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Tensioned Web Over Slot Die (TWOSD) Coating – Technical Paper
DOWNLOAD AUDIO FILE In standard proximity coating with slot die equipment requires that a gap is maintained between the slot die lip face and the substrate. In proximity coating, [...]
Lane Coating with Slot Die Equipment
DOWNLOAD AUDIO FILE Whether coating batteries or adhesive tapes, there are reasons why coating full width is not always optimal. When an operation lends itself to coating wet and [...]
The Importance of the Positioner in Slot Die Coating
DOWNLOAD AUDIO FILE INTRODUCTION The slot die coating positioner. That’s not even a real word! If you type in the word positioner, the word processing program complains that you [...]
Curtain Coating Technology
DOWNLOAD AUDIO FILE INTRODUCTION Economies of scale occur when a coated product is manufactured wide, fast and in one pass. Substrates can be manufactured wide and multilayer coating can [...]
Rigid Panel Coating with Slot Die Equipment
Download Audio File INTRODUCTION Panel coating is a unique application of fluid coating technology that provides capability and functionality to a discrete substrate. But what is important to understand [...]
Advances in Slot Die Coating Technology for Hot Melt Adhesives
Download Audio File INTRODUCTION When it comes to fluid coating onto substrates, the equipment required falls into three areas- Extrusion coating Hot melt coating Liquid coating What makes these [...]
The 6 C’s of Roll-To-Roll Coating Systems
Develop a balanced approach to precision coating by understanding these six areas of concentration. In all roll-to-roll coating systems, there are what I call the six C's. Continuous Compounding Coating Curing Converting Control The [...]
ROI of Fluid Coating Technology
Download Audio File When companies are going through the process of justifying a capital expenditure, people need to understand the full cost of ownership (COO). This is fundamentally [...]
Balancing Slot Die Design
Download Audio File Wouldn't life be great if complex things could be reduced to simple functions? In the world of coating, if you look deep enough, you can find [...]
Roller Geometry – What is Your Roller’s True Shape
How does a roller's shape influence a coated product and coating defects? The variation of a roller's geometry can produce many web handling problems. Roller geometry directly affects the way a web is handled [...]
Dispersions in Liquid Coating
Download Audio File Liquids can be described as mayonnaise or beer. The Newtonian fluids are beer - they are self-leveling and if you turn a glass of beer upside [...]
The Critical Variable – Slot Die Lip Gap
Download Audio File It's important to pay attention to critical variables in coating. When it comes to slot die setup and operation, the variables can be separated into linear [...]
Smart Glass Coating Technology
Download Audio File All modern products and equipment are getting smarter. There are internal computers tracking automotive mechanics as we drive, there are feedback loops in what [...]
Computational Methods Beyond Fluid Flow Analysis
Download Audio File Finite Element Analysis is commonly utilized in understanding, designing and manufacturing pre-metered coating equipment. But the use of FEA is not limited to understanding fluid flow. [...]
Discrete Coating Techniques and Equipment
Download Audio File In the world of coating technology, most of the time and energy is spent on coating a moving web to create roll stock of fluid-coated and [...]
Pre-Metered Fluid Flow Analysis with Computational Methods
Download Audio File As the world of liquid coating has advanced, so has the design and manufacturing of the equipment. In the world of pre-metered coating, slot die technology [...]
Vacuum Systems
Download Audio File When coating fluids thinner and thinner, you eventually run into some issues with equipment capability. The coating head can't get much closer to the backing roll [...]
Surfactants
Download Audio File In the world of liquid coating, the ability of the liquid to adhere to the substrate is not ideal. The liquid does not want to flow [...]
Making the Most of your Pilot Line Coating Experience
Download Audio File Pilot coating lines are available in a number of locations where coated product manufacturers can run experimental trials for new products, new components, and new processes [...]
The Effects of Viscoelastic Behavior on Coating Part II
In the world of hot melt adhesive coating, the engineer or operator has to understand the fundamentals of fluid dynamics and polymer extrusion. Both phenomena play a roll in the complex world of hot [...]
Clean Coating and Fluid Preparation
Download Audio File There are a number of industries where clean coating is required - medical, pharmaceutical, optical, printed electronics and energy storage devices to name a few. There [...]
Coating Considerations for Good Manufacturing Practice
Download Audio File So what makes medical and pharmaceutical products so special? GMP. GMP stands for Good Manufacturing Practice and is the FDA's approach to insuring that converted products [...]
Optical Films Require Multiple Layers
Download Audio File When coating optical films, should the fluid layers be coated and dried or built up via deposition? Optical films cover a wide variety of coated applications [...]
Foil Substrates
Download Audio File To start with, the foils are processed prior to the coating procedure and are typically sprayed with oil. This oil needs to be removed or considered [...]
Energy Storage Devices
Download Audio File From lithium-ion batteries to capacitors to solar panels, one common feature is they are all produced through a coating method. Energy storage devices describe a wide [...]