WEB COATING AND DRYING PROCESS TECHNOLOGY

The AIMCAl  Converting School is sponsoring  a course on Web Coating and Drying Proces Technology. The detaieled course outline is below. For more information and to register, see www.AIMCAL.org

                    WEB COATING AND DRYING PROCESS TECHNOLOGY
                    Edward Cohen, Ph. D Edward Cohen Consulting, Inc.
                E. J. (Ted) Light foot, Ph. D Dupont Fluoroproducts

DAY 1  Thursday April 10

Clock Time    Topic
8:30    Introduction to course, instructors,  background info
8:40    Introduction to Web Coating Process
      Web Coater hardware overview
9:00    Coating Application process & Feed Systems

10:00    Break

10:30    Formulating Product & Raw Materials
11:05    Mixing & Solution Handling
11:45    Web drying short intro

12:00    Lunch

12:45    Vendor Talk
     Don Albrecht Remmele Engineering
1:45    Laboratory & Pilot coaters
2:15    Coating Hardware Sources

2:45    Break

3:15    Role of the Substrate
3:45    Role of Contract Coaters
4:15    Questions

Day 2 Friday  April   11

8:30    Introduction to course, instructors,  background info
8:40    Intro to drying
       Psychrometry, Dying Curve
9:10    Basic heat & mass transfer correlations

10:00    Break

10:30    Basic Thermodynamics
11:00    Vendor Talk
      Drying Hardware
        Aqueous vs. solvent drying

12:00    Lunch

1:00    Developing Drying conditions
1:45    Modeling drying process
2:15    Coating & Drying Defects
      Characterize, trouble shooting,
          Case studies & prevention

3:15    Break

3:45    Process measurement & monitoring
     Process dryer, solutions
4:15    Web Handling or SPC
4:45    Conclusion