Directly printed panel having a two-layer design
A panel and a method for manufacturing of such a panel with a carrier plate, comprising a front side and a back side, and wherein the carrier plate comprises a layer system at least at the front side that is built from various polymer layers with different hardness values.
1. A panel comprising a carrier plate having a front side and a back side, wherein the carrier plate has a layer system at least at the front side, the layer system, originating of the front side, comprising:
a first elastic layer S1 made of an polymer, having a thickness of 40 to 600 μm and a Martens hardness M S1 of 0.5 to 120 N/mm 2 ;
a second layer S2 made of a polymer, having a thickness of 10 to 180 μm and a Martens hardness M S2 , wherein M S2 >M S1 ; and
wherein the hardness of the elastic layer S1 is substantially constant over the total thickness, and in that the hardness differences within the layer are less than 20 N/mm 2 .
2. The panel according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer of the layer S1 is an aliphatic polymer.
3. The panel according to claim 1 , wherein M S1 is between 2 and 50 N/mm 2 .
4. The panel according to claim 1 , wherein M S2 is between 50 and 300 N/mm 2 .
5. The panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first elastic layer S1 has a thickness of 40 to 500 μm.
6. The panel according to claim 1 , wherein the second elastic layer S2 has a thickness of 10 to 180 μm.
7. The panel according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier plate comprises coupling means in terms of tongue and groove elements at its sides, enabling coupling of various similar panels in parallel direction to the front side and perpendicular to the front side by form fitting.
8. The panel according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer of the layer S1 is based on a radiation hardened aliphatic acrylate.
9. The panel according to claim 1 , wherein a decor layer is arranged between the front side and the layer S1, comprising a printing ink.
10. The panel according to claim 9 , wherein a third elastic layer S3 is arranged between the front side and decor layer, having a Martens hardness M S3 , wherein M S3 ≤M S1 .
11. The panel according to claim 10 , wherein the layer S3 has a thickness of 10 to 300 μm.
12. The panel according to claim 9 , wherein the printing ink is based on a polymerizable acrylate and/or N-vinylcaprolactam.
13. The panel according to claim 9 , wherein the printing ink of the decor layer and at least a part of the layer S1 have been hardened together.
14. The panel according to claim 9 , wherein the decor layer has been applied by digital printing.
15. The panel according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer of the layer S2 is based on one or more of the following acrylates: 1,6-hexandioldiacrylate, polyester acrylate, polyurethane acryl acid ester or dipropylene glycole diacrylate.
16. The panel according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier plate has a thickness between 3 and 20 mm.
17. The panel according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier plate is a MDF plate, a HDF plate, a PVC plate, a cement fiber plate, a WPC plate (wood powder composite), a thermoplastic recycling plate, wood plate, a wood veneer plate, or a parquet plate.
18. The panel according to claim 1 , wherein no paper or plastic foil is applied to the front side of the panel.
19. The panel according to claim 1 , wherein source materials of the layers S1, S2, and S3 are radiation hardenable materials.
20. The panel according to claim 1 , wherein the layers S1 and S2 are transparent.
21. The panel according to claim 1 , wherein the panel is not provided with abrasion-resistant particles.
22. The panel according to claim 1 , wherein the layer system has a damping effect of at least 5 dB.
23. The panel according to claim 1 , wherein the hardness differences within the layer S1 are less than 15 N/mm 2 .