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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. It can also be utilized to determine the structural strength of the equipment and the temperature effect of a heated [...]

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 cured materials. Spending time on this area of the converting market is well placed, but how about those companies interested [...]

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 has progressed rapidly since it's early years because of computer simulation. The ability to take the rheological fluid characteristics and [...]

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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 correctly, beading up or generally not behaving well at the interface between the liquid coating and the substrate. In roll-to [...]

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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 are a number of areas that a converting and coating manufacturer needs to concentrate on to develop a clean product. [...]

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Download Audio File When coating optical films, should the fluid layers be coated and dried or built up via deposition? Optical films cover a wide variety of coated applications in the world today. With the need for better reflection properties in solar panels, transmissive glass with touchscreen conduction capabilities, [...]