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Coating Matters | The Effects of Viscoelastic Behavior, Pt. 1

(Coating/Laminating)

May 25, 2015, ... slot die technology) contract and expand the fluid within given physical dimensions that can affect the fluid flow of viscoelastic fluids. Complex flow calls for complex analysis. If we want to understand ...

Coating Tech Institute 2015 Registration Open

(Coating/Laminating)

April 11, 2015, This year’s event, a combination of classroom instruction and hands-on experiences with an operating coating line, takes place at Chemsultants  EAU CLAIRE, WI | Coating Tech Slot Dies announces that ...

Sung An Machinery Opens Coating Center in Korea

(Coating/Laminating)

March 24, 2015, ... of slot die, micro gravure, pressurized gravure, pressurized chamber doctor blade, direct/reverse gravure, S-knife (comma), reverse roll, semi-flexo, five-roll, and transfer roll to start. Line includes ...

Conflicting Flow in Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

March 15, 2015, ... Sometimes you need to be more concerned about elastic forces, sometimes gravity, and sometimes pressure. In the world of slot die coating, having a grasp of pressure-induced forces can lead to strong insights ...

Coating, Casting, and Curtains

(Coating/Laminating)

January 29, 2015, When a slot die is coating a fluid, does it care which way it is pointed? No, it does not. So why are different terms utilized when the same piece of equipment is pointing up in the air, down towards the ...

Coating Matters | Multi-Layer Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

December 11, 2014, To provide more than one fluid at a time to a substrate, a pre-metered method like slot die coating is required If you'd like to hear from Mark Miller's own lips rather than read his column, titled "Coating ...

Stepwise Process Fluid Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

November 17, 2014, After a fluid is deposited onto a substrate anything can happen. While the fluid is balancing on the substrate and traveling to the curing section of the process, what will the fluid do? If you'd like ...

Coating Matters | Patch Coating for Precision Fluid Placement, Pt. 2

(Coating/Laminating)

October 20, 2014, Intermittent coating continues to be a growing field in the world of slot die coating technology in general, and the flexible electronics and energy storage industries in particular. If you'd like to ...

Optimization of Fluid Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

October 16, 2014, Developing a product in the fluid coating industries requires determination of raw materials to provide for the differentiated features of the product, but equally important is the process development ...

Coating Matters | Patch Coating for Precision Fluid Placement, Pt. 1

(Coating/Laminating)

September 22, 2014, ... are associated with the start and stop of a coating head? For this discussion, we will concentrate on slot die patch coating. Any shape can be coated—as long as it is a rectangle! In the start-up and ...

Fighting Viscous Forces to Improve Fluid Coating Success

(Coating/Laminating)

September 17, 2014, When it comes to slot die fluid coating, the mathematical equations that dictate flow are fundamental, but the details are complicated. The goal with understanding the math should be not to make things ...

Coating Matters | Stop Defects Before They Start

(Coating/Laminating)

May 26, 2014, ... thickness. For example, if a coating needed to be coated in a clean room environment, with two layers simultaneously, with a tight uniformity tolerance, slot die would be one of the only options. Coating ...

Coating Matters | Designing Equipment for Fluid Flow

(Coating/Laminating)

April 22, 2014, In premetered coating, a slot die is the control valve that turns fluid flow through a pipe into a precise, flat, and even coating on a continuous substrate. How does a chunk of metal do this? If you' ...

Top Five Things To Remember in Fluid Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

February 17, 2014, ...  1. Evolution: Liquid coating has come a long way from painting by hand to coating with rolls to pre-metering fluid. The future of fluid coating is housed in the pre-metered enclosure presented by slot ...

Slot Die DOs and DON'T

(Mark's Coating Matters)

January 30, 2014, ... rather than read his Coating Matters blog post titled, "Slot Die DOs and DON'Ts," click on his podcast below: slot-die-dos-and-donts We have seen it numerous times–equipment is mishandled and damaged ...

Coating Matters | The 3 Stages of Product Development

(Coating/Laminating)

January 07, 2014, Process development is taking a product concept through 3 stages: lab, pilot, and production If you'd like to hear from Mark Miller's own lips rather than read his Coating Matters topic, "The 3 Stages ...

Coating Matters | Intermittent Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

December 16, 2013, ... and has its own issues to deal with. But what special issues are associated with the start and stop of a coating head? For this discussion, we will concentrate on slot die patch coating. Any shape can ...

How to Start-Up a Coating Business

(Mark's Coating Matters)

November 12, 2013, ... from what you do well – concentrate on converting. This also applies to people who are going to start an online casino business. Customers who will play slot machines or bingo online portugal should be ...

Coating Matters | Hot Melt Coating Technology, Part 2

(Coating/Laminating)

November 11, 2013, ... system, the substrate in question, and the overall control system. In the current state of the art, a rotary rod slot die is utilized in combination with a rubber backing roll to provide high precision, ...

Visualization for Improved Coating Performance

(Mark's Coating Matters)

October 17, 2013, ...  As an example, I have seen a fluid be coated against a quartz backing roll, where the camera is located inside the roll and captures an image of the fluid as it exits a slot die. Even without this unique ...