Looking at the product series of various brands recently, everyone invariably added a “PET door panel” product line. The price is generally 20%-30% more expensive than the double veneer (melamine door panel).
What is the material of PET sheet
PET sheet is extruded from polyester raw material at high temperature, and the thickness of the sheet is different according to different molds. PET foam is a closed-cell thermoplastic structural foam suitable for all resin systems and process technologies by thermoforming. The purpose of foamed pet board is easy processing, good mechanical properties, and reusable. PET is mainly used for fibers, and a small amount is used for films and engineering plastics.
Wood-plastic is wood-plastic composite material, which refers to the use of polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, etc., instead of the usual resin adhesive, and more than 35%-70% of waste plant fibers such as wood powder, rice husk, straw, etc. Wooden materials are processed by extrusion, molding, injection molding and other plastic processing techniques to produce panels or profiles.
The use of PET sheets has these advantages:
- PET board is a kind of thermoplastic polymer, which can be laminated on the MDF core with special glue under high temperature and pressure, and becomes the ideal surface provided by the cabinet.
- PET sheet has high heat resistance and moisture resistance, especially when combined with seamless joints, our hot air edge banding machine does not use adhesive edge banding. The material is fixed on the MDF substrate with a special glue, which can provide a stable, consistent and smooth surface effect, avoiding warping and ripples.
- The use of pet boards does not require painting, which saves time and money. Perfect for matte or high-gloss, PET sheets promise design consistency and flexibility throughout your home or office.
PET sheet material:
- PET panels have a variety of timeless designs, which are very suitable for modern residential kitchens, bathrooms and commercial offices. The polyester material has bright colors, small color difference, and strong visual stereoscopic effect.
- The pet board can also avoid leaving fingerprints and provide a soft touch and atmosphere for the room.
- The same perfectly matched high-gloss finish can be used for pet panels, which can be combined to produce dramatic effects, and can also be brought into other rooms to obtain visual interest, while maintaining consistent tone, bright colors, small color difference, and three-dimensional vision Strong sense;
- The PET sheet will not burst during processing, and there will be little chipping. Although it is difficult to guarantee that there is no color difference between PET produced in different batches, it can basically be ignored;
- PET sheet has the obvious advantages of no fading, no deformation, pressure resistance, impact resistance, high temperature resistance, corrosion resistance, aging resistance, and easy cleaning.
- Pet board is one of the most environmentally friendly door materials (except for natural solid wood door boards), and its application in cabinet doors and cabinet doors is gradually expanding. The environmental protection level of pet boards has reached the food grade. Nowadays, consumers pay more and more attention to environmental protection factors, so pet board cabinet doors have also been recognized and loved by consumers.
How is the PET door panel made?
Main material: medium density board (MDF) + PET film skin with UV paint surface treatment + edge banding (ABS edge banding or laser edge banding)
What is the PET film like?
The PET film is in the form of a PET coil before processing, and the coil is processed by extruding PET raw materials. This processing method determines that the PET film skin generally does not have any texture, because it is “extruded”, not “printed” or “pressed”. If you need to add texture patterns on the PET door panel, etc., you need to print on the PET film.
However, in order to save costs, some manufacturers will directly paste PET film (sticker process) on the melamine facing paper to pretend to be a PET door panel.
Why use UV paint?
Because the PET film has high toughness and low hardness, UV paint is needed to increase the strength of the surface. By the way, the traditional UV door panel process, due to the thick paint film, directly leads to cracking during processing – you can imagine how hard this thing is.
Why use PET, ABS edging tape or laser edging tape?
The texture is stronger, which can better match the PET door panel, and the glue line is controlled to be thinner or even without glue line. The overall feeling is stronger.
The above is the answer to all the contents of “what is the material of pet sheet“, I hope it can help everyone!
