What does "post-formed" worktop mean?

Definition of "post-formed" worktop

When a laminate kitchen worktop is manufactured, a curved edge is formed on the long front edge of the chipboard or MDF (medium density fibreboard) baseboard prior to the laminate being attached. As the laminate sheet is added AFTER the edge is shaped, it is described as POST formed. The laminate sheet, worktop and worktop edge are then heated, glue is added and the worktop is automatically passed through a machine inside which the laminate is attached and wrapped around the curved front edge. The laminate will usually partially wrap underneath the chipboard baseboard, by a matter of a few millimetres or a centimetre, past the point at which the curve in the chipboard ends.

A laminate worktop is post-formed on one long edge so is described as single post formed (1PF). A laminate breakfast bar is post-formed on the two long edges so is described as double post formed (2PF). The radiused curve of a textured finish laminate worktop can be tighter than that of a gloss finished laminate because gloss laminate doesn’t bend as well as textured laminate.