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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]