Preventing Problems in the Application of Decorative Paper, 1997 Asian Laminates Symposium Proceedings

Decor Printing - The increasing requirements decor printers concerning printability and runnability are a permanent challenge to the producers of decorative paper. The printed substance "paper” becomes a sensible component in the printing process. This is caused by disturbances in the profile of the paper with different reasons.

Impregnation - Fast running impregnation lines with variable resin systems make great demands on decorative paper. A trouble-free reproducible and first of all economical impregnation process is expected Problems caused by the paper must be eliminated fast and brought to an end shortly.

Lamination - The quality of the laminates produced in both cycle and continuous processes depends on a lot of factors The behavior of the impregnated paper concerning resin flow. resin curing and the flatness of the sheet is of great importance.

This presentation will be able to improve the understanding in some technological areas where decorative paper has to correlate with other raw materials as well as with new developments in the equipment. Parameters are good guidelines for the expectation in the refining steps. but the knowledge about the sensibility of decorative paper is very helpful to avoid problems.