan
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Abstract
A method is provided for manufacturing floorboards with a surface layer and a core for making a floating flooring. The floorboards are mechanically lockable, and have pairs of opposing connectors along their edge portions for locking adjoining floorboards to each other both vertically and horizontally. The method includes joining a surface layer of flexible and resilient fibers to a wood-fiber-based core to form a floor element, and linearly displacing the floor element relative to a set of tools in order to machine the joint edges of the floor element to provide at least part of upper joint edges of the floorboard.
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A method for manufacturing floorboards with a surface layer and a core, for making a floating flooring, which floorboards are mechanically lockable and which along their four edge portions have pairs of opposing connectors for locking adjoining floorboards to each other both vertically and horizontally, for providing a floating floor with mechanically lockable floorboards, the method comprises:
- joining a surface layer formed of flexible and resilient fibers to a wood-fiber-based core to form a floor element having a surface layer of flexible and resilient fibers, such that the flexible and resilient fibers are exposed on an outermost surface of the floorboards,
- cutting the surface layer of the floor element with at least one knife to form a cut line,
- machining the cut surface with a set of tools, wherein the set of tools comprises a set of rotary milling tools, and wherein at least a portion of the machining occurs at the cut line.
A method for manufacturing floorboards with a surface layer and a core, for making a floating flooring, which floorboards are mechanically lockable and which along their four edge portions have pairs of opposing connectors for locking adjoining floorboards to each other both vertically and horizontally, for providing a floating floor with mechanically lockable floorboards, the method comprises:
- joining a surface layer formed of flexible and resilient fibers to a wood-fiber-based core to form a floor element having a surface layer of flexible and resilient fibers, such that the flexible and resilient fibers are exposed on an outermost surface of the floorboards,
- cutting the surface layer of the floor element with a knife to form a cut line,
- machining a joint edge with a set of rotary milling tools to provide at least part of an upper joint edge of the floor panel, wherein at least a portion of the machining of the joint edge occurs at the cut line.
A method for manufacturing floorboards with a surface layer and a core, for making a floating flooring, which floorboards are mechanically lockable and which along at least one pair of opposing edge portions have pairs of opposing connectors for locking adjoining floorboards to each other both vertically and horizontally, for providing a floating floor with mechanically lockable floorboards, the method comprising:
- joining a surface layer comprising flexible and resilient fibers to a wood-fiber-based core to form a floor element having a surface layer of flexible and resilient fibers, such that the flexible and resilient fibers are exposed on an outermost surface of the floorboards,
- cutting the surface layer of the floor element with at least one knife to form a cut line,
- machining the cut surface with a set of tools, wherein the set of tools comprises a set of rotary milling tools, and wherein at least a portion of the machining occurs at the cut line.
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