Furniture manufacturing is a rather complicated technological process that requires the company to have certain equipment and materials. Melamine edges - material, the use of which is mandatory in the manufacture of a home headset. But what is it and what is it for?
It is known that the last stage in the manufacture of furniture is the finishing work, which also includes the lining of the edges of each element. At the same time, melamine edges are used as the main finishing material. This is done in order to give the furniture an aesthetic appearance, to make its edges more expressive and attractive. Only after going through such processing, the furniture will be able to satisfy the needs of customers.
Melamine Edge Concept
The melamine border extends in the form of various widths of decorative strips. It consists of several layers of paper, each of which performs a specific function. So, the first layer is represented by dense decorative paper. It is on it that a drawing is presented, giving the product a neat appearance.
The decorative layer is glued to the substrate. The backing is most often made from tissue paper. Depending on how many layers the base consists of, single-layer and multi-layer melamine edges are distinguished.
Additional functions
In order for the edging to not only carry decorative functions, but also to protect the furniture from damage, it is impregnated with special substances - melamine resins. This is where the name of the product comes from. To protect the decorative layer from mechanical damage, as well as to increase the life of the entire product, the front surface of the edge is treated with a special varnish. In addition, this treatment prevents the evaporation of melamine resins.
Typically, the thickness of the product is less than 0.5 mm. On the inner surface of the edge can be applied a special composition based on glue, which will allow you to attach the product to the edge of the furniture quickly and efficiently. Melamine edge with glue is an indispensable tool in the furniture factory.
The benefits of melamine products
The great demand for these products generated a large offer - in the market of finishing materials you can find a fairly large number of companies that produce these products. There are a fairly large number of materials from which the furniture edge is made . Melamine, polyvinyl chloride, ABS - these are just the most widely used furniture decoration materials on the market.
Among all their quantity, a melamine-based product has several advantages, thanks to which it has become so popular. These benefits include:
- A wide palette of colors makes it possible to choose an edge that would be ideally combined with the material of the furniture.
- There is no need to use special equipment for lining the edges. Which significantly saves production costs.
- The product is environmentally friendly - in its manufacture virtually no synthetic materials are used.
- High rates of elasticity of the product allow it to be used for facing complex curved surfaces.
But, describing the melamine edges, one can not help but mention the negative sides of this product. This material is very demanding on operating conditions. Large temperature differences, high humidity, dustiness of the room - all this negatively affects the product and reduces its service life.
Variety of products
Edges on a melamine basis, depending on which surface they will be attached, are divided into three groups:
- Softforming strip. Softforming is a technology for applying tape material (edge) to a wood product pre-machined by a milling machine, most often chipboard. Softforming tape is highly elastic, which allows you to hide the joints of the final products.
- Folding (melamine hem). Seam - a rectangular selection on the edge of the board, a kind of step, which can serve for decorative purposes. The edge on such parts of the structure should give the product a sense of completeness.
- Direct edging. This product is used for facing straight flat surfaces. On the inside, glue may be applied to it.