Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a decorative panel with a carrier plate comprising a multi-laminate plastic carrier material with a plurality N of layer sequences of the A-B-A type, wherein layer A comprises a first thermoplastic resin and layer B a second thermoplastic resin different from the thermoplastic resin of layer A and wherein N lies between ?3 and ?250.

Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a process for producing a structured antiwear film, comprising the process steps of: a. providing a base antiwear film, b. applying a formable outer paint layer to at least part of the area of the base antiwear film, c. at least partially structuring the outer paint layer by means of a digital printing process to create a structuring of the outer paint layer, and d. curing the outer paint layer such that the outer paint layer is first partly cured, wherein UV radiation with a wavelength in a range from ?150 nm to ?250 nm is used for the partial curing, and wherein the outer paint layer is then cured to completion, and wherein e.

Abstract: A panel including a core, a top side, an underside, a first edge pair and a second edge pair. The first edge pair has a groove profile at a panel edge and a complementary tongue profile at the opposite panel edge, which are lockable by a pivotal movement and positively lock so that movement of locked panels away from each other in the plane of the panels is opposed. At its opposite panel edges the second edge pair has a complementary receiving hook and an arresting hook. The arresting hook is assembled to the receiving hook by a joining movement in a plane perpendicular to the panel plane by the pivotal movement for the first edge pair. The receiving hook or the arresting hook has a holding groove for a separate locking element that provides vertical locking. A butting surface is arranged at the receiving hook substantially orthogonal to the top side. The arresting hook has a counterpart butting surface substantially orthogonal to the top side.

Abstract: A panel including a panel top side and a panel underside and including at least four panel margins which are situated opposite one another in pairwise fashion, having complementary holding profiles which are provided in pairwise fashion on the panel margins and which fit together such that identical panels are fastenable to one another, wherein at least one of the holding profile pairs is equipped with hook profiles, specifically with a receiving hook on one panel margin and with an arresting hook on the opposite panel margin.

Abstract: A method for starting up a production line for manufacturing extruded plates, wherein an extruded semi-finished product comprising a free end is pressed towards a conveying device, wherein the conveying device is configured to pull the semi-finished product to a separating device, wherein a conveyor belt extending in the conveying direction is placed on the conveying device, the free end of the semi-finished product is pressed onto the conveyor belt, the conveyor belt is pulled together with the semi-finished product towards the separating device, and the free end of the semi-finished product arriving at the separating device is introduced into the separating device, while the conveyor belt is pulled away from the semi-finished product upstream of the separating device. This enables a cost-effective production of panels made from the plates.

Abstract: A production line for manufacturing extruded plates, comprises a conveyor for conveying a semifinished product, an edge cutting device for cutting off an edge area of the semifinished product to present a plate-shaped endless base profile, and a separating device for separating individual plates from the endless base profile. A distance (D) between the separating device and the edge cutting device in the conveying direction is dimensioned such that, between an average temperature T1 of the semifinished product during cutting of the edge area in the edge cutting device and an average temperature T2 of the endless base profile during separation, there is a temperature difference T1?T2 of 2 K?T1?T2?15 K. Due to distance (D) within an optimum temperature range, further processing of the cut off edge areas is essentially neutral in terms of installation space.

Abstract: A panel including a panel top side and a panel underside and including at least four panel margins which are situated opposite one another in pairwise fashion, having complementary holding profiles which are provided in pairwise fashion on the panel margins and which fit together such that identical panels are fastenable to one another, wherein at least one of the holding profile pairs is equipped with hook profiles, specifically with a receiving hook on one panel margin and with an arresting hook on the opposite panel margin.

Abstract: The invention relates to a carrier material for producing a carrier (12) for a decorated wall or floor panel (10), wherein the carrier material (14) comprises a matrix material having a plastic, a solid material and a fiber material, wherein the solid material is formed by an inorganic material in a proportion of at least 50 wt. %, in particular at least 80 wt. %, in particular at least 95 wt. % in relation to the solid material, wherein the matrix material is present in a quantity of ?20 wt. % to ?60 wt. %, in particular ?28 wt. % to ?48 wt. %, in particular ?35 wt. % to ?41 wt. % in relation to the carrier material, and wherein the solid material is present in a quantity of ?25 wt. % to ?65 wt. %, in particular ?33 wt. % to ?53 wt. %, in particular ?40 wt. % to ?46 wt. % in relation to the carrier material, and wherein the fiber material is present in a quantity of >1 wt. % to ?35 wt. %, in particular ?7 wt. % to ?30 wt. %, approximately ?14 wt. % to ?21 wt.

Abstract: A panel having at least one pair of complementary locking means at opposite panel edges, wherein at least one pair of the locking means is provided with complementary hook profile portions, wherein at least one of the hook profile portions has a compression region.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multi-laminate plastic carrier plate having a plurality N of A-B-A layer sequences, wherein the A layer includes a first thermoplastic resin and the B layer includes a second thermoplastic resin, and wherein the first thermoplastic resin is a virgin plastic and the second plastic is a recycled plastic, and wherein 250?N?2, preferably 200?N?3, preferably 125?N?4, still more preferably 100?N?5.

Abstract: A carrier material for producing a decorated wall or floor panel, as well as the corresponding wall or floor panel, may comprise a matrix material and a solid material. The matrix material is present from ?25 wt.-% to ?55 wt.-% and the solid material is present from ?45 wt.-% to ?75 wt.-% of the carrier material. The matrix material and the solid material together may be present in an amount of ?95 wt.-% of the carrier material. The solid material is formed to at least 50 wt.-% of a solid composition consisting of at least a first layered silicate powder and a second layered silicate powder. The matrix material is formed to at least 50 wt.-% by a plastic composition consisting of a homopolymer and at least a first copolymer and a second copolymer.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a plastic-containing support for a decorated wall panel or floor panel, comprising a supporting material including a thermoplastic matrix material, in which a solid material with a particle size less than or equal to 800 ?m is embedded, wherein the support has a length, a width and a thickness, wherein the support has a density gradient along its thickness from a bottom surface to a top surface arranged on the opposite side to the bottom surface in such a manner, that the density of the supporting material averaged over a specified width or a specified length of at least 5 mm, preferably at least 20 mm, from the bottom surface to the top surface initially declines and then increases again.

Abstract: A panel, including a first edge pair of complementary interlocking retaining profiles on opposing panel edges. One of the retaining profiles has a locking groove having a retaining strip, which protrudes at the free end of the lower groove wall toward the panel surface. The complementary retaining profile has a locking tongue, which, in the joined state, interacts with the retaining surface of the retaining strip, and a play with both vertical and horizontal components so that the retaining profiles are movable perpendicularly to the panel surface and movable perpendicularly to the panel edges and parallel to the panel surface. In a joining step, the bottom side of the locking tongue is laid horizontal onto the retaining strip of the locking groove and then the tongue top side is slid against the inside of the upper groove wall, the tongue top side touching the inside of the upper groove wall in the region of the panel core.

Abstract: A panel including an upper side, a lower side, a core and complementary locking elements provided in pairs on opposing panel edges. At least one pair of locking elements has complementary hook profiles, namely a receiving hook and an arresting hook. The receiving hook has a hook periphery arranged remote from the main body and a receiving recess arranged in the vicinity of the basic body. The receiving recess is open towards the panel upper side, and the arresting hook has an arresting recess, arranged in the vicinity of the basic body and open towards the panel lower side, and has an arresting shoulder remote from the basic body and which, in the vertical joining direction, fits into the receiving recess of the receiving hook. The arresting hook has a vertically locking arresting contour and the receiving hook has a form-fitting contour, which form fits with the arresting contour of the arresting hook.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to laminatable ink, comprising a radiation-curable ink preferably in an amount, based on the laminatable ink, of ?50 wt % to ?99 wt %, and a thermally activatable matrix material preferably in an amount, based on the laminatable ink, of ?1 wt % to ?50 wt %, where the matrix material comprises at least a thermally activatable polymer, preferably in an amount, based on the laminatable ink, of ?5 wt % to ?30 wt %, preferably ?8 wt % to ?20 wt %, more preferably of ?10 wt % to ?15 wt %.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for producing a decorated wall panel or floor panel comprising the following method steps: a) providing a plate-shaped carrier; b) applying a decoration replicating a decorative pattern onto at least one partial region of the plate-shaped carrier; c) applying a covering layer onto the decoration, wherein the covering layer has a radiation-hardening compound; and d) hardening the covering layer. The covering layer is hardened by using a first radiator and a second radiator, wherein the first radiator emits radiation having a different wave length compared to the radiation of the second radiator, and wherein the first radiator and the second radiator are used in a common hardening step.

Abstract: A decorated and surface-structured wall or floor panel comprises a carrier made of a plastic composite material, a primer layer disposed on a surface of the carrier, a decorative layer disposed on the primer layer, a layer of a radiation-curable varnish disposed on the decorative layer, a structured plastic film disposed on the layer of a radiation-curable varnish, and a topcoat layer disposed on the structured plastic film. The carrier comprises a plastic-containing matrix material in which a fibre mineral material is embedded.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a decorative panel, comprising a layered structure with a plate-shaped carrier on which there are provided a decorative substrate and a decorative layer applied to the decorative substrate, wherein the decorative panel further comprises in its layered structure at least one protective layer applied to the decorative layer, wherein the decorative panel comprises in its layered structure at least one stability layer, wherein the stability layer contains polyurethane, and wherein the stability layer has a density of >0.8 g/cm3. Such a decorative panel can particularly have improved stability.

Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a method for producing a structured wear protection film. The method comprises the steps: providing a wear protection base film, applying a formable lacquer-containing cover layer onto at least a partial area of the wear protection base film, at least partial structuring the lacquer-containing cover layer by use of a digital printing process in order to produce a structure of the lacquer-containing cover layer and at least partially hardening the lacquer-containing cover layer. Moreover, a structured wear protection film, the use of a structured wear protection film and a decorative panel comprising a structured wear protection film are proposed.

Abstract: A floor panel has a carrier layer which is a plastic material that is pliable and elastic at an application temperature of the flooring. A decorative layer is disposed above the carrier layer. Complementary mechanical locking profiles provided on at least two panel edges. The locking profiles cooperating in the locked state of two floor panels and counter-acting a moving apart of the floor panels. At least one panel edge has an edge break-away point at the edge of the decorative layer.