COURSE INFO FOR 04/13
Solution Preparation and Mixing (USA)
Dr. Kenneth McCarthy
Dr. Edward Cohen
April 13 - 14
Philadelphia, PA
Hotel: Crowne Plaza Downtown
Room Rate: 119.00
Room Rate Expiration: 03/26
Description:
Solution Preparation is aimed at developing skills to understand and improve many aspects of coating solution preparation and delivery to the coating line. Attendees will be shown the significant parameters for efficient mixing and how they can be used to estimate mixing time. Also, this course will demonstrate that the properties of the coating solution have a critical effect on the uniform and reproducible application of a coating. We will discuss in a practical way how these solution properties also affect physical defects, coater operability, drying, and surface features of the coated product. Manufacturing the best coating solution possible is critical, since the web coater cannot correct defects resident in the original solution. Scores of attendees have benefitted from this course.
Course Features
- Identify and categorize raw materials and their properties
- Learn guidelines for putting a solution together
- Modify solution properties by additives
- Understand estimating and measuring mix times
- Identify mixing parameters and use them to calculate mix times
- Learn how solution properties affect coatability
- Identify measurement techniques for important solution properties, including
on-line measurements - Understand the unit operations in delivering coating solutions to the coating line,
Including feed systems, flowmeters, filtration, and debubbling - Learn how to characterize and solve coating defects
- Product development and formulation scientists;
- Manufacturing managers seeking an overview of the fundamental concepts of
mixing, coating solution properties, and reduction of solution-related defects; - Engineers and scientists in the following liquid film coating areas: solution
preparation, coating research, product development, process design,
manufacturing process, quality control, or materials selection; - Line supervisors and lead operators in mixing operations and coating operations
- Instructors responsible for in-house technical training in coating processes and
materials development
Course Outline
Day 1: 8:30AM - 5PM
Morning Session
- Introduction to course, instructors, background information
- Web Coating Process Overview
- Fluid Handling Basic Information
- Solution Preparation - Raw Materials
- Solution Preparation - Guidelines For How To Put A Solution Together
- Solution Preparation - Surfactants And Their Effect On Solution Stability
- Solution Preparation - Other Formulation Additives
- Mixing - Important Parameters and Their Relationship
- Mixing - Estimation and Measurements of Mix TimeAfternoon Session
- Mixing - Calculating Mix Time for an Existing Fluid, Vessel, and Impeller in the Turbulent and Transitional Regime
- Mixing - Requirements in the Laminar Regime
- Mixing - Estimating Mix Time for a New Fluid, Vessel, and/or Impeller from Properties
- Mixing - Types of Impellers
- Importance of Solution Properties
- Characterization of a Coating Solution by Fluid Properties
- Questions, Comments, Close Day1
Day 2: 8:30AM - 5PM
Morning Session
- Questions from Day1, Introduction to Day 2
- Fundamental cause of solution instability
- Solution substrate interactions
- On-Line Solution Instrumentation
- Coater Feed Systems
- Flow Meters
- Solution Recycling
- Filtration
Afternoon Seesion
- Debubbling
- Cleaning
- Defect Characterization Techniques
- Defects due to Solution (Surface tension induced flow post coating)
- Scale-up: Lab to Plant
- Statistical Process Control
- Practical Information for Solution Preparation
- Questions, Questions from Previous day, Conclusions, Discussion
Who will benefit from this course?
Hotel Information:
Crowne Plaza Downtown
1800 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 800-227-6963
Room Rate Expiration: 03/26
To receive discount room rate, reference group code: Converting School
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