Claims
- 1. A method of making a planar pressing surface for producing decorative laminate from resin impregnated paper, comprising:
- imparting a desired finish on a planar pressing surface;
- removing contaminants from the planar surface; and
- coating the planar surface with diborides selected from the group consisting of hafnium diboride, molybdenum diboride, tantalum diboride, titanium diboride, tungsten diboride, vanadium diboride, or zirconium diboride or mixtures thereof in a planar magnetron sputter coating system to a Vickers hardness of at least 2000.
- 2. A method of making a planar pressing surface of claim 1, wherein the surface is coated with diborides in a planar magnetron sputter coating system to a Vickers hardness of at least 2200.
- 3. A method of making a planar pressing surface of claim 1, wherein the surface is coated with diborides selected from the group consisting of titanium diboride or zirconium diboride or mixtures thereof.
- 4. A method of making a planar pressing surface of claim 1, wherein the surface is coated with titanium diboride.
- 5. A method of making a planar pressing surface of claim 1, wherein the surface is first coated with titanium in a magnetron sputter coating system and then with diborides.
- 6. A method of making a planar pressing surface of claim 1, wherein the diboride coating has a thickness of at least 3 microns.
- 7. A method of making a planar pressing surface of claim 1, wherein the diboride coating has a thickness of not greater than 6 microns.
- 8. A method of making a press plate having planar pressing surfaces for producing decorative laminate from resin impregnated paper, comprising:
- imparting a desired finish on the planar pressing surfaces;
- removing contaminants from the pressing surfaces; and
- coating the planar surfaces with titanium diboride to a Vickers hardness of at least 2000.
- 9. A method of making a press plate of claim 8, wherein the planar surfaces are coated with titanium diboride in a planar magnetron sputter coating system to a Vickers hardness of at least 2200.
- 10. A method of making a press plate of claim 8, wherein the planar surfaces are first coated with titanium in a magnetron sputter coating system and then with titanium diboride.
- 11. A method of making a press plate of claim 8, wherein the titanium diboride coating has a thickness of at least 3 microns.
- 12. A method of making a press plate of claim 8, wherein the titanium diboride coating has a thickness of not greater than 6 microns.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 08/704,165 filed Aug. 28, 1996.
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