Method for finishing a wood board

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11745217-B2
Application number	US-202117206818-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 19, 2021
Priority date	Jun 24, 2014
Publication date	Sep 5, 2023
Grant date	Sep 5, 2023

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a method for finishing a wood board with an upper face and a lower face, having the following steps: a) applying a undercoat made of a liquid melamine resin onto the upper face, the melamine resin at least partly penetrating into the upper edge layer of the wood board, b) drying the undercoat into an undercoat layer, c) applying a base color onto the undercoat layer, d) drying the base color into a base color layer, e) applying a base color onto the base color layer in order to produce a decorative element, f) drying the decorative element into a decorative layer, g) applying a liquid melamine resin onto the dried decorative layer, h) drying the melamine resin into a melamine resin layer, and i) applying a liquid medium with a proportion of isocyanate.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A process for finishing of a wood-based board with an upper side and an underside, comprising:
a) application of a basecoat made of a first liquid melamine resin to the upper side of the wood-based board, wherein the first liquid melamine resin penetrates at least to some extent into the upper side of the wood-based board,
b) drying the basecoat to give a basecoat layer,
c) application of a base color to the basecoat layer,
d) drying the base color to give a base color layer,
e) application of at least one printing ink to the base color layer to produce a decorative effect, wherein the decorative effect is based on the base color and the at least one printing ink,
f) drying the at least one printing ink to give a decorative layer,
g) application of a second liquid melamine resin to the decorative layer,
h) drying the second liquid melamine resin to give a melamine resin layer,
i) application of a liquid medium having a proportion of isocyanate groups to the melamine resin layer in a quantity from 50 to 200 g/m 2 , wherein the liquid medium is a dispersion which has a solid content and water as a solvent, wherein the liquid medium is applied in a plurality of individual layers,
j) drying the liquid medium with a proportion of isocyanate groups to give a finished layer, and
k) pressing layers under pressure and heat to form the finished wood-based board,
wherein the isocyanate groups are reactive, and react with an NH group or a methylol group of the melamine resin layer when the liquid medium is applied to the melamine resin layer, leading to anchoring of the resulting layer of the liquid medium on the surface of the melamine resin layer;
wherein a third liquid melamine resin is applied to the underside, and is dried to provide a counterbalancing material.

2. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the liquid medium having the proportion of isocyanate groups is applied to the counterbalancing material.

3. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the liquid medium includes the water, in addition to organic solvents or additions.

4. The process as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the organic solvents or additions are dispersing agents, release agents, wetting agents, and/or antifoams.

5. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one protective covering layer is applied to a dried layer of the liquid medium.

6. The process as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the at least one protective covering layer comprises nanoparticles in order to improve resistance to microscratching.

7. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the liquid medium comprises wear-inhibiting particles.

8. The process as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the wear-inhibiting particles are corundum particles.

9. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the liquid medium, the first and second melamine resin layers, and protective covering layer comprise(s) glass beads and/or agents having antistatic and/or antibacterial effect.

10. The process as claimed in claim 9 , wherein a diameter of the glass beads is less than 30 μm.

11. The process as claimed in claim 9 , wherein a diameter of the glass beads is from 30 to 120 μm.

12. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the liquid medium is applied in a plurality of individual layers.

13. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein during the pressing of the layered structure a structure is embossed into the layers applied on the upper side.

14. The process as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the structure is formed synchronously with respect to the decorative effect.

15. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a short-cycle press is used for a pressing process.

16. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the decorative effect is a decorative wood effect, decorative stone effect, decorative tile effect, or imaginative decorative effect.

17. The process as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the isocyanate groups are in a dried dispersion of the liquid medium,
wherein the reaction between the NH group of the melamine resin layer and the dried dispersion provides a polyurethane, and
wherein the reaction between the methylol group of the melamine resin layer and the dried dispersion provides a urea derivatives.

Assignees

• Flooring Technologies Ltd

Inventors

• Oldorff Frank

Classifications

• E04F15/20 Primary

  for sound insulation · CPC title

• B05D5/06 Primary

  to obtain multicolour or other optical effects (B05D5/02 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B05D1/02

  performed by spraying · CPC title

• B05D1/265

  Extrusion coatings · CPC title

• B05D3/0254

  After-treatment · CPC title