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MECHANICAL DISTRESSING WITH BRUSHING MACHINES AND ROLLER PATTERNS

If you want to give wooden floors and stairs depth and structure (i.e. if you want to distress them), you can inter alia use special brushing machines and brushes made specially for that purpose or machines which create roller patterns. For this introduction we surveyed the market and came out by the Dutch company Cosma and the Italian firms Renzo Borgonovo and FNT-Trabattoni Stampi.

Brushing machines

If we consider first how Cosma approaches this, we see that this involves a series of brushing machines and brushes (in nylon abrasive and steel) designed and made specially for giving wooden floors and stairs depth and structure. What we notice is that sanding machines give the surface the best possible preparation. The sanding brushes are often combined with structuring brushes and dust brushes. All brush aggregates are supplied with dust heads and the structuring and sanding machines have sealed covers to limit the spread of dust and increase safety.

Applying oil and stain

The roller coater system then applies oil and stain to the wooden floors. Single or double roller systems are supplied for conventional oils and LED oils. The rubber rollers and gummy rollers are available in various degrees of hardness for the type of application.

The specially built machines spread the oil and stain evenly over the wooden surface. The pad and brushes hereby absorb surplus material to ensure that the correct amount is applied. Surface texture, required colour, and (protective) layer thickness play an important part in achieving the desired result and for structured wooden floors a special pad brush has been developed to ensure that the oil penetrates deep into the wood grain. They also told us that specially designed brush cleaning machines provide the perfect solution for cleaning the pad brushes and cylindrical brushes which are used to spread oil or stain. All the cleaning units are equipped with air motors for an explosion-proof design.

The special brush technology provides each required surface finish. Both standard and tailored brushes are made for all surface treatment or treatments, ranging from structuring and sanding to the application and spread of oil or stain.

Italian know-how and design

When we turn our thoughts to Italy, we simply have to consider the products FNT#101 and FNT#102/103: roller patterns from Renzo Borgonovo and FNT-Trabattoni Stampi. These roller patterns are part of an existing series, but are the latest development for 2021 in this field. Renzo Borgonovo Srl, formed in 1961 by the similarly named Renzo Borgonovo, is a design and engineering company which specialises in producing special machines. With both roller patterns they demonstrate how they are up to date. For instance, when the FNT#101 is used on rustic wood, it yields a splendid reproduction of an old weathered plank, with the creation of a rural sphere.

In addition, they offer a completely different pattern (Wavy Wood). This is a delicately designed geometric pattern which can be integrated into countless scenarios. What’s particularly worthy of note is a technical detail of the cylinder roller. The first roller is divided up into two parts. With the one section, the pattern is fitted horizontally, and with the other vertically. This means clients can get two different patterns on the same roller, despite the downsizing of the total width of the design. This concept is ideal for geometric designs where variation in the width doesn’t matter.

Sources: Cosma.nl and Renzo Borgonovo and FNT-Trabattoni Stampi.

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Two specialists

Cardotech

Cardotech is a French manufacturer of industrial brushes, based in Sainte-Hélène in France, 130 km north of Lyon and 200 km from Geneva.

The history of the company goes back to 1886, five generations ago. Cardotech is ISO 9001 certified (version 2015). The company exports more than 25% of its products to Europe, the US and Asia. It specialises in the development and production of industrial brushes, and makes industrial brushes according to specific specifications, for various sectors. Cardotech also stands out for its high level of service (advice, feasibility, lead times, training, etc.). Its turnover has increased by 50% in 10 years. For the wood sector, Cardotech is one of the European leaders in the design and manufacture of industrial structuring and finishing brushes. It supplies leading European customers (France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Norway, Poland, United Kingdom, Switzerland, ....). Recent novelties of 2021: specific brushes for strong structuring, specific brushes for ginning. +33 (0)3 85 94 16 40 - contact@cardotech.com - www.cardotech.com

Renzo Borgonovo & FNT-Trabattoni Stampi

Old-look and charred wood patterns are still on the cutting edge, surfing a long wave of appeal. Structuring wood can be a fast and enriching deal, if done properly. We of Renzo Borgonovo and FNT-Trabattoni Stampi believe there is no better way than doing so with our rotative hot embossing machines. This type of machinery provides the manufacturer with an extreme versatility, in no way comparable with any other machine, in terms of using the same machine for the achivement of different end-products. Its possibilities are endless, since by changing the roller (10 min. time) you can completely change the look of your end product. The machine can also achieve great speeds, starting at 0.9 m/min and reaching, in some cases, even 30 m/min (standard working speed is, to be clear, ca. 5 m/min). The work is in continuous: the production doesn’t have any down times. Finally, structuring wood in this way does not foresee any consumable part: rollers (and their ability to reproduce patterns) are eternal. The best selling unit, for the world of flooring, is our model Borgore 500, here pictured.