Coating Matters

Learn more about techniques for slot die coating in this technical podcast.

How can a slot die be used to create shapes, layers, and different product compositions you may be considering? Learn more in this technical podcast.

Learn how the components of a slot die coating system interact for cross-web and down-web uniformity.

Learn more about intermittent or patch coating for Lithium-Ion batteries and other energy storage devices.

Listen to this technical podcast which will help you understand the equipment and fluids needed for successful simultaneous multi-layer coating.

What is the difference between slot die coating and other coating techniques? Learn more in this technical podcast.

From clean coating, precision, control of flow and temperature, slot die coating offers many advantages.

Learn how vacuum systems help avoid coating defects and get thinner coating.

Learn about how to achieve coated and uncoated areas side by side and what variables you need to keep in mind for fixed lip and flex lip lane coating.

Learn more about slot die coating of hot melt adhesives in this technical podcast.

What is slot die coating and why is rheology so important to precision coating? Learn more in this technical podcast.

Learn how to manufacture high quality, uniform product with slot die coating in this episode with your host, Mark Miller.

Learn what you need to know about Surface Energy and Surface Tension in order to avoid defects and achieve defect-free slot die fluid coating.

Learn how to overcome defects and practice preventive care to help avoid coating defects.

Learn more about the science and the art of fluid coating with slot die technology.

Learn about what forces act on dispersed particles to cause coating defects and learn how to keep the fluid stable after coating.

Learn more about Interfacial Dynamics with a focus on surface energy and sufactants.

Look beyond the obvious in using visualization to help prevent defects and experience coating success.

Tips on working with hotmelt adhesives, anode and cathode fluids, and other viscoelastic fluids. 

Understanding the dynamics between the fluid and the substrates is important for successful slot die coating.

Understanding the science of flow and the physics and math behind it will help you be much more successful at coating.

A proper positioner contributes to the level of precision used in coating. Learn more about the options available to help with improved repeatability from utilizing servo motors for intermittent coating and high viscosity fluids.

Learn more about how slot die coating is used in fuel cell technology.

Learn more about the manufacturing process of energy storage devices such as Lithium-Ion batteries and how the precision of slot die coating can help the performance of the finished product.

Join Coating Tech Slot Dies Co-Founders, Mark Miller and Tim Marion for a frank discussion about types of slot die coating equipment including what you can expect out of various types of equipment. 

Join Coating Tech Slot Dies Co-Founders Mark Miller and Tim Marion for a discussion about precision in slot die manufacturing.

Join host Mark Miller with special guest, Tim Marion, Co-Founder of Coating Tech Slot Dies to learn more about how slot dies are designed and manufactured. What are the critical variables customers need to understand? What information is needed? Gain a wealth of information in this episode.

Join host Mark Miller and special guest, Ted Lightfoot, consultant for casting, coating, drying and laminating, as they discuss coating defects and troubleshooting. Learn how to classify defects and systematically work toward solutions in this technical podcast.

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Join host Mark Miller and special guest, Ted Lightfoot (consultant and expert on casting, coating, drying, and laminating) as they compare and contrast slot die and gravure coating technologies.

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Join host Mark Miller and special guest Ted Lightfoot, consultant for casting, coating, drying, and laminating as they discuss the variables in drying that are important for coating success.

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Rheology plays a significant role in equipment design. When both your fluid delivery and slot die are designed around your fluid, you have a good foundation for success. Learn more in this technical podcast.

The process of slot die coating includes many components of the coating line. The pump and fluid delivery system are critical to your coating success. Join us as we have a conversation with Jim Feltman of TACMINA USA to learn more about how their smoothflow technology works hand in hand with a precision slot die.

Is your product easy to wind without defects? Learn more about this "touchy" topic when our host, Mark Miller, talks with Tim Walker. Tim is a Web Handling Expert and owner of T.J. Walker & Associates. Find more information about Tim at www.webhandling.com and find his book, The Web Handling Handbook at www.destechpubs.com.

Learn more about how web handling affects coating in this special episode with Mark Miller of Coating Tech Slot Dies and special guest, Tim Walker, Web Handling Expert and owner of T.J. Walker and Associates, Inc. Interested to learn more? Visit his website at www.webhandling.com and find his book, The Web Handling Handbook, at www.destechpub.com.

Have you noticed a change in the operation or performance of your slot die? Did you witness something that damaged your slot die (did someone literally drop a wrench)? Learn if your slot die can be refurbished. A slot die can be cleaned and restored to its original tolerances. Learn what the process includes in this technical podcast.

Learn all about the slot die coating technique of curtain coating. Learn the reasoning behind this method, advantages and disadvantages of curtain coating, and boundary conditions you need to be aware of.

Get more information about Coating Tech Institute live in-person class and Coating Tech Institute Online. Hear about topics covered such as:

• coating equipment and variables
• 6C's of coating
• Rheology and fluid
• Hands on training with a rheometer
• Hands on training with coating equipment
• Coating technique
• Coating system and process
• Defects and resolutions

The more you know about slot die coating equipment, the more successful your product development efforts will be through lab scale, pilot scale, and production scale.

Coating defects are annoying, costly, and cause many headaches for operators and engineers. Learn tips from Mark Miller in this episode on how to stop defects before they start.

Learn more about the industries that use slot die coating in their production process and when you should consider slot die coating technology for yours.

Today's slot dies are designed to work with your specific fluid, so the entire process starts with an understanding of that fluid. Today complex materials are coated on a wide range of substrates, but each process begins with the rheology of the fluid. You do not need to be an expert, but a basic understanding of rheology will help you become more successful at slot die coating.

Start with the basics and learn about the first steps to get started with successful slot die coating from training, to who needs it, and what affects the success of your coating. Our resident expert and co-founder, Mark Miller, will help you navigate the world of slot die coating technology.

Let's start at the beginning and define what a slot die is, what are its capabilities, and in what applications is it used? Learn that and more from your expert host from Coating Tech Slot Dies, Mark Miller.

The concept behind TWOSD is that when a slot die is engaged with a precision backing roll you have a metal roll and a metal slot die that are within microns of each other.  The thinner you want to coat, the closer you have to get.  This is a dangerous proposition for two expensive pieces of equipment. Learn more in this technical podcast.