Cuttable cladding panel with a matching pattern, use and manufacturing method thereof
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cladding panels with irregular patterns of lines, veins, and strips cannot be cut to different sizes without losing pattern continuity, making them unsuitable for adapting to various substrate sizes.
Innovation Solution
A cladding panel design with transverse and longitudinal cutting lines that intersect with the pattern at specific points, allowing the panel to be cut into smaller sub-panels while maintaining pattern continuity, with all transverse intersecting points aligned identically and longitudinal intersecting points symmetrical, ensuring visual continuity when reassembled.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If cladding panels with irregular patterns are designed for pattern continuity when placed adjacent to each other, then the visual continuity and wholeness effect is achieved, but the panels cannot be cut to different sizes without losing pattern continuity
Solution Approach 1:
The cladding panel is designed with predetermined cutting lines that segment the panel into smaller sub-panels. These cutting lines are strategically positioned to intersect the irregular pattern at specific points, allowing the panel to be divided while maintaining pattern continuity across the segments when reassembled.
Solution Approach 2:
The cutting lines and intersecting points are predetermined and pre-planned in the design phase. The irregular pattern is intentionally configured to intersect cutting lines at specific points before cutting occurs, enabling pattern continuity to be maintained after the panel is cut and reassembled into different configurations.
2Ease of manufacture
If regular geometric patterns are used on cladding panels, then manufacturing and placement are simplified, but the visual interest and natural appearance are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The pattern design applies different qualities to different regions of the panel. The irregular pattern provides visual complexity and natural appearance in the main panel area, while predetermined cutting lines provide structural simplicity and manufacturing guidance. This local differentiation allows both aesthetic complexity and manufacturing ease to coexist.
3Adaptability or versatility
If cladding panels are cut to adapt to different substrate sizes, then adaptability to various applications is improved, but pattern continuity between adjacent panels is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The cutting lines and intersecting points are predetermined and pre-planned in the design phase. The irregular pattern is intentionally configured to intersect cutting lines at specific points before cutting occurs, enabling pattern continuity to be maintained after the panel is cut and reassembled into different configurations.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a cuttable cladding panel with a matching pattern, the use, and the design method thereof. The cladding panel comprises an irregular pattern (10) of elongated lines, veins, and/or strips; transverse cutting lines (20) all of them cutting through the pattern at identical transverse intersecting points symmetrical with respect to a longitudinal axis of symmetry (SL); pairs of longitudinal cutting lines (30) symmetrical with respect to the longitudinal axis of symmetry (SL), each pair of longitudinal cutting lines cutting through the pattern at identical longitudinal intersecting points; with said cutting lines crossing one another at corner points (P); wherein each transverse intersecting point (21) is at the same distance from a corner point (P) as a corresponding longitudinal intersecting point (31); with two parts obtained by cutting the cladding panel (1) along any cutting line having a matching and continuous irregular pattern (10).