Method of manufacturing a press plate, a press plate, a method of embossing a floor panel, and a floor panel
AssigneeSpanolux N.V.-Div. Balterio
InventorBruno Vermeulen
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a press plate for applying a surface structure onto a floor panel, wherein the press plate includes a press plate surface, comprises the following steps: first fine projections are created on the press plate surface, then the resulting fine projections are covered by a surface treatment resistant material, and subsequently the press plate surface including the resistant material is submitted to a surface treatment.
Claims18
A method of manufacturing a press plate for applying a surface structure onto a floor panel, wherein the press plate includes a press plate surface, the method comprising:
- creating fine projections on the press plate surface,
- subsequently providing a chrome layer on the press plate surface to create the same gloss level on the press plate surface on the areas having the fine projections and the areas adjacent the fine projections,
- covering the fine projections with a surface treatment resistant material, and
- submitting the press plate surface including the surface treatment resistant material to a surface treatment such that press plate surface structure at the fine projections is different from that in adjacent portions.
A method of manufacturing a press plate for applying a surface structure onto a floor panel, wherein the press plate includes a press plate surface having fine projections projecting away from adjacent surface portions, the method comprising:
- providing a chrome layer on the press plate surface on the areas having the fine projections and the adjacent surface portions before the fine projections are covered by a surface treatment resistant material to create the same gloss level on the press plate surface on the areas having the fine projections and the adjacent surface portions,
- subsequently covering the same gloss level on the fine projections with surface treatment resistant material, and
- submitting the press plate surface including the surface treatment resistant material to a surface treatment such that at least some the surface treatment resistant material remains and the press plate surface structure adjacent the fine projections is different from that under the surface treatment resistant material.
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