A contoured panel with increasing density across its width, convex features having a high density surface

摘要

A panel and method of making a panel is disclosed. One described panel (150) comprises a core (156) comprising a flat region and a contoured region, wherein the contoured region comprises a convex feature (162), a first adjacent base (168) and a second adjacent base (172), the apex (164) of the convex feature (162) has a first caliper (166), the first adjacent base (168) has a second caliper (170) smaller than the first caliper (166), and the second adjacent base (172) has a third caliper (174) smaller than the first caliper (166). The panel and a method for making panels reduces the amount of material used per panel while also reducing fracturing and brown line defects on the surface of the mat.