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    The document discusses the process of impregnating decor paper with melamine and urea resins for use in furniture and flooring. Impregnation treaters are used to uniformly saturate the paper core and coat the surface with resin. High quality impregnation is achieved through careful control of resin viscosity, line speed, and additives. The impregnated paper can then be laminated onto wood-based panels during hot pressing, where the resin bonds the paper to the substrate.

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    The document discusses the process of impregnating decor paper with melamine and urea resins for use in furniture and flooring. Impregnation treaters are used to uniformly saturate the paper core and coat the surface with resin. High quality impregnation is achieved through careful control of resin viscosity, line speed, and additives. The impregnated paper can then be laminated onto wood-based panels during hot pressing, where the resin bonds the paper to the substrate.

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    The document discusses the process of impregnating decor paper with melamine and urea resins for use in furniture and flooring. Impregnation treaters are used to uniformly saturate the paper core and coat the surface with resin. High quality impregnation is achieved through careful control of resin viscosity, line speed, and additives. The impregnated paper can then be laminated onto wood-based panels during hot pressing, where the resin bonds the paper to the substrate.

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    The Process of Paper Impregnation is known as 

    Low Pressure Lamination.
    To attain attractive and durable surfaces for furniture and flooring, wood based panel
    boards are usually overlaid with printed or solid color paper. Such decor paper is
    impregnated with melamine and urea resins in specially designed impregnation
    treaters.
    Impregnation treaters are specially designed for the Process of Resin
    Distribution.
    Usually, such treaters have two sections: one to saturate the core of the paper with
    urea or melamine resin, and the second to coat the paper surface with pure melamine
    resin. Both sections consist of an application unit, and a series of drying ovens. The
    process requires that the resin be uniformly distributed within the paper core and on
    its surface.
    High quality paper impregnation is achieved by the right choice of resin and
    additives.
    High quality paper impregnation is achieved by careful adjustment of the resin
    viscosity and line speed, and by the right choice of resin and additives. Specially
    designed latent catalysts or hardeners are needed to adjust the resin reactivity.
    Uniform penetration and even surface coating is accomplished through the obligatory
    use of special purpose wetting agents. Furthermore, it is important to minimize dust
    formation in order to achieve a clean and smooth surface. This is usually reached with
    the aid of anti-dust and film smoothing agents.
    All additives and catalysts are added to the resin right before the impregnation
    process.
    After drying, the impregnated papers can be stored for several months before being
    laminated onto wood based panel boards. During hot-pressing or thermo-fusing, the
    resin in the paper softens sufficiently to bond with the substrate. Subsequently, the
    resin cures to become a very hard and durable solid that protects the decor
    paper. Release agents support the clean separation of the laminated board from the
    press plate. Press speed and quality of the surface is determined by the right choice of
    resin catalysts / hardener. All additives and catalysts are added to the resin right
    before the impregnation process.
    Décor paper is made from alpha cellulose-rich pulp, and it can be characterized as technically
    advanced and highly engineered specialty paper. These alpha cellulose-based papers are
    known as the exclusive base print papers, to which various patterns are applied using gravure
    printing processes.  Such décor paper products are widely used in laminated board production
    because of their resistance to photo-yellowing (Enzensberger 1961; Rydholm 1965; Tocchio et
    al. 1993; Roberts and Evans 2005; Bardak et al. 2011). The decorative paper is impregnated
    with thermosetting synthetic resins, which include urea formaldehyde (UF) and melamine
    formaldehyde (MF) resins, and converted into a technologically sensitive cellulosic composites
    through an impregnation process,

    Before being sent for “treatment” every batch undergoes various “quality tests” like wet strength,
    absorbency etc. and then taken to the Impregnation process.

    The moisture content of paper and paperboard is the quantity of water present and measurable
    in paper. This will vary according to the environment and the moisture added during
    manufacturing and conversion processes

    The moisture content of paper can vary at any given relative humidity depending on whether the
    moisture was desorbed (brought into equilibrium from a higher relative humidity) or adsorbed
    (brought into equilibrium from a lower relative humidity) - the hysteresis effect.

    moisture content
    wH2O
    content of water in paper or board, i.e. the ratio of the loss of mass of a test piece, when dried according
    to the procedure described in this International Standard, to its mass at the time of sampling

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