Flooring Industries Limited, Sarl

Unilin Bv

Flooring Industries Limited

Dries Brouckaert

Martin Segaert

Christophe Naeyaert

Christophe Maesen

Christian Vandevoorde

Bryan Rollier

A coated panel with a substrate and a decorative top layer. The substrate includes an, optionally filled, plastic composite. The coated panel is provided on at least a first pair of two opposite edges with mechanical coupling means that allow two such panels to be coupled to each other on the first pair of edges in question. Locking is obtained both in a vertical direction perpendicular to the plane of the coupled panels, and in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the respective edges and in the plane of the coupled panels. The mechanical coupling means or coupling parts allow a displacement in the direction along the coupled edges.

Coated panel

A coated panel with a substrate and a decorative top layer, such that the decorative top layer includes a print and a transparent wearing layer applied thereon. The panel has a lowered edge region at least on one edge. Both the aforementioned print and the aforementioned wearing layer extend continuously from on the central area of the panel over the aforementioned lowered edge region. The aforementioned wearing layer has a lower degree of gloss at the location of the lowered edge region than on the central area of the aforementioned coated panel and/or has a degree of gloss of 10 or less measured according to DIN 67530. A method for manufacturing is provided for the coated panel and to a milling tool applied therewith.

Coated panel, method for manufacturing thereof and milling tool applied therewith

A method for manufacturing structured press elements comprises at least the following steps: the step of providing an element of metal; the step of providing a mask on a surface of the element for shielding portions of the surface; the step of treating non-shielded portions of the surface of the element; the step of removing the mask; wherein the method comprises at least a step in which the surface of the element is subjected to an ultrasonic treatment and/or that the step of providing the mask comprises at least a treatment with infrared radiation and/or that the step of chemically treating is performed with the surface directed downward.

Method for manufacturing structured press elements

Method for manufacturing floor panels having a top layer having a composition based on a synthetic material. At least at two opposite sides, the floor panels have profiled edge areas that include at least coupling parts. For manufacturing the floor panels, one starts from a board-shaped material, and the floor panels are formed at least partially by way of a laser treatment of the board-shaped material.

Method for manufacturing floor panels, as well as floor panel obtained by means of such method

Method for manufacturing floor panels, of the type, which comprises a top layer () on the basis of synthetic material () and which, at least at two opposite sides (A-A;B-B), has profiled edge areas () that comprise at least coupling parts (), whereby, for manufacturing the floor panels (), one starts from a board-shaped material (), characterized in that the floor panels () are formed at least partially by means of a laser treatment () of said board-shaped material ().

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