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US20130043211A1
US20130043211A1 US13/581,738 US201113581738A US2013043211A1 US 20130043211 A1 US20130043211 A1 US 20130043211A1 US 201113581738 A US201113581738 A US 201113581738A US 2013043211 A1 US2013043211 A1 US 2013043211A1
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  • aspects of the invention relate to a method of manufacturing a floor board.
  • a method of manufacturing a floor panel which comprises supplying a panel, printing a curable substance or surface removing substance onto the panel in a predefined pattern for creating an elevation on the panel at the pattern or removing a portion of the surface of the panel at the pattern, respectively, and curing the curable substance or removing any reaction products of the surface removing substance and the panel, hence forming the floor board.
  • embossed press plates or press rollers Due to the method it is not necessary to use relatively expensive embossed press plates or press rollers to be pressed under high pressure on the panel in order to create an embossed surface of the floor board. Furthermore, the method provides the opportunity to create a high degree of variations in relief patterns of floor boards. A comparable degree of variation in case of using different embossed press plates or press rollers would be more expensive.
  • the step of printing is digitally controlled and/or non-contact printing and/or non-contact printing. Due to the digitally controlled step a quick switch to manufacturing floor boards having alternative relief patterns can be effected. This introduces a great flexibility in relief patterns and avoids the necessity of repetitive embossment such as in case of prior art relief press rollers or relief press plates. This means that a standardized basic product can be efficiently further treated to form a unique product corresponding to individual customer desires. More specifically, it is possible that the substance is printed onto the panel via a digitally controlled printing nozzle.
  • the panel may comprise a substrate of HDF, WPC (Wood Plastic Composite), polymeric composite (engineered polymer), PVC, LVT (Luxury Vinyl Tile) or the like.
  • the panel may be provided with a decorative basic pattern, which is directly printed on the substrate or laminated thereon by means of a known method of laminating.
  • the supplied panel may already comprise an embossment, but may also have a flat surface on which the curable substance or the surface removing substance is printed.
  • the curable substance may be cured by curing means, for example by means of UV radiation or a UV laser.
  • Alternative curing means may comprise electron-beam heating, or normal heating at elevated temperature; for example, the entire panel including the curable substance may be placed in a heated environment so as to cure the substance.
  • the curable substance may comprise wear resistant particles in order to provide good wear performance of the elevated portions of the floor board in use.
  • the predefined pattern substantially corresponds to a decorative basic pattern being present on the panel.
  • the floor board will be provided with embossment in register.
  • the pattern may be a wood grain pattern where the wood grains are depressed portions and the surrounding portions are elevated portions.
  • the depressed portions can be made by printing a surface removing substance at the intended depressed portions or printing a curable substance beside of the intended depressed portions.
  • the curable substance or surface removing substance may be printed onto the panel by first printing a liquid onto the panel in said predefined pattern, and then providing an intermediate substance to the liquid, wherein the intermediate substance or the liquid together with the intermediate substance form the curable substance or surface removing substance.
  • the intermediate substance may comprise a powder. This can be applied onto the liquid and stick to the liquid, whereas abundant powder is removed, for example by a suction device.
  • the intermediate substance contains wear resistant particles since this provides the opportunity to print the liquid without wear resistant particles onto the panel so as to avoid wear of a printing head, whereas the powder including wear resistant particles can be applied less accurate to the printed liquid.
  • the maximal thickness of the curable substance lies between 50 and 250 ⁇ m, but a thinner or thicker layer is conceivable.
  • the maximal thickness lies between 5 and 1000 ⁇ m.
  • the curable substance may contain a varnish, which is lustrous or matte, for example.
  • the panel is a flexible sheet which is laminated to a substrate after printing the curable substance or surface removing substance thereon so as to form the floor board.
  • the sheet is a paper sheet which is already provided with a resin or still has to be provided with a resin.
  • the method comprises the steps of supplying a panel, applying a curable substance or surface removing substance onto the panel in a predefined pattern for creating an elevation on the panel at the pattern or removing a portion of the surface of the panel at the pattern, respectively, wherein the substance is applied onto the panel by first putting a layer of the substance onto the panel and then creating the predefined pattern by a digitally controlled impacting member which is pressed into said substance and movable in a plane extending parallel to the panel so as to form the pattern, curing the curable substance or removing any reaction products of the surface removing substance and the panel, hence forming the floor board.
  • the advantage of the method is that using expensive prior art embossed press plates is not necessary to create embossed floor boards, whereas quick changes to the desired relief pattern can be achieved.
  • the impacting member will be smaller than the dimensions of the panel.
  • the impacting member may be comparable to a conventional dot matrix printer, in which digitally controlled pins impact on a paper via an ink ribbon. This method is applicable in case of partly cured top layers, such as polyurethane (PU) hot coating top layers.
  • the control of the impacting member can be based on image recognition, for example cameras that recognize the pattern of approaching panels.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of an apparatus for performing an embodiment of the method.
  • FIG. 2 is a similar view as FIG. 1 of an alternative embodiment.
  • FIG. 3 is a similar view as FIG. 1 of another alternative embodiment.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates the main steps of an embodiment of the method.
  • the manufacturing process performed by an apparatus 1 runs from the right to the left in FIG. 1 .
  • a panel 2 is transported first to a digital printing station 3 .
  • a liquid is printed on an upper surface of the panel 2 in a predetermined pattern.
  • the liquid may be an ink or varnish, being transparent or colored or any other liquid material.
  • the printed panel 2 is transported to a powder unit 4 , where an intermediate substance or a powder 5 is spread over the panel 2 .
  • the powder 5 will stick to the liquid.
  • the liquid and the powder 5 form a substance which is curable.
  • a part of the powder 5 may fall beside of the printed pattern or on a portion of the printed pattern which is already dry. That part of the powder 5 will be removed from the panel 2 by a suction device 6 , but an alternative powder removing device is conceivable.
  • the formed substance on the panel 2 is cured at a heating station 7 .
  • the panels 2 Before storing the resulting floor boards 2 a at a storage station 9 the panels 2 may be cooled at a cooling station 8 .
  • the powder In the heating station 7 the powder may be melted together into a single mass which is elevated above the initial upper surface of the panel 2 . It is conceivable that the liquid and powder together form a curable substance or the powder itself forms a curable substance adhering to the panel 2 upon curing.
  • the powder forms the curable substance whereas the liquid pattern only functions as a temporary carrier for carrying the powder in the desired pattern.
  • the liquid may partly or fully disappear during the step of heating, for example by evaporation.
  • the powder 5 may be a swelling powder such that upon curing the volume of the substance becomes larger (and the elevations higher) than that of the sum of the liquid and the powder 5 separately.
  • the maximal thickness of the substance after curing lies between 50 and 250 ⁇ m, but a higher or lower thickness is conceivable. In practice, a thickness of 5-1000 ⁇ m is preferred.
  • the powder 5 can also contain wear-resistant particles, for example corundum particles. It is advantageous that in the embodiment as illustrated in FIG. 1 the wear resistant particles are supplied separately from a printing head of the digital printing station, thus avoiding wear of the printing head through the presence of wear resistant particles.
  • the heating station 7 may comprise a UV-laser, for example, but alternative curing means are conceivable.
  • the apparatus of FIG. 1 may comprise a camera (not shown) for recognizing a basic pattern being printed on the panel 2 before arriving at the digital printing station 3 .
  • the pattern to be printed on the panel 2 at the digital printing station 3 may correspond to the basic pattern such that the panel 2 obtains an embossment in register.
  • metallic resin powder which creates a metallic effect after melting
  • lustrous resin powder in which lustrous particle are added to the powder
  • anti-static powder which avoids build-up of electrostatic charge
  • powders which generate pearlescent effect, matt effect, or odour effect.
  • the curable substance is directly printed at the printing station 10 in a predetermined pattern on a panel 2 . This is illustrated in FIG. 2 . In this case, a relatively large amount of substance has to be printed by the printing station 10 .
  • Other features as described in relation to the embodiment as illustrated in FIG. 1 are also applicable to the embodiment as illustrated in FIG. 2 .
  • a layer of the substance is spread onto the panel 2 at a substance spread device 11 and then the predetermined relief pattern is created by a digitally controlled impacting member 12 , see FIG. 3 .
  • the substance may be spread uniformly over the panel 2 .
  • the digitally controlled impacting member 12 is repeatably pressed into the curable substance and movable in a plane extending parallel to the panel 2 so as to form the relief pattern.
  • Other features as described in relation to the embodiment as illustrated in FIG. 1 are also applicable to the embodiment as illustrated in FIG. 3 .
  • a surface removing sub- stance can be applied on the panel (directly or indirectly via powder in a printed liquid as described hereinbefore) such that the local surface of the panel 2 at the intended pattern is removed.
  • the substance can be applied on the panel in a manner as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 .
  • the substance is selected such that it reacts with the surface of the panel 2 so as to remove a portion thereof.
  • the relief pattern of the panel 2 is formed by removing material from the panel 2 instead of adding material. After heating and/or cooling of the substrate on the panel any reaction products may be removed by pressed air, for example. It is also possible that neither heating nor cooling is necessary in this embodiment. After applying the embossment in this way the panel may be covered with a finishing layer containing wear resistant particles.
  • the surface removing substance is selected such that it reacts with the surface of the panel 2 after being activated.
  • the substance can be activated by a heat source, UV radiation, a laser beam or the like.
  • an activation device needs not to be focussed very accurately on specific areas of the panel surface since only those areas will be activated where the substance is present. After activation and reaction of the substance with the panel surface, any reaction products may be removed.
  • Panels having the same decorative basic pattern may be provided with different relief patterns, for example one of the type embossing-in-register and the other one of the type brushed all-over. This enlarges the variation of appearances of floor boards.
  • the panel 2 on which the curable substance or surface removing surface is applied may be made of HDF, WPC, polymer composite or engineered polymer, LVT, PVC or the like. It is noted that the method can also be applied on a flexible sheet which will be laminated to a substrate at a later stage so as to form a floor board.
  • the invention is not limited to the embodiments shown in the figures, which can be varied in several ways within the scope of the invention. It is for example possible that the method is applied on alternative substrates than on a panel or a sheet, for example on the packaging material of floor panels. Furthermore, the digital printing station may be replaced by alternative printing means, for example a conventional printing roller as known from the prior art roller printing process.

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A method of manufacturing a floor board comprises the steps of supplying a panel, printing a curable substance or surface removing substance onto the panel in a predefined pattern for creating an elevation on the panel at the pattern or removing a portion of the surface of the panel at the pattern, respectively, and curing the curable substance or removing any re-action products of the surface removing substance and the panel.

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    CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
  • This application is a Section 371 National Stage Application of International Application PCT/EP2011/053383 filed Mar. 7, 2011 and published as WO/2011/107610 A1 in English.
    • BACKGROUND
  • The discussion below is merely provided for general background information and is not intended to be used as an aid in determining the scope of the claimed subject matter.
  • Aspects of the invention relate to a method of manufacturing a floor board.
  • In the field of the flooring industry, like in several other industries, there is a trend to mass customization. This means that there is a demand for products that suit to specific customers. As a consequence, a high degree of flexibility in production processes is required.
    • SUMMARY
  • This Summary and the Abstract herein are provided to introduce a selection of concepts in a simplified form that are further described below in the Detailed Description. This Summary and the Abstract are not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor are they intended to be used as an aid in determining the scope of the claimed subject matter. The claimed subject matter is not limited to implementations that solve any or all disadvantages noted in the Background.
  • A method of manufacturing a floor panel according to an aspect of the invention, which comprises supplying a panel, printing a curable substance or surface removing substance onto the panel in a predefined pattern for creating an elevation on the panel at the pattern or removing a portion of the surface of the panel at the pattern, respectively, and curing the curable substance or removing any reaction products of the surface removing substance and the panel, hence forming the floor board.
  • Due to the method it is not necessary to use relatively expensive embossed press plates or press rollers to be pressed under high pressure on the panel in order to create an embossed surface of the floor board. Furthermore, the method provides the opportunity to create a high degree of variations in relief patterns of floor boards. A comparable degree of variation in case of using different embossed press plates or press rollers would be more expensive.
  • In an embodiment the step of printing is digitally controlled and/or non-contact printing and/or non-contact printing. Due to the digitally controlled step a quick switch to manufacturing floor boards having alternative relief patterns can be effected. This introduces a great flexibility in relief patterns and avoids the necessity of repetitive embossment such as in case of prior art relief press rollers or relief press plates. This means that a standardized basic product can be efficiently further treated to form a unique product corresponding to individual customer desires. More specifically, it is possible that the substance is printed onto the panel via a digitally controlled printing nozzle.
  • Nevertheless, it is also conceivable to print the curable substance or surface removing substance onto the panel through roller printing or an alternative prior art printing method. In order to change the pattern to be printed a plurality of printing rollers having different patterns can be used. For example, they may be revolver-mounted in order to be able to quickly change to a different pattern to be printed onto the panel.
  • The panel may comprise a substrate of HDF, WPC (Wood Plastic Composite), polymeric composite (engineered polymer), PVC, LVT (Luxury Vinyl Tile) or the like. The panel may be provided with a decorative basic pattern, which is directly printed on the substrate or laminated thereon by means of a known method of laminating. Furthermore, the supplied panel may already comprise an embossment, but may also have a flat surface on which the curable substance or the surface removing substance is printed. The curable substance may be cured by curing means, for example by means of UV radiation or a UV laser. Alternative curing means may comprise electron-beam heating, or normal heating at elevated temperature; for example, the entire panel including the curable substance may be placed in a heated environment so as to cure the substance.
  • The curable substance may comprise wear resistant particles in order to provide good wear performance of the elevated portions of the floor board in use.
  • In a specific embodiment the predefined pattern substantially corresponds to a decorative basic pattern being present on the panel. This means that the floor board will be provided with embossment in register. In practice, the pattern may be a wood grain pattern where the wood grains are depressed portions and the surrounding portions are elevated portions. The depressed portions can be made by printing a surface removing substance at the intended depressed portions or printing a curable substance beside of the intended depressed portions.
  • The curable substance or surface removing substance may be printed onto the panel by first printing a liquid onto the panel in said predefined pattern, and then providing an intermediate substance to the liquid, wherein the intermediate substance or the liquid together with the intermediate substance form the curable substance or surface removing substance. In practice, the intermediate substance may comprise a powder. This can be applied onto the liquid and stick to the liquid, whereas abundant powder is removed, for example by a suction device. In one embodiment, the intermediate substance contains wear resistant particles since this provides the opportunity to print the liquid without wear resistant particles onto the panel so as to avoid wear of a printing head, whereas the powder including wear resistant particles can be applied less accurate to the printed liquid.
  • In practice the maximal thickness of the curable substance lies between 50 and 250 μm, but a thinner or thicker layer is conceivable. Preferably, the maximal thickness lies between 5 and 1000 μm.
  • The curable substance may contain a varnish, which is lustrous or matte, for example.
  • It is also possible that the panel is a flexible sheet which is laminated to a substrate after printing the curable substance or surface removing substance thereon so as to form the floor board. For example, the sheet is a paper sheet which is already provided with a resin or still has to be provided with a resin.
  • In an alternative embodiment the method comprises the steps of supplying a panel, applying a curable substance or surface removing substance onto the panel in a predefined pattern for creating an elevation on the panel at the pattern or removing a portion of the surface of the panel at the pattern, respectively, wherein the substance is applied onto the panel by first putting a layer of the substance onto the panel and then creating the predefined pattern by a digitally controlled impacting member which is pressed into said substance and movable in a plane extending parallel to the panel so as to form the pattern, curing the curable substance or removing any reaction products of the surface removing substance and the panel, hence forming the floor board. The advantage of the method is that using expensive prior art embossed press plates is not necessary to create embossed floor boards, whereas quick changes to the desired relief pattern can be achieved.
  • In practice the impacting member will be smaller than the dimensions of the panel. The impacting member may be comparable to a conventional dot matrix printer, in which digitally controlled pins impact on a paper via an ink ribbon. This method is applicable in case of partly cured top layers, such as polyurethane (PU) hot coating top layers. The control of the impacting member can be based on image recognition, for example cameras that recognize the pattern of approaching panels.
    • BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
  • Aspects of the invention will be explained in more detail hereinafter with reference to drawings, which are very schematic representations of embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of an apparatus for performing an embodiment of the method.
  • FIG. 2 is a similar view as FIG. 1 of an alternative embodiment.
  • FIG. 3 is a similar view as FIG. 1 of another alternative embodiment.
    •  DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE ILLUSTRATIVE EMBODIMENT
  • FIG. 1 illustrates the main steps of an embodiment of the method. The manufacturing process performed by an apparatus 1 runs from the right to the left in FIG. 1. In this case a panel 2 is transported first to a digital printing station 3. At the digital printing station 3 a liquid is printed on an upper surface of the panel 2 in a predetermined pattern. The liquid may be an ink or varnish, being transparent or colored or any other liquid material.
  • Then, the printed panel 2 is transported to a powder unit 4, where an intermediate substance or a powder 5 is spread over the panel 2. The powder 5 will stick to the liquid. The liquid and the powder 5 form a substance which is curable. A part of the powder 5 may fall beside of the printed pattern or on a portion of the printed pattern which is already dry. That part of the powder 5 will be removed from the panel 2 by a suction device 6, but an alternative powder removing device is conceivable.
  • In a subsequent step the formed substance on the panel 2 is cured at a heating station 7. Before storing the resulting floor boards 2 a at a storage station 9 the panels 2 may be cooled at a cooling station 8. In the heating station 7 the powder may be melted together into a single mass which is elevated above the initial upper surface of the panel 2. It is conceivable that the liquid and powder together form a curable substance or the powder itself forms a curable substance adhering to the panel 2 upon curing.
  • It is also conceivable that the powder forms the curable substance whereas the liquid pattern only functions as a temporary carrier for carrying the powder in the desired pattern. In this case the liquid may partly or fully disappear during the step of heating, for example by evaporation.
  • The powder 5 may be a swelling powder such that upon curing the volume of the substance becomes larger (and the elevations higher) than that of the sum of the liquid and the powder 5 separately. In practice, the maximal thickness of the substance after curing lies between 50 and 250 μm, but a higher or lower thickness is conceivable. In practice, a thickness of 5-1000 μm is preferred.
  • Furthermore, the powder 5 can also contain wear-resistant particles, for example corundum particles. It is advantageous that in the embodiment as illustrated in FIG. 1 the wear resistant particles are supplied separately from a printing head of the digital printing station, thus avoiding wear of the printing head through the presence of wear resistant particles.
  • Due to curing of the mixture of the liquid and the powder 5 or the powder 5 alone a solid elevated region arises on the panel 2 at the location where the liquid pattern was printed. The pattern may represent a real wood pattern or the like. The heating station 7 may comprise a UV-laser, for example, but alternative curing means are conceivable.
  • The apparatus of FIG. 1 may comprise a camera (not shown) for recognizing a basic pattern being printed on the panel 2 before arriving at the digital printing station 3. The pattern to be printed on the panel 2 at the digital printing station 3 may correspond to the basic pattern such that the panel 2 obtains an embossment in register.
  • Several types, shapes and dimensions of the powder 5 are conceivable. For example, metallic resin powder which creates a metallic effect after melting, lustrous resin powder in which lustrous particle are added to the powder, anti-static powder which avoids build-up of electrostatic charge, and powders which generate pearlescent effect, matt effect, or odour effect.
  • In an alternative embodiment the curable substance is directly printed at the printing station 10 in a predetermined pattern on a panel 2. This is illustrated in FIG. 2. In this case, a relatively large amount of substance has to be printed by the printing station 10. Other features as described in relation to the embodiment as illustrated in FIG. 1 are also applicable to the embodiment as illustrated in FIG. 2.
  • In a further alternative embodiment of the method a layer of the substance is spread onto the panel 2 at a substance spread device 11 and then the predetermined relief pattern is created by a digitally controlled impacting member 12, see FIG. 3. In this case the substance may be spread uniformly over the panel 2. The digitally controlled impacting member 12 is repeatably pressed into the curable substance and movable in a plane extending parallel to the panel 2 so as to form the relief pattern. Other features as described in relation to the embodiment as illustrated in FIG. 1 are also applicable to the embodiment as illustrated in FIG. 3.
  • Instead of locally displacing the substance by an impacting member 12 it is also conceivable to remove the substance locally from the panel, for example by a suction device.
  • In another alternative method a surface removing sub- stance can be applied on the panel (directly or indirectly via powder in a printed liquid as described hereinbefore) such that the local surface of the panel 2 at the intended pattern is removed. The substance can be applied on the panel in a manner as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2. The substance is selected such that it reacts with the surface of the panel 2 so as to remove a portion thereof. Contrary to the embodiments as described above the relief pattern of the panel 2 is formed by removing material from the panel 2 instead of adding material. After heating and/or cooling of the substrate on the panel any reaction products may be removed by pressed air, for example. It is also possible that neither heating nor cooling is necessary in this embodiment. After applying the embossment in this way the panel may be covered with a finishing layer containing wear resistant particles.
  • Alternatively, the surface removing substance is selected such that it reacts with the surface of the panel 2 after being activated. For example, the substance can be activated by a heat source, UV radiation, a laser beam or the like. When the surface removing substance is printed in a predefined pattern onto the panel 2, an activation device needs not to be focussed very accurately on specific areas of the panel surface since only those areas will be activated where the substance is present. After activation and reaction of the substance with the panel surface, any reaction products may be removed.
  • Panels having the same decorative basic pattern may be provided with different relief patterns, for example one of the type embossing-in-register and the other one of the type brushed all-over. This enlarges the variation of appearances of floor boards.
  • The panel 2 on which the curable substance or surface removing surface is applied, may be made of HDF, WPC, polymer composite or engineered polymer, LVT, PVC or the like. It is noted that the method can also be applied on a flexible sheet which will be laminated to a substrate at a later stage so as to form a floor board.
  • The invention is not limited to the embodiments shown in the figures, which can be varied in several ways within the scope of the invention. It is for example possible that the method is applied on alternative substrates than on a panel or a sheet, for example on the packaging material of floor panels. Furthermore, the digital printing station may be replaced by alternative printing means, for example a conventional printing roller as known from the prior art roller printing process.

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1. A method of manufacturing a floor board, comprising:
supplying a panel,
printing a curable substance or surface removing substance onto the panel in a predefined pattern for creating an elevation on the panel at the pattern or removing a portion of the surface of the panel at the pattern, respectively,
curing the curable substance or removing any reaction products of the surface removing substance and the panel.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of printing is digitally controlled.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the curable substance comprises wear resistant particles.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the predefined pattern substantially corresponds to a decorative basic pattern being present on the panel.
5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the curable substance or surface removing substance is printed onto the panel by first printing a liquid onto the panel in said predefined pattern, and then providing an intermediate substance to the liquid, wherein the intermediate substance or the liquid together with the intermediate substance form the curable substance or surface removing substance.
6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the intermediate substance contains wear resistant particles.
7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the intermediate substance comprises a powder.
8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the maximal thickness of the curable substance is between 20 and 250 μm.
9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the curable substance is cured by means of UV radiation.
10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the curable substance contains a varnish.
11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the panel is a flexible sheet which is laminated to a substrate after printing the curable substance or surface removing substance thereon so as to form the floor board.
12. A method of manufacturing a floor board, comprising the steps of:
supplying a panel,
applying a curable substance or surface removing substance onto the panel in a predefined pattern for creating an elevation on the panel at the pattern or removing a portion of the surface of the panel at the pattern, respectively, wherein said substance is applied onto the panel by first putting a layer of said substance onto the panel and then creating the predefined pattern by pressing member into said substance, movable in a plane extending parallel to the panel so as to form said pattern,
curing the curable substance or removing any reaction products of the surface removing substance and the panel.
13. A method of manufacturing a floor board, comprising the steps of:
supplying a panel,
applying a curable substance or surface removing substance onto the panel in a predefined pattern for creating an elevation on the panel at the pattern or removing a portion of the surface of the panel at the pattern, respectively, wherein said substance is applied onto the panel by first putting a layer of said substance onto the panel and then creating the predefined pattern by removing portions of the substance at predefined locations so as to form said pattern,
curing the curable substance or removing any reaction products of the surface removing substance and the panel.
14. The method according to claim 13, wherein a surface removing substance onto the panel is printed in a predefined pattern for removing a portion of the surface of the panel at the pattern, and wherein the surface removing substance is activated by an activation device for reaction of the substance with the panel surface, after which any reaction products of the surface removing substance and the panel is removed.
15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the activation device is formed by a laser device.
16. The method according to claim 1, wherein the maximal thickness of the curable substance is between 5 and 1000 μm.
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