A method of treating PVC plates as well as plates and panels manufactured by this method. The plates and panels, in particular wall, ceiling or floor panels, comprise a heat-treated carrier plate based on polyvinyl chloride with a density of, for example, 900 to 2,500 kg/m.sup.3 and a film applied thereon. The film is a thin PVC-film and comprises a decorative pattern directly printed thereon.

A method of treating PVC plates as well as plates and panels manufactured by this method. The plates and panels, in particular wall, ceiling or floor panels, comprise a heat-treated carrier plate based on polyvinyl chloride with a density of, for example, 900 to 2,500 kg/m.sup.3 and a film applied thereon. The film is a thin PVC-film and comprises a decorative pattern directly printed thereon.

A method of treating PVC plates as well as plates and panels manufactured by this method. The plates and panels, in particular wall, ceiling or floor panels, comprise a heat-treated carrier plate based on polyvinyl chloride with a density of, for example, 900 to 2,500 kg/m.sup.3 and a film applied thereon. The film is a thin PVC-film and comprises a decorative pattern directly printed thereon.

A method of treating PVC plates as well as plates and panels manufactured by this method. The plates and panels, in particular wall, ceiling or floor panels, comprise a heat-treated carrier plate based on polyvinyl chloride with a density of, for example, 900 to 2,500 kg/m.sup.3 and a film applied thereon. The film is a thin PVC-film and comprises a decorative pattern directly printed thereon.

The invention relates to a carrier material for producing a carrier (12) for a decorated wall or floor panel (10), wherein the carrier material (14) comprises a matrix material having a plastic, a solid material and a fiber material, wherein the solid material is formed by an inorganic material in a proportion of at least 50 wt. %, in particular at least 80 wt. %, in particular at least 95 wt. % in relation to the solid material, wherein the matrix material is present in a quantity of ≥20 wt. % to ≤60 wt. %, in particular ≥28 wt. % to ≤48 wt. %, in particular ≥35 wt. % to ≤41 wt. % in relation to the carrier material, and wherein the solid material is present in a quantity of ≥25 wt. % to ≤65 wt. %, in particular ≥33 wt. % to ≤53 wt. %, in particular ≥40 wt. % to ≤46 wt. % in relation to the carrier material, and wherein the fiber material is present in a quantity of >1 wt. % to ≤35 wt. %, in particular ≥7 wt. % to ≤30 wt. %, approximately ≥14 wt. % to ≤21 wt. % in relation to the carrier material, and wherein the matrix material, the fiber material and the solid material together are present in a quantity of ≥89 wt. %, approximately ≥95 wt. %, in particular ≥97 wt. % in relation to the carrier material (20).

Coating outer surfaces of a polymeric panel with a decorative pattern printed on the outer surfaces using an ink which is transferred to the panel by sublimation in a vacuum chamber under predetermined temperature, pressure, and time conditions. The panel has a perimetral area having a greater thickness and at least one non-perimetral area having a smaller thickness. All the surfaces of the panel coated with the decorative pattern have a uniform finish. A protective layer is placed on a non-perimetric zone of the panel to prevent overheating during the panel curing process and to avoid imperfections on the decorative pattern from being formed on the non-perimetric zone.

Set comprising a plurality of covering elements for floors and/or walls, wherein each covering element comprises an upper surface having a pattern and at least one distressed upper edge, wherein at least two covering elements of the set comprises substantially the same pattern, and wherein the shape of the distressed upper edge differs in each covering element of the set.

A method for the continuous in-register embossing of a stretchable film is provided where a repeating printed image or a laminate may be formed by way of the stretchable film in an embossing station. The embossing station may include a rotating embossing roll having an embossed image and an associated rotating counter-roll. The printed image length of the film may be stretched longitudinally before the embossing contact with the embossing roll to a length greater than or equal to or smaller than or equal to the embossed image length or the circumference of the embossing roll. The maintenance of register of the embossing may be achieved by way of a relative speed between the circumferential speed of the embossing roll and the web speed of the film in the embossing station.

The present invention relates to a panel, in particular a wall, ceiling or floor panel, comprising a carrier plate (12) based on polyvinyl chloride with a density of, for example, 900 to 2,500 kg/m.sup.3 and a film (17) applied thereon. The film is a thin PVC-film and comprises a decorative pattern (18) directly printed thereon.

The disclosure relates to a method for producing a decorated wall panel or floor panel comprising the following method steps: a) providing a plate-shaped carrier; b) applying a decoration replicating a decorative pattern onto at least one partial region of the plate-shaped carrier; c) applying a covering layer onto the decoration, wherein the covering layer has a radiation-hardening compound; and d) hardening the covering layer. The covering layer is hardened by using a first radiator and a second radiator, wherein the first radiator emits radiation having a different wave length compared to the radiation of the second radiator, and wherein the first radiator and the second radiator are used in a common hardening step.