Course Overview
Solution Preparation and Mixing
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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
- Introduction
- Course Overview
- Solution preparation
- Raw materials
- Putting a solution together
- Solution additives for coating
- Mixing
- Relationship of mix parameters
- Mix time measurement
- Mixing in turbulent, transitional regimes
- Mixing in laminar regime
- Types of impellers
- Solution Properties
- Importance
- Characterization
- On-line instrumentation
- Fluid delivery process
- Coater feed systems
- Flow meters
- Solution recycling
- Filtration
- Debubbling
- Cleaning
- Defects
- Characterization
- Solution causes
- Scale-up: lab to plant
- Statistical process control
- Practical information
- 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
Day 2: 8:30AM - 4 PM
Who will benefit from this course?
FEES: Course Registration Fee, Hotel and Room Rate information for each date are available using the date links below.
