State of the art on the way to the future

摘要

Edgebanding wood-based panels with a wide variety of materials has been a well-established practice in the furniture industry for several decades. Requirements regarding the visual appearance, the progress in manufacturing technology, as well as the almost unlimited diversity of processing materials represent particular challeng- es to the adhesive technology (Figure 1). The quality of edgebanding is increasingly regarded as an indicator of the entire furniture's quality in modern, superior furniture manufacturing (Info Box 1). The consumer expects an almost invisible and flawless bondline on the furniture piece. The keyword "zero-bon-dline" became a synonym for this requirement in recent years and is now a well-known term in the industry. It can be read in almost any manufacturer leaflet and heard on all trade fairs, whenever the subject is edgebanding and edging.