MFB flooring – its definition and compound

MFB floors are becoming popular offering an alternative to thin and weak PVC floorings. MFB flooring runs a laminate production technology but has a completely different board compound. 
 

What is MFB flooring?

The abbreviation of MFB stands for Mineral Fiber Board. The key component is mineral fiber, which provides the basic properties of the flooring product. 
 

What type of flooring is MFB?

There exist many MFB compounds as each factory uses its own constituents. You must keep in mind over 6,000 kind of minerals, an incalculable number of polymers and resins that are involved in formula creation. Each MFB floor has different properties and active ingredients, which may influence flooring fragility, linear extension, water and heat resistance, LOC emission, durability and other qualities. So, if you want to know the MFB properties and its compound, you need to explore the particular brand product not only MFB core.  

Since there can be a lot of MFB compounds, many floor selling companies worldwide give their own name for MFB flooring to differ from other makeups.  Therefore, the name of MFB is generic, but does not offer identical properties except for laminate floor appearance. 

2 different MFB compounds