What Is Edge Banding?
Edge banding is a process in the furniture production process.Whatever the selection, your furniture is probably going to include edge banding.Edge banding or edgebanding is the name of both a process and an associated narrow strip of material used to create durable and aesthetically pleasing trim edges during finished carpentry.it’s an important part of the construction.Simply put, edge banding solves the problem of unattractive and raw edges on furniture. It also reduces the effects of liquid spills, atmospheric humidity, and moisture in general. This helps protect the wooden panels in your furniture from getting destroyed.
In simple terms, the edge banding is glued to the edge of the furniture board, corner contour, etc.Functionally, edge bands perform some key duties for your furniture. First, they keeps moisture out serving as de facto seals on the edge of the core material. Second, edge banding improves durability and resilience by providing impact resistance. If you’re using solid wood edging, it can also add to the overall strength of the furniture.
Edge banding is a thin material used to seal the exposed and raw edges of plywood. Heat sensitive adhesive on one side is applied to the board while the other side acts as a barrier against dirt and moisture.Aesthetically, edge banding covers up unsightly rough edges and creates a glossy finish to match your tops and sides. You can also create radial edges to soften sharp angles.
Edgebanding is mainly done to cover plywood sides in order to match a cabinet’s finished look, but it also protects the inner plywood from possibly warping.And even when we use solid wood for case sides and drawer fronts, many customers still use high pressure laminate tops. Those tops need edge banding.
Edge banding is also available in a variety of thicknesses.
If you’re using plywood or laminate as your material specification, that needs edge banding too.For cabinets in low-use areas, such as a home office, 0.5mm edge banding is used in order to be cost effective while still being durable.
For high-use areas, like kitchens and bathrooms, 1mm thick edge banding is recommended to better protect your cabinets from frequent use.You should note that some manufactures don’t use edge banding where they should—like on the bottom and back edges of plywood cabinets. That’s a problem because moisture, even small amounts, can destroy unsealed furniture.
The thicker edging is used in high traffic and commercial environments because it provides greater resilience and impact resistance.3mm edge banding is used for commercial jobs, where strength and longevity are a must.Edge banding is used to cover the exposed sides of materials such as plywood, particle board or MDF, increasing durability and giving the appearance of a solid or more valuable material.
Edge banding can be made of different materials including PVC, ABS, acrylic, melamine, wood or wood veneer.Traditional edge banding was a manual process requiring ordinary carpentry tools and materials.PVC is the most popular material for edge banding on case good tops. Pros: It’s inexpensive, durable, and boasts a long life. It doesn’t require any finishing process. It’s also easy, albeit tedious, to repair. Cons: You can’t recycle it. It doesn’t biodegrade. Once it’s blemished, you can’t refinish it. (NB: ABS—Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene—is an eco-friendly alternative to PVC because it’s both recyclable and safe to incinerate.)Wood veneer is the preferred edge banding material for drawer fronts, plywood cabinet sides, and MDF wardrobe doors. The pre-sanded nature of wood veneer is attractive, strong, durable, and designed to absorb stains and finishes. It provides a clean solid-wood look that seamlessly matches with most wood furniture.
It’s our responsibility to manufacture high-quality edge band.In modern applications, particularly for high-volume, repetitive manufacturing steps such as cabinet doors, edge banding is applied to the substrate by an automated process using a hot-melt adhesive.
Hot melt adhesives may consist of various raw materials including EVA, PUR, PA, APOA, and PO. A substrate primer may also be used as a bonding agent between the adhesive and the substrate.
Thicker edge bandings typically require a slight concavity to provide a tight glue line. The thickness can vary from 0.5mm or even more. While most people like to make their edge banding match the finish it’s being applied to, some like to mix it up by using contrasting materials. The machine that applies the edge banding is called edgebander. An edgebander bonds the edge banding to the substrate, trims the leading and trailing edges, trims top and bottom flush with the substrate, scraps any surplus, and buffs the finished edge.Our goal is to help you understand the process and give you confidence that our edge banding machines are designed based on years of manufacturing experience and time-tested performance in the field.
There Are Two Types of Edge Banding :Manual Edge Banding And Automatic Edge Banding
The edge of the furniture seals the cut surface of the board. After edge sealing, the whole can be cleaner and more beautiful, and it can also prevent the cut surface of the board from being damp, moldy and swollen, so that the board can be more firmly coordinated. The interior space of the board suppresses the release of harmful gases, making the home more environmentally friendly and at ease.