A method may include forming a mat including paper fragments, plastic fragments, and top and bottom outer surface layers, wherein the outer surface layers have maximum processing temperature values and consolidating the formed mat in a continuous hot press including three pairs of opposing top and bottom heating platens. A first pair of heating platens has a first heating power. A second pair of heating platens has a second, lower heating power. A third pair of heating platens has a third, even lower heating power. The method may include consolidating the formed mat in a continuous cold press including three pairs of opposing top and bottom heating platens. A first pair of cooling platens has a first cooling power. A second pair of cooling platens has a second, lower cooling power. A third pair of cooling platens and has a third, even lower cooling power.

Polarizing beam splitter plates and systems incorporating such beam splitter plates are described. The polarizing beam splitter plate includes a first substrate and a multilayer optical film reflective polarizer that is disposed on the first substrate. The polarizing beam splitter plate includes a first outermost major surface and an opposing second outermost major surface that makes an angle of less than about 20 degrees with the first outermost major surface. The polarizing beam splitter plate is adapted to reflect an imaged light received from an imager towards a viewer or screen with the reflected imaged light having an effective pixel resolution of less than 12 microns.

A building panel (1) including a water resistant core (5) including thermoplastic material 21 and a surface layer (4) including thermosetting resins. Also, production methods to form a board material (1) with a dry blend of thermoplastic particles 21a in powder form and fillers in powder form and to apply a surface layer (4) with a hot-hot lamination process to a core (5) including such board material.

The present invention provides a method for the continuous production of a PIR/PUIR/PUR foam cored sandwich panel (12) with metal sheets (16, 18) as facings at top and bottom, wherein the upper metal sheet (16) and the lower metal sheet (18) are continuously fed into a double belt (28), wherein a PIR/PUIR/PUR core material is applied between the upper metal sheet (16) ei and the lower metal sheet (18), wherein an adhesive is applied to the lower metal sheet (18), wherein a portion of the adhesive applied to the lower metal sheet (18) is applied to the upper metal sheet (16) by means of a rotating brush. The present invention further provides an apparatus for the continuous production of a PIR/PUIR/PUR foam cored sandwich panel (12) with metal sheets (16, 18) as facings at top and bottom.

Building panels with a homogenous decorative surface having a wear layer comprising fibers, binders and wear resistant particles.

A system for fluid partitioning for chemical amplification or other chemical processing or separations of a sample, comprising a first dispenser of a first polymeric sheet, wherein the first polymeric sheet contains chambers; a second dispenser of a second polymeric sheet wherein the first dispenser and the second dispenser are positioned so that the first polymeric sheet and the second polymeric sheet become parallel; a dispenser of the fluid positioned to dispense the fluid between the first polymeric sheet and the second polymeric sheet; and a seal unit that seals the first polymeric sheet and the second polymeric sheet together thereby sealing the sample between the first polymeric sheet and the second polymeric sheet and partitioning the fluid for chemical amplification or other chemical processing or separations.

The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a stabilized veneer without a carrier board, a stabilized veneer and a veneered board. In order to provide a method for manufacturing a veneer as well as a veneer, wherein the veneer is particularly stable and in particular has a particularly high mechanical stability against compressive loads, can be easily and safely processed as an intermediate product, has a particularly low veneer thickness and is thus particularly inexpensive to manufacture and still has a good real wood look and real wood haptic, it is provided that the method for manufacturing a stabilized and/or a rollable veneer without a carrier board has as method steps first a provision of a stabilization sheet, followed by a coating on one side, in particular a top side, of the stabilization sheet with a condensation resin, and subsequently a pressing of the stabilization sheet and the veneer layer to configure a stabilization layer by means of the condensation resin, wherein the condensation resin is at least partially pressed from the stabilization sheet into the veneer layer during pressing and leads there to a solidification or mechanical stabilization of the veneer.

The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a stiffener material comprising: providing an uncompressed felt layer comprising a primary fibrous material having a density of between 0.08 g/cm3 and 0.16 g/cm3; passing the felt layer through a double belt press; wherein as the felt layer is passed through the double belt press it is maintained under constant pressure whilst first being heated to within 20 C. of a melting point of the primary fibrous material and is subsequently cooled to below the glass temperature of the primary fibrous material to form a compressed material. A stiffener material manufactured according to the method of the present invention is also provided.

A method to produce a wear resistant foil, including providing a first foil including a first thermoplastic material, applying wear resistant particles on the first foil, applying a second foil including a second thermoplastic material on the first foil, and adhering the first foil and the second foil to each other to form a wear resistant foil.

A system for producing a composite board made of plastic and paper includes a hot press assembly. The hot press assembly includes a first heated belt configured to apply heat and pressure to a composite sandwich. The composite sandwich includes a mat comprising a mixture of paper and plastic and at least one facer positioned above or below the mat. The hot press assembly further includes a roller configured to drive the belt to move the composite sandwich through the hot press assembly and a first non-stick belt configured to separate at least a portion of the composite sandwich from the heated belt as the composite sandwich is moved through the hot press assembly.