A flexible carbon fiber decorative veneer may include a veneer panel assembly with a face layer formed from a carbon fiber material, a backing layer formed from a flexible fleece, and an adhesive configured to attach the face layer to the backing layer through activation via at least one joining process. The backing layer may be configured to prevent light from passing through voids or interstitial spaces in the carbon fiber material of the face layer when the backing layer is attached to the face layer via the adhesive. The flexible carbon fiber decorative veneer may be configured for use on an aircraft interior structure, the base structure for which being fabricated from an aviation honeycomb layer and a back panel. The veneer panel assembly may be configured to conform to a radius of at least 0.25 inches on the aircraft interior structure.

A method to produce a veneered element, the method including applying a first layer on a substrate, applying a second layer on a veneer layer, applying the veneer layer with the second layer applied thereto on the first layer, such that the second layer is facing the first layer, pressing the first layer, the second layer and the veneer layer together to form a veneered element, thereby material originating from the second layer permeates into the veneer layer, and wherein, after pressing, the first layer is visible through a crack, cavity, hole and/or knot of the veneer layer. Also, a veneered element.

The invention relates to systems and techniques for manufacturing articles containing cellulosic material, a tackifier, and a binder, and related processes of making and using the cellulosic articles. In particularly exemplary embodiments, the manufactured articles are door skins, sometimes known as door facings, and doors made from the door skins. The article contains a lipophilic cellulosic material, a tackifier, and a binder.

The invention disclosures a wood composite board and a preparation method thereof, comprising: mixing wood materials with the adhesive evenly, paving the mixed wood materials on the boards, and then forming through high-temperature and hot-pressing, the wood composite board of the invention has good evenness, high surface bonding strength, low moisture content, good dimensional stability, anti-cracking and anti-thermocycling performance, can use compound adhesives such as polyurethane adhesive, formaldehyde-free biomass adhesive or formaldehyde-type adhesives, waterproofing agent, mildew preventive, etc., and by the invention, fiber finish coat with different environmental protection standards can be produced according to market requirements, and the fiber finish coat has a low thickness swelling rate of water absorption and a thickness of 0.5-3 mm.

Prefabricated stair components and stair tread finish systems are disclosed. Methods of making and using prefabricated stair components and stair tread finish systems are also disclosed.

A method of making treated laminated veneer lumber (LVL) according to one example of the present disclosure includes obtaining assembled LVL. The assembled LVL comprises a plurality of layers of veneer wood assembled together with adhesive. The LVL is loaded into a pressure chamber. A vacuum is created in the pressure chamber thereby removing air from the plurality of layers of veneer wood of the LVL. Inorganic solution is added into the pressure chamber. The pressure chamber is pressurized to force the inorganic solution into the wood creating the treated LVL.

Decorative laminates including thermoplastic ink layers and related methods are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a reinforcing layer to provide a rigidity to a decorative laminate, thermoplastic ink applied to the reinforcing layer to form a decorative pattern of the decorative laminate, and a film layer coupled to the thermoplastic ink to form the decorative laminate. The film layer is to preserve the decorative pattern. The thermoplastic ink is solidified when the film layer is coupled to the thermoplastic ink.

A wooden decorative board includes a sliced veneer that is formed of a natural wood or an artificial wood having a plurality of irregularities formed by wooden conduits on a front surface; and a transparent base material disposed on at least one surface of the sliced veneer on a one side, and having a printed layer disposed on a surface opposite to the sliced veneer.

Highly transparent (up to 92% light transmittance) wood composites have been developed. The process of fabricating the transparent wood composites includes lignin removal followed by index-matching polymer infiltration resulted in fabrication of the transparent wood composites with preserved naturally aligned nanoscale fibers. The thickness of the transparent wood composite can be tailored by controlling the thickness of the initial wood substrate. The optical transmittance can be tailored by selecting infiltrating polymers with different refractive indices. The transparent wood composites have a range of applications in biodegradable electronics, optoelectronics, as well as structural and energy efficient building materials. By coating the transparent wood composite layer on the surface of GaAs thin film solar cell, an 18% enhancement in the overall energy conversion efficiency has been attained.

A floor panel has a substrate and a decorative layer of wood veneer provided thereon having a thickness of 1 millimeter or less. The substrate has an average density of more than 750 kilograms per cubic meter. The floor panel is rectangular and oblong and comprises a pair of opposite short edges and a pair of opposite long edges. The floor panel, on at least said two opposite long edges, is provided with coupling means allowing that two of such floor panels can be coupled to each other in a vertical direction perpendicular to the plane of the coupled panels and in a horizontal direction in this plane and perpendicular to the respective edge. The wood veneer and/or the substrate immediately underneath the wood veneer is treated at least at the short edges with a fluoro copolymer or a polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate.