Bonar B.v.

Saint-Gobain Adfors

Low & Bonar Inc.

Low & Bonar B.v.

Pepijn Kuik

Edze Jan Visscher

Cees Verschut

Ype Zijpp Van Der

Rob Tyler

Ype Van Der Zijpp

Maarten Van Der Made

Leonie Stigter

Eric Daniel

Sophie Lelogeay

Hans Veltman

Mantecon Torres Alejandro Javier

Robert Tyler

A carrier material for vinyl floor covering, wherein the carrier material includes a nonwoven layer containing at least 50 wt. % of thermoplastic fibers and a scrim for eliminating wrinkles in the vinyl floor covering. The scrim includes weft yarns having a linear density of 28 tex or less. The carrier material prevents the formation of surface irregularities and printing errors in the vinyl floor covering.

Carrier material for vinyl floor covering

A material including at least one nonwoven layer of fibers is provided comprising textured yarns, preferably knit-deknit yarns. The textured yarns included in the material enables the mechanical properties of the material to be adjusted to enable the material to conform to high local deformations.

Nonwoven material

Non-woven textile

The invention pertains cushioned vinyl floor coverings. For the production of cushioned vinyl floor coverings non-woven carriers made from glass fibers are currently used. However, handling of floor coverings with glass fiber carriers is quite difficult especially when the covering is laid on stairs or sharp edges. According to the present invention a solution to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art is a cushioned vinyl floor covering comprising a nonwoven carrier that is made from different polymers. The different polymers exist either in separate filaments or together in one filament.

Cushioned vinyl floor covering

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Eerbeek, Netherlands

Pepijn Kuik