Disclosed herein are methods for making asymmetric laminate structures and methods for reducing bow in asymmetric laminate structures, the methods comprising subjecting the laminate structures to at least one thermal cycle comprising cooling the laminate structures to a first temperature near or below room temperature and heating the laminate structures to a second temperature near or below the lamination temperature. Also disclosed herein are laminate structures made according to such methods.

A laminate includes a core structure having a first surface and a second surface, the core structure including an elastic core layer and a plastic core layer, wherein the elastic core layer is one of a film, a plurality of strands, and a plurality of strips, and wherein the plastic core layer is one of a film layer, a plurality of strands, and a plurality of strips, the plastic core structure reinforcing the core layer in the machine direction, and a nonwoven first facing layer affixed to the first surface.

A method for forming of a building panel with a surface including a thermosetting resin such that tension created during curing of the surface is reduced or eliminated. Method for producing a panel with a wood based core and a surface layer including a thermosetting resin wherein the method including: curing and connecting the surface layer to the core while applying heat and pressure in a first main pressing step, thus raising a temperature of the surface layer above an initial temperature; applying a bending force on the panel after the first main pressing step to bend the panel such that an uppermost surface of the panel is convex an a lowermost surface of the panel is concave while the panel is still above the initial temperature; and releasing the bending force such that the panel springs back to an essentially flat shape.

A method for forming of a building panel with a surface including a thermosetting resin such that tension created during curing of the surface is reduced or eliminated.

Provided is an elastic laminate comprising a multilayer film comprising first elasticity skin layers arranged on both sides of a second elasticity core layer, said second elasticity core layer having higher elasticity than the sandwiching first elasticity skin layers, wherein the first elasticity skin layers comprise an olefin polymer, and the second elasticity core layer comprise an elastomer layer, and said multilayer film having arranged on both outer surfaces thereof non-woven layers bonded either (i) through hotmelt pressure-sensitive adhesive layers or (ii) by means of ultrasonic bonding or thermal bonding,
wherein the elastic laminate is characterized by an elongation strength of less than 20 N/50 mm width when elongated by 50% with 300 mm/min elongation speed.

A laminating device includes: a plate being bendable, having a resilience characteristic and for bearing the flexible substrate; a supporting base platform for supporting the plate and driving the plate and the flexible substrate on the plate to move; a bending assembly for applying stress to drive the plate and the flexible substrate on the plate to be bent towards a side, facing away from the flexible substrate, of the plate, and for releasing stress to allow the plate and the flexible substrate to rebound; and a fixing fixture for fixing the protective cover plate. The protective cover plate is used to be laminated to the flexible substrate, a shape of the fixing fixture is same as or similar to that of the protective cover plate, the fixing fixture is bent to form an accommodating space, and the protective cover plate is fixed in the accommodating space.

Disclosed herein are methods for making asymmetric laminate structures and methods for reducing bow in asymmetric laminate structures, the methods comprising subjecting the laminate structures to at least one thermal cycle comprising cooling the laminate structures to a first temperature near or below room temperature and heating the laminate structures to a second temperature near or below the lamination temperature. Also disclosed herein are laminate structures made according to such methods.

A laminating device includes: a plate being bendable, having a resilience characteristic and for bearing the flexible substrate; a supporting base platform for supporting the plate and driving the plate and the flexible substrate on the plate to move; a bending assembly for applying stress to drive the plate and the flexible substrate on the plate to be bent towards a side, facing away from the flexible substrate, of the plate, and for releasing stress to allow the plate and the flexible substrate to rebound; and a fixing fixture for fixing the protective cover plate. The protective cover plate is used to be laminated to the flexible substrate, a shape of the fixing fixture is same as or similar to that of the protective cover plate, the fixing fixture is bent to form an accommodating space, and the protective cover plate is fixed in the accommodating space.

The invention relates to a process for the preparation of bent glazed modules comprising a metal framework and a panel comprising a laminated glazing comprising glass substrates separated by an interlayer made of polymer material, the panel being bent, after the laminated glazing has been assembled, by a force which causes it to take the shape of the metal framework and then held in this shape by a holding means, the bending being carried out while the interlayer is at a temperature between 30 and 80 C. The invention reduces the loads necessary for the bending and also the shear stresses between the interlayer made of polymer material and the glass substrates, which reduces the risks of delamination.

The invention relates to a glazed module comprising a metal framework and an insulating glazing comprising a water-tight barrier, said insulating glazing being cold-bent, the metal framework and the insulating glazing being rendered integral by a holding means which forces the insulating glazing to retain the bent shape conferred on it by the framework. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of the glazed module comprising a metal framework and an insulating glazing, the insulating glazing being cold-bent, after it has been assembled with a water-tight barrier, by a force which causes it to take the shape of the metal framework and then held in this bent shape by a holding means.