Gloss Level of HDF Finished with Different Numbers of Layers and Hardened with UV Hg-Ga Lamps of Selected Power
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
This article is the parametric study of the gloss effect by coating on the high density fibreboard with the different number of layers and different power of UV Hg-Ga lamps.
It is the well-organised article, however, it has many ungrammatical expressions. English proofreading with grammar should be done. References should be checked on the context, as given example, Salca et al. in line 54-52.
In Results and Discussion section, it has a lack of discussion about "hardening". Please make it clear, if possible, with quantities for "hardening".
Author Response
Dear Editor and Reviewers,
We thank you for all your recommendations regarding our manuscript. First of all we would like to thank the Editor and Reviewers for their kind words and useful comments about our paper. We respected your suggestions and proceeded to implement them within the manuscript with a view to enhance its overall quality. The changes to the main text are marked yellow. A point-by-point response to the raised questions is shown below:
If you have additional comments regarding the revised manuscript, please let us know.
Reviewer #2
Comment 1: English proofreading with grammar should be done.
Answer 1: The attached text has undergone extensive linguistic revision. Due to the extensive changes, we have omitted to highlight in yellow the corrections made to the text.
Comment 2: References should be checked on the context, as given example, Salca et al. in line 54-52.
Answer 2: As suggested, the numbers of the articles cited have been included in all cases at the end of sentences.
Comment 3: In Results and Discussion section, it has a lack of discussion about "hardening". Please make it clear, if possible, with quantities for "hardening".
Answer 3: At present in the woodworking industry in technologies of the hardening of UV lacquer products Hg and Ga radiators are commonly used. This article focuses on determining the effect of different lamp powers and the amount of applied paint on the gloss of coatings. Statistical considerations showed that the amount of topcoat applied, the power of the lamps and the interactions between them had the greatest impact on gloss, followed by the number of layers. In general, the gloss of the coating decreased with a decrease in lamp power in the range 120–60 W/cm and with an increase in the amount of topcoat applied. In the text some information was given. In the next paper we will try to explain curing and hardening process.
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Reviewer 2 Report
Only some minor technical corrections are suggested:
The quality of English written language should be improved!
L29: here, the ASTM standard is mentioned. Please note that all standards, mentioned in the paper (somewhat later DIN EN, etc.) should be cited in the section with references
L61: write “Juglans regia” in italic font!
L90: write “700x390x21.5 mm” as “(700x390x21.5) mm3” and apply such a way in all similar cases
L91: write “640±20 kg/m3” as “(640±20) kg/m3” and apply such a way in all similar cases
Reference Section: I could not find the reference No. 35 in the text of the paper
Author Response
Dear Editor and Reviewers,
We thank you for all your recommendations regarding our manuscript. First of all we would like to thank the Editor and Reviewers for their kind words and useful comments about our paper. We respected your suggestions and proceeded to implement them within the manuscript with a view to enhance its overall quality. The changes to the main text are marked yellow. A point-by-point response to the raised questions is shown below:
If you have additional comments regarding the revised manuscript, please let us know.
Reviewer #3
Comment 1: The quality of English written language should be improved!
Answer 1: The attached text has undergone extensive linguistic revision. Due to the extensive changes, we have omitted to highlight in yellow the corrections made to the text.
Comment 2: L29: here, the ASTM standard is mentioned. Please note that all standards, mentioned in the paper (somewhat later DIN EN, etc.) should be cited in the section with references
Answer 2: All standards included in the article were numbered and listed in the literature.
Comment 3: L61: write “Juglans regia” in italic font!
Answer 3: has been changed (line 59)
Comment 4 and 5: L90: write “700x390x21.5 mm” as “(700x390x21.5) mm3” and apply such a way in all similar cases and L91: write “640±20 kg/m3” as “(640±20) kg/m3” and apply such a way in all similar cases
Answer 4 and 5: changes have been made with the reviewer's suggestions
Comment 6: Reference Section: I could not find the reference No. 35 in the text of the paper.
Answer 6: the article was not displayed in the text. This has been added (now No. 6).
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
It is well responded about comments and revised accordingly.
Reviewer 2 Report
All minor requested changes were performed!
