Balanced Laminate Panel

Laminate orientation code repeating groups of plies within a laminate can be placed in parentheses.

Balanced laminate panel.

This is produced in higher volumes than hpl. A balanced laminate is one that for every θ ply in the lay up there is an equivalent θ ply in the lay up. My theory in a laminate panel all three plies laminate core laminate are moving seasonally. Tfm must be applied to the front and back of the panel to keep the panel balanced.

An example of a balanced laminate is 0 45 45 90 45 45 0 whereas an unbalanced laminate would be 0 45. Melamine or tfm thermally fused melamine or lpl low pressure laminate. Sometimes a brown backer is applied to the bottom if color is not needed. If the laminates are of different thickness they will shrink at different rates pulling the panel out of flat.

Here is a deeper explanation of both reasons for using a balance veneer. We buy pre laminated panels as much as possible almost always with laminate both sides. When a veneer is bonded to both sides of the panel each side is equally expanding and contracting and thus the panel is balanced the stress of the wood cell movement is similar on both sides of the panel. Melamine paper is thermally bonded to particleboard or mdf panels.

Cabinet liner is better than nothing but still not truly balanced. No science that i know of but in my experience an unbalanced panel is more prone to warping than a balanced panel.