Course Overview
Web Coating and Drying
Dr. Edward Cohen
Dr. E.J. (Ted) Lightfoot
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A continuous web coating machine is a high technology, versatile process, which can effectively manufacture a wide range of coated products from packaging films to thin film batteries. It is composed of several technical elements and an understanding of them is needed to efficiently produce the final product. This course will provide the technical tools required to develop new products and optimize conditions for current products.
Guest Speakers include Hector Marchand, NDC Infrared Engineering and Steve Zager, Megtec.
Course Outline
Day 1: 8:30AM - 5PM
- Introduction to the web coating process
- Review process elements
- Why process effective and growing
- Components of coating line and solution preparation
- Coating application process and feed systems
- Discuss coating methods
- Basic principles
- Fluid flow thickness, machining uniformity cleanliness etc.
- Coating method detail
- Self metered doctored, pre-metered, saturation spray and Examples of specific products and methods used to coat them i.e. PSA
- Energy considerations
- Selecting best coating method
- Mixing and solution handling
- Feed system components
- Coating solution process
- Controlling and optimizing application process
- Formulating products and raw materials
- Online coating weight measurement
- Web drying short introduction
- Hardware source
- Role of the substrate
- Statistical process control
- Psychrometry and drying curve
Day 2: 8:30AM - 4PM
- Drying demonstration
- Drying hardware
- Modeling the drying process
- Heat transfer coefficients
- Developing drying conditions
- Optimizing drying conditions
- Coating and drying defects
- Safety
Who will benefit from this course?
Product formulation and development scientist; Product scale-up personnel; Coater operations personnel; Managers seeking an understanding of the web coating process; New personnel who will be engaged in the web coating process.
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