The German based company KLEBCHEMIE has once again drastically advanced the patented HotCoating® technology. The flooring industry can now use this innovative technology and reach the highest abrasion class. With extensive research in the lab and application department, the experts at KLEIBERIT, located in Weingarten/Germany, were successful in adding abrasion resistant fillers in the HotCoating® matrix, so that flooring producers can now reach up to the highest abrasion class (AC51. according to DIN EN 13329. The coating is still applied in just one step with easy to use application technology. Due to this step this extraordinary coating material also boasts the following properties:

• Highest abrasion resistance with relatively low coat weight (AC5)
• Excellent shock resistance
• Transparent
• Universal adhesion to decorative paper, print, veneer
• Warm touch
• Room acoustic advantages
• Easier application technology;
• Single HotCoating® application
• Improved distribution of the filler in the HotCoating® matrix
  compared to conventional lacquer systems
• Impressing of pores easy 10 realize with use of an impregnating
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Due to these properties the HotCoating® process stands out from conventional technologies, which achieve high abrasion resistance. Durability of press plate when used for corundum containing overlays is no longer an issue when HotCoating® is used. It is also no longer necessary to apply several, single layers of lacquer to achieve the required coat weight and thus abrasion resistance.

FLEXIBLE TECHNOLOGY

The flooring market no longer just differentiates between real wood and laminate floors. Many new developments like direct prim, veneer or recently digital prim floors are on the market. All of the versions have one thing in common:

The decorative surfaces can not be refurbished through sanding like real wood floors and therefore must be protected with a highly abrasive resistant coating.

KLEIBERIT opens up a technology, which is very flexible and easy to use for manufacturers and offers perfect abrasion protection with excellent shock resistance.

Above all, HotCoating®, in combination with digital print, shows how innovative both of these technologies are and which possibilities are available for manufacturers and their customers. Individually designed floors with a perfect protective coating can also be produced in small lot sizes with a simple process.

HIGH GLOSS AS A NEW HIGHLIGHT

KLEBCHEMIE`s latest development is completely in trend. Using an almost identical HotCoating® machine configuration, a high gloss surface can be achieved, which reaches a gloss level of over 90 (measured at an angle of 60°). To get this high gloss surface, one single application of HotCoating® in combination with the high gloss "TopCoat" is required. Intermediate sanding and expensive multiple applications are omitted.

This technology not only opens new possibilities for users in the flooring industry, but it is also interesting for furniture, doors and wood based material industries.