As the saying goes, “respect people first, then respect people”, excellent appearance can make people pleasing to the eye, there are many people who “judgment people by their appearance” in life, and the same is true in the furniture industry. The appearance of solid wood furniture is relatively simple, mainly depends on the wood texture and coating effect, and its price is greatly affected by the scarcity of wood species and the stability of wood.
Compared with solid wood furniture, panel furniture has a larger volume in the market, and its surface decoration methods are also varied. sub-high), PVC film (covering, blister), acrylic, glass, baking paint, UV coating, etc.
What we are going to introduce today is the surface treatment technology that combines melamine veneer with UV coating, that is, coating the surface of melamine veneer with UV paint.
Why do you do this? What are the advantages of such a board?
Development History
The combination of two surface treatment technologies is not a flash of inspiration, but the result of gradual exploration in the long-term development of veneer technology.
UV slabs appear
Around 2006, there was a kind of UV large board made of MDF in the market.
The surface of the board is protected by UV coating, wear-resistant, strong chemical resistance, long service life, no discoloration, easy to clean, bright color and dazzling brilliance of the board after bright light treatment, so once it was launched, it was sought after by the market.
Disadvantages of UV Technology
At the beginning, cabinet factories basically used UV large panels as door panels. At that time, considering that the UV board should be wear-resistant and scratch-resistant, the hardness of the UV coating was higher, but this also led to the phenomenon of edge collapse when the factory was cutting materials.
In order to block this defect, the factory uses aluminum alloy edge sealing to wrap the part of the plate with the collapsed edge. The surface flatness of the first-generation UV slab is not high enough, and the orange peel phenomenon is serious when viewed from the side light, which affects the appearance. At the same time, the color of the UV coated board is single, so the scope of application is relatively limited.
Technological innovation
Over the years, technicians have continuously improved the composition of UV coatings. Now the UV coating surface can have both hardness and flexibility, and edge sealing is not limited to aluminum alloy edge sealing. PVC edge sealing strips and high-end acrylic sealing can be used. Sidebar. The mature and modern edge sealing technology has greatly increased the market share of UV boards.
UV board has become a standardized product. After entering the factory mass production mode, the number of UV board factories has surged. A large number of UV boards have flooded into the market, and the quality is uneven. UV boards have gradually been pulled from the altar of high-end products and become It is synonymous with low-end products, so the UV coated board must be further reformed and innovated.
Melamine surface UV technology is a brand-new wood-based panel surface treatment technology launched after solving the adhesion problem of UV coatings on melamine.
New product
The new generation of painted panels that apply “melamine finish + UV coating” technology can make up for the single color problem of UV panels, and the flatness has also been greatly improved. The emergence of this technology makes UV coated panels. Brilliant again. In addition to being used as a simple coated board, the texture diversity of melamine impregnated paper also expands new application fields for melamine UV board.
Melamine instead of stained veneer
With the rise of high-end customization of dyed veneer, some brands stand out with high-quality products, such as “Mulimuwai”, “M77″ and other brands, and the products are well received by the market. However, there are still many technical problems in dyed veneer that have not been solved. For example, the veneer is prone to discoloration and chromatic aberration, which leads to many after-sales problems. This 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 printing papers made of melamine imitating dyed veneer, natural veneer and technical veneer. These printing impregnated papers can restore the color texture of natural veneer to a great extent, and the price is much cheaper than natural veneer.
For those customers who are not very demanding on wood texture, melamine impregnated paper with imitation veneer texture is a good substitute for natural veneer. On the basis of melamine impregnated paper, high-gloss or matte UV coating is used to solve the problem of color difference and discoloration of veneer. Once it is launched, it has aroused a warm response in the market.
Melamine instead of slate
Slate is also a popular decorative material in recent years. With its large size, high-quality internal performance and diversified applications, it has broken through the traditional application scope of traditional ceramic tiles and quickly became popular in the field of home building materials.
Most of the slates in the home decoration show a simple, fashionable, simple and generous decoration style, but in terms of their price, they are not so “simple”. The market price of slate is too high, reaching more than 1,000 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 slate, melamine impregnated paper imitates the texture of stone and marble, and UV coating does high-gloss treatment on the surface of the impregnated paper, which can not only create a simple and elegant home environment, but also wear-resistant The practical performance of corrosion resistance, and more importantly, the price that is close to the people allows the slate to enter the homes of ordinary people from the cloud.
Future development
The melamine UV coated board is sought after by the market due to its technological improvement and price advantage, but this technology has not yet reached perfection, and there is still room for improvement. The edge sealing problem of melamine UV coated board is the direction of further improvement in the future. At present, PVC and acrylic edge sealing are mainly used, but these edge sealing strips cannot reflect the value of the product. UV same color edge sealing is the future development of melamine UV board. Details to be discussed.
Post time: Feb-09-2022