Panels comprising a structured lacquer surface

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a panel comprising a structured lacquer surface, having a base panel, a melamine resin layer, an adhesion promoter layer and a lacquer-containing top coat, the melamine resin layer being provided on a surface of the base layer, the adhesion promoter layer being provided on the melamine resin layer and the lacquer-containing top coat being provided on the adhesion promoter layer, the lacquer-containing top coat being structured. The disclosure also relates to a method for producing a panel of this type with a structured lacquer surface.

Claims

1. A method for producing a panel comprising a structured lacquer surface including a base panel, a melamine resin layer, an adhesion promoter layer and a lacquer-containing top coat, the melamine resin layer being disposed on a surface of the base panel, the adhesion promoter layer being disposed on the melamine resin layer and the lacquer-containing top coat being disposed on the adhesion promoter layer, the lacquer-containing top coat comprising a structure, the method comprising the consecutive steps: a. providing a base panel comprising a melamine resin layer disposed on a surface of the base panel; b. structuring the melamine resin layer; C. forming on the structured melamine resin layer an adhesion promoter layer based on an adhesion promoter composition; and d. forming on the adhesion promoter layer a lacquer-containing top coat including a top lacquer, wherein the forming of the lacquer-containing top coat comprises structuring and curing the top lacquer, or wherein the adhesion promoter layer and the top lacquer follow a structure of the melamine layer, thereby making a structure identical to the structure of the melamine layer perceivable on the cured top lacquer, wherein the adhesion promoter composition comprises an acid-curable and/or radiation-curable adhesion promoter composition including a polyurethane-modified acrylate-based composition.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein forming the adhesion promoter layer comprises applying the adhesion promoter composition onto the melamine resin layer and drying the adhesion promoter composition on the melamine resin layer.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein forming the adhesion promoter layer comprises curing the adhesion promoter composition by use of electromagnetic radiation and/or thermal curing.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the lacquer-containing top coat is cured by use of electromagnetic radiation, UV radiation and/or IR radiation.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the lacquer-containing top coat is cured by use of UV radiation and/or IR radiation having a wavelength in a range from 10 nm to 450 nm.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein additional structuring of the lacquer-containing top coat is carried out by use of a digital printing process by spraying on a displacement ink by means of an inkjet process.

Description

DRAWINGS

(1) The drawings described herein are for illustrative purposes only of selected embodiments and not all possible implementations, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure.

(2) The disclosure is further explained below with reference to the FIGURE. The FIGURE shows one possible embodiment of the disclosure. In principle, however, combinations or variations of the embodiment are possible within the scope of the disclosure.

(3) FIG. 1 schematically shows the structure of a panel comprising a structured lacquer surface.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(4) Example embodiments will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(5) In detail, FIG. 1 schematically shows the cross-section of a panel 1 comprising a structured lacquer surface. The panel comprises a base panel 2, a melamine resin layer 3, an adhesion promoter layer 4 and a lacquer-containing top coat 5, wherein the melamine resin layer 3 is disposed on one surface of the base panel 2, the adhesion promoter layer 4 is disposed on the melamine resin layer 3, and the lacquer-containing top coat 5 is disposed on the adhesion promoter layer 4, wherein the lacquer-containing top coat 5 is structured.

(6) In this case, the base panel 2 of the shown embodiment comprises a decorative layer 6 including a decoration. Here, the melamine resin layer 3 is disposed on the decorative layer 6. In addition, the base panel 2 comprises a further melamine resin layer 7, a carrier plate 8 and a backing paper 9.

(7) The panel 1 was produced by first applying a melamine resin layer 3 onto the decorative layer 6 of the base panel 2 comprising the decorative layer 6, the melamine resin layer 7, the carrier plate 8 and the backing paper 9. An adhesion promoter composition was rolled onto the base panel 2 produced in this way and comprising the melamine resin layer 3 disposed on the surface of the base panel 2 and then cured while forming the adhesion promoter layer 4.

(8) Subsequently a top lacquer was applied onto the adhesion promoter layer 4, structured by means of a digital printing process and subsequently cured, wherein the structured lacquer-containing top coat 5 was formed.

(9) The foregoing description of the embodiments has been provided for purposes of illustration and description. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the disclosure. Individual elements or features of a particular embodiment are generally not limited to that particular embodiment, but, where applicable, are inter-changeable and can be used in a selected embodiment, even if not specifically shown or described. The same may also be varied in many ways. Such variations are to be regarded as a departure from the disclosure, and all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the disclosure.