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Direct forward gravure coating on unsupported web

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dc.creator Benkreira, Hadj
dc.creator Cohu, O.
dc.date 2008-10-29T10:36:10Z
dc.date 2008-10-29T10:36:10Z
dc.date 1998
dc.identifier Cohu, O. and Benkreira, H. (1998). Direct forward gravure coating on unsupported web. Chemical Engineering Science. Vol. 53, pp. 1223.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10454/811
dc.description Yes
dc.description This experimental study of forward gravure coating considers the effects of operating variables on air entrainment, ribbing instabilities and the thickness of the film formed. The data show that this coating method can yield very thin films of thickness of order of 15 - 20% at most of the equivalent cell depth of a gravure roller. Air free and non ribbed stable uniform films can however only be obtained in a narrow window of operating conditions at very low substrate capillary number (CaS ~ 0.02) equivalent to substrate speeds typically less than 20m/min. The paper draws a similarity with flow features observed with smooth forward roll coating and slide coating. It is shown that the onset of ribbing and the flux distribution between the gravure roller and the substrate at the exit of the nip obey approximately the same rules as in smooth forward roll coating, whereas the onset of air entrainment actually corresponds to a low-flow limit of coatability similar to that observed in slide coating.
dc.language en
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2509(97)00446-6
dc.rights © 1998 Elsevier Ltd. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy.
dc.subject Coating
dc.subject Gravure
dc.subject Print
dc.subject Flow Instabilities
dc.subject Film Thickness
dc.subject Experiments
dc.title Direct forward gravure coating on unsupported web
dc.type Article


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