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laminates was core to Pagnoni. “We are at the ‘A’ level for the quality for this kind of business.” For short cycle lamination, Pagnoni is producing single opening presses with very fast cycles up to 200 cycles per hour, giving big performance in terms of capacity and flexibility. “We need to be very accurate in the paper lay-up, with the panel and pressing texture. Our technology is the latest generation in these aspects.” Mr Pagnoni explained flexibility was the
key strength of Pagnoni. “Twenty years ago, we were following the requirements of the customer in every single detail, but now have some standard offerings and we can supply a machine according to your needs making little modifications or giving you a range of options and you can choose within that range. This flexibility is really appreciated with our customers.” The Russian customer visiting the Monza production site recently is looking at a double project, including a short cycle press line.
“I am really proud of our recent projects,
we have worked with single companies and groups. We made a big revamping of a line last year. We are working with companies such as Fantoni, Saviola and Kastamonu.” HPL is another big area of expertise for
Pagnoni, featuring presses with longer cycles of 30min to 1hr.
Specific press pressure can be applied up
to 100 kg/cm² with platen size up to 2200mm x 6350mm. FARLINE is Pagnoni’s multi-opening press line, coming as either a standard or customisable solution. The fully automatic system is for high production capacity of HPL, postforming and compact laminates. ONELIGHT is a pressing line with a single opening press, suitable to produce the classical postforming certified HPL and compact or particleboard and MDF laminated with decorative melamine impregnated paper.
HPL plants can be massive, with a lot of
steel, so efficient thermal cycles are very important. “We have worked a lot studying the thermal dynamic aspects of the cycle. We calculate and design the plate to be heated and cooled in the most effective way. “In order to save energy we need to have a high level of automation in the circulation of the fluid. The plant we are going to supply to central Asia will feature these options – basically a big energy saving in the process.” Pagnoni says its efficient technology guarantees 50% recovery of the energy used. “We have very interesting negotiations in
Europe for this kind of HPL plant with added- value energy saving.”
Another area of business for Pagnoni is phenolic lamination of plywood using
Above: Single-opening press line for short cycle lamination
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single or multi-opening presses. “In the last 20 years we supplied several lines for phenolic lamination but these were lines with single opening presses. This is something which can be good for the customer for flexibility but not if they need massive production. “After receiving several requests from Russia for multi-opening presses we decided to make multi-opening presses for this market – designing the whole line. We have sown the seeds by supplying a project in the Kirov region during the pandemic and now we hope for further business.” Phenolic-faced birch plywood is used for various applications including concrete shuttering and lining of trucks. Pagnoni retains the expertise to be able
to manufacture press lines for producing raw wood-based panels, but its primary focus these days is on the value-added panels sector.
Pagnoni is very active in supplying embossed
in register (EIR) press technology. The technology has become very popular in recent years and gives laminate surfaces a texture that actually follows the pattern of the surface image, giving it an authentic real wood look.
Fine indentations match the underlying image of a wood plank, similar to the grain of a plank cut from a tree and gives an impressive depth of colour to the surface. “We have made our own system for EIR short cycle lamination,” continued Mr Pagnoni.
“We have supplied a line to Russia for a single opening press for EIR on both sides and for compact laminates. There are requests about EIR technology from every sector – short cycle, HPL and compact. This is the big innovation requirement requested from most customers.” For EIR surfaces two technical aspects
have to match together – the automation to give the right position of the top and bottom paper and then the pressure supplied by the press itself to the panel. “We have developed a particular pressing
cycle matching these technologies which can make the difference for this process. We have perfected it in the last three to four years and it is a very interesting solution for the market.” Pagnoni’s first EIR plant was constructed in 2015.
THE FUTURE Looking to the future, Mr Pagnoni said material availability and price increases were issues for all manufacturers of plants. Due to constantly changing steel prices, project quotations are reviewed more regularly and supplies of some mechanical and electronic elements are proving more difficult in Europe recently. But he is confident customer demand will increase, though not necessarily in every product sector. “I’m sure our sector is going to invest in new machines and upgradings. Our job is to understand the direction of the market. We must be very smart in understanding what kind of market needs to be followed.”
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