Bonded Laminate Core Processing for Stronger Adhesive Stacking

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for manufacturing bonded and stacked cores face challenges in achieving high productivity while ensuring sufficient bonding strength, as the application form of curing accelerators and press working oils has not been sufficiently studied, leading to potential interference and reduced workability.

Innovation Solution

A bonded and stacked core manufacturing method and apparatus that applies a curing accelerator with a viscosity of 0.01 Pa·s to 100 Pa·s to the steel sheet surfaces before applying press working oil, ensuring high concentration and minimizing interference with adhesives, thereby enhancing bonding strength and productivity.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If edge bands are applied after panel production, then design flexibility is improved, but production time and labor costs increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedesign flexibilityVSAvoidproduction time
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies edge banding material to the edges of panels during the panel production process itself, before the panels are assembled into furniture. This preliminary action eliminates the need for separate post-production edge banding operations, thereby reducing production time and labor costs while maintaining design flexibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent combines the edge banding application process with the panel production process into a single integrated operation. By merging these two previously separate processes, the system achieves both time efficiency and design versatility without requiring additional production steps.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Adaptability or versatility

If edge bands are applied after panel production, then design flexibility is improved, but labor costs increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedesign flexibilityVSAvoidlabor costs
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

By applying edge banding material during panel production rather than after assembly, the patent eliminates additional labor steps. This preliminary action reduces overall labor costs while preserving the ability to offer various edge banding options for different design requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The integration of edge banding application into the panel production line merges two operational stages into one, reducing the total labor required and associated costs while maintaining design flexibility through automated material application.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Strength

If conventional adhesive methods are used, then bonding is achieved, but formaldehyde emissions and environmental pollution increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebonding strengthVSAvoidformaldehyde emissions
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces conventional chemical adhesive bonding with a mechanical bonding system that uses protrusions and recesses between the edge banding material and panel. This mechanical interlocking system eliminates the need for formaldehyde-based adhesives, thereby reducing harmful emissions while maintaining bonding strength.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the bonding mechanism from chemical (adhesive-based) to physical (mechanical interlocking). By altering the fundamental parameter of how bonding is achieved, the system eliminates formaldehyde emissions while preserving the necessary bonding strength for edge banding application.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

4Object-generated harmful factors

If protrusions and recesses are used for bonding, then environmental pollution is reduced, but bonding strength may be insufficient without adhesive

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveformaldehyde emissionsVSAvoidbonding strength
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-generated harmful factorsVSStrength

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses a composite bonding system that combines mechanical interlocking (protrusions and recesses) with a reduced-chemical approach. The physical structure provides the primary bonding strength while eliminating or minimizing the need for formaldehyde-based adhesives, thus achieving both environmental benefits and adequate bonding strength.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

Data Source

PatentEP4325535B1Method for manufacturing bonded laminate core and bonded laminate core manufacturing device
Publication Date: 2026.04.22 NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
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AI summary

This bonded and stacked core manufacturing method is for manufacturing a bonded and stacked core by performing press working on a strip-shaped steel sheet with a press working oil applied to one surface or both surfaces thereof, applying an adhesive to one surface of the strip-shaped steel sheet to obtain a plurality of steel sheet components, and stacking and bonding the steel sheet components, in which a curing accelerator having an average viscosity of 0.01 Pa·s to 100 Pa·s is applied to one surface or both surfaces of the strip-shaped steel sheet before the press working oil is applied.