Engineered wood board production installation and method for producing an engineered wood board

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9796194-B2
Application number	US-201515122508-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 22, 2015
Priority date	Apr 2, 2014
Publication date	Oct 24, 2017
Grant date	Oct 24, 2017

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a wood material board production installation for producing a wood material board, in particular a high density fiberboard, the installation having a wood material board workpiece production device for producing a wood material board workpiece and a digital printing device for printing the wood material board workpiece. A temperature measurement device is provided which is disposed to determine an entering temperature of the wood material board workpiece during printing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wood material board production installation for producing a wood material board comprising:
(a) a wood material board workpiece production device for producing a wood material board workpiece,
(b) a digital printing device for printing the wood material board workpiece, and
(c) a temperature measurement device that is disposed to determine an entering temperature of the wood material board workpiece during printing, wherein:
the wood material board workpiece production device comprises a priming device for priming the wood material board workpiece, the priming device having a dryer, and
the temperature measurement device is connected to the dryer for regulation of a drying temperature such that the entering temperature can be set by altering the drying temperature.

2. The wood material board production installation according to claim 1 , further comprising a control unit: that
is connected to the temperature measurement device and the digital printing device, and
is installed to automatically generate a temperature warning signal if the entering temperature lies outside of a predetermined target interval and/or to automatically interrupt the printing if the entering temperature lies outside of a predetermined target interval.

3. A wood material board production installation for producing a wood material board comprising:
(a) a wood material board workpiece production device for producing a wood material board workpiece,
(b) a digital printing device for printing the wood material board workpiece, and
(c) a temperature measurement device that is disposed to determine an entering temperature of the wood material board workpiece during printing,
wherein the temperature measurement device
comprises at least three temperature sensors that are placed at a distance from one another, and
is installed to determine a temperature difference and to generate a temperature difference warning signal if the temperature difference lies outside of a predetermined temperature difference interval.

4. A wood material board production installation for producing a wood material board comprising:
(a) a wood material board workpiece production device for producing a wood material board workpiece,
(b) a digital printing device for printing the wood material board workpiece, and
(c) a temperature measurement device that is disposed to determine an entering temperature of the wood material board workpiece during printing, wherein:
a dryer is designed to locally heat up the wood material board workpiece, and
is connected to the temperature measurement device in such a way that the temperature difference can be reduced.

5. The wood material board production installation according to claim 1 , further comprising a temperature control unit that is designed to bring the wood material board to a predetermined temperature and/or a predetermined temperature distribution, at least on its surface.

6. A wood material board production installation for producing a wood material board comprising:
(a) a wood material board workpiece production device for producing a wood material board workpiece,
(b) a digital printing device for printing the wood material board workpiece,
(c) a temperature measurement device that is disposed to determine an entering temperature of the wood material board workpiece during printing, and
(d) a temperature control unit that is designed to bring the wood material board to a predetermined temperature and/or a predetermined temperature distribution, at least on its surface,
wherein the temperature control unit comprises locally effective heating elements, by means of which at least the surface of the wood material board workpiece can be locally heated to a predetermined temperature.

7. A wood material board production installation for producing a wood material board comprising:
(a) a wood material board workpiece production device for producing a wood material board workpiece,
(b) a digital printing device for printing the wood material board workpiece,
(c) a temperature measurement device that is disposed to determine an entering temperature of the wood material board workpiece during printing, and
(d) a temperature control unit that is designed to bring the wood material board to a predetermined temperature and/or a predetermined temperature distribution, at least on its surface,
wherein the temperature control unit comprises locally effective cooling elements, by means of which at least the surface of the wood material board workpiece can be locally cooled to a predetermined temperature.

8. A method for producing a wood material board, in particular a high density fiberboard, comprising:
(i) production of a wood material board workpiece,
(ii) printing of the wood material board workpiece with a decoration,
(iii) determination of an entering temperature of the wood material board workpiece prior to printing, and
(iv) generation of a temperature warning signal if the entering temperature lies outside of a predetermined target interval,
wherein the printing is interrupted if the entering temperature lies outside of a predetermined target interval.

9. A method for producing a wood material board, in particular a high density fiberboard, comprising:
(i) production of a wood material board workpiece,
(ii) printing of the wood material board workpiece with a decoration,
(iii) determination of an entering temperature of the wood material board workpiece prior to printing,
(iv) generation of a temperature warning signal if the entering temperature lies outside of a predetermined target interval,
(v) priming of the wood material board workpiece before printing the wood material board workpiece, said priming comprising drying at a drying temperature, and
(vi) regulation of the drying temperature so that the entering temperature lies in the target interval.

10. A method for producing a wood material board, in particular a high density fiberboard, comprising:
(i) production of a wood material board workpiece,
(ii) printing of the wood material board workpiece with a decoration,
(iii) determination of an entering temperature of the wood material board workpiece prior to printing,
(iv) generation of a temperature warning signal if the entering temperature lies outside of a predetermined target interval,
(v) determination of a temperature difference at locations placed at a distance from one another with regards to a transverse direction that runs perpendicular to a direction of material flow, and
(vi) regulation of a local distribution of the drying temperature so that the temperature difference lies in a predetermined temperature difference interval.

11. The method according to one of the claim 8 , further comprising:
tempering of the wood material board workpiece to an entering temperature, at least on its surface, which lies within the predetermined target interval if the entering temperature lies outside of the predetermined target interval.

Assignees

• Flooring Technologies Ltd
• Flooring Technologies Ltd

Inventors

• Skorzik Timo
• Habetha Thomas

Classifications

• B27N7/005

  Coating boards, e.g. with a finishing or decorating layer · CPC title

• B41J3/407 Primary

  for marking on special material · CPC title

• B27N3/04

  from fibres · CPC title

• B44C5/04

  Ornamental plaques, e.g. decorative panels, decorative veneers · CPC title

• B41J11/002

  Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating · CPC title