UV coated board on melamine impregnated paper surface
Panel furniture has a larger volume in the market, and its surface decoration techniques are also varied. The common ones are wood veneer (natural wood veneer, scientific and technological wood doors, dyed wood veneer, smoked wood veneer), melamine paper, PET film (high gloss, sub high), PVC film (coating, blister), acrylic, glass, baking varnish, UV coating, etc. Today we want to introduce the surface treatment technology that combines melamine finishing with UV coating, that is, the surface of melamine decorative panel is coated with UV coating. Why should we do this? What are the advantages of such plates? The combination of the two surface treatment technologies in the development history is not a brilliant creation, but the result of gradual exploration in the long-term development of the finishing technology. UV board appeared around 2006, and a kind of bright color UV board made of MDF appeared in the market. The surface of the board is protected by UV paint, which is wear-resistant, strong in chemical resistance, long in service life, non discoloration, easy to clean, and bright in color after bright light treatment. Therefore, once launched, the board has been sought after by the market. When the defects of UV technology began, cabinet factories basically used UV boards as door panels. At that time, considering that the UV plate should be wear-resistant and scratch resistant, the hardness of UV coating was high, but this also led to the edge collapse phenomenon when the factory was blanking. In order to cover this defect, the factory uses aluminum alloy edge sealing to wrap the broken edge of the plate. The surface flatness of the early generation UV large plate was not high enough, and the orange peel phenomenon was serious in the side light, which affected the appearance. At the same time, the color of UV coating plate is single, so the application scope is relatively limited. Over the years of technological innovation, technicians have continuously improved the composition of UV coatings. Now the UV coating surface can have both hardness and flexibility. Edge sealing is not limited to aluminum alloy edge sealing, but PVC edge sealing strips and high-end acrylic edge sealing strips can be used. The mature modern edge bonding technology has greatly improved the market share of UV boards. UV board has become a standardized product. After entering the mass production mode of the factory, the number of UV board factories has surged, and the market has swarmed with a large number of UV boards with uneven quality. UV boards have gradually been pulled down from the altar of high-end products and become synonymous with middle and low-end products. Therefore, UV coating boards must be further reformed and innovated. Melamine surface UV technology is a new surface treatment technology for wood-based panels after solving the adhesion problem of UV coating on melamine. The new generation of coated boards with the application of “melamine facing+UV coating” technology can make up for the problem of single color of UV boards, and the flatness has also been greatly improved. The appearance of this technology makes UV coated boards shine again. In addition to being used as a pure coating board, the texture diversity of melamine impregnated paper also expands the new application field of melamine UV board. With the rise of high-end customization of dyed wood veneers, some brands have come to the fore with high-quality products, such as “Mulimuwai”, “M77” and other brands, and their products have been well received by the market. However, there are still many technical problems with dyed wood veneer that have not been solved, such as the wood veneer is easy to change color and has color difference, resulting in many after-sales problems, which has also become a pain point in the industry and a problem for many factories. Thanks to the development of domestic printing technology, there are many melamine printing papers that imitate dyed wood veneer, natural wood veneer and scientific wood veneer. These printing impregnated papers can largely restore the color and texture of natural wood veneer, and the price is much cheaper than natural wood veneer. For those customers who do not have strict requirements on wood texture, melamine impregnated paper with imitation wood texture is a good substitute for natural wood. High gloss or matte UV coating is made on the basis of melamine impregnated paper, which solves the problem of color difference and discoloration of wood veneer. Once launched, it aroused a warm response in the market. Melamine instead of slate is also a popular decorative material in recent years. With its super large specifications, high-quality inherent performance and diversified applications, it has broken through the traditional application of traditional ceramic tiles and quickly became popular in the field of home building materials. The decoration style of rock plate in home decoration is simple, fashionable, simple and generous, but in terms of its price, it is not so “simple”. The market price of rock slab is too high, reaching more than 1000 yuan per square meter. The acceptance of ordinary people is low, and the market audience is small. Based on this market situation, melamine UV board has launched a series of rock plates. The melamine impregnated paper imitates the lines of stone and marble. UV coating can be used to highlight the surface of impregnated paper, which can create a simple and elegant home environment, but also has the practical performance of wear resistance and corrosion resistance. More importantly, the price close to the people makes the rock plates enter the homes of ordinary people from the cloud. The future development of melamine UV coating board is sought after by the market by virtue of technical improvement and price advantage, but this technology has not yet reached perfection, and there is still room for progress. Melamine UV is the edge banding problem of coated boards, which is the direction of further improvement in the future. At present, PVC and acrylic edge banding are mainly used, but these edge banding strips cannot reflect the sense of value of the product. UV color edge banding is a detail problem that needs to be discussed for the future development of melamine UV boards.
