Smartcoater

The versatile Roll-to-Roll laboratory platform for printing, coating and laminating:
Quick adjustment of modular coating systems.

The Smartcoater is a unique laboratory machinery that can reproduce complex processes in a variable compact form. The Smartcoater is suitable for experienced users and newcomers to coating, printing and laminating technologies.

With working widths up to 300 mm, standardised assemblies and a modular layout the Smartcoater is a fast, cost-effective laboratory or small pilot production tool.

The Smartcoater can delivery complex products with a minimal use of substrates and chemicals and a short setup time.

More than thirty modular coating and printing systems can be quickly and easily mounted. Technologies including inkjet can be exchanged using a Plug&Play system and any number of 1,000 mm dryer systems can be used. From electrically heatable dryers, NIR and infrared to UV-crosslinked systems, the Smartcoater can be fitted with the systems of your choice.

Both wet and dry lamination can be used and corona pre-treatment, web cleaning and systems for web edge control can be integrated.

Precise tension regulation, in the single-digit newton range, can be maintained using measuring rollers. Accurate start-up curves allow the use of very thin or tension-sensitive materials.

A wide range of options and equipment possibilities allow our customers to configure their optimum plant configuration.

In a standard version for technology newcomers the Smartcoater can be fitted with a 6-in-1 application system.

The Smartcoater, like all Coatema laboratory systems and pilot machines, can be tested at the Coatema R&D centre in Dormagen, Germany.

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Fast test runs with short setup times
Compact R&D system that's easy to operate and maintain
Over 30 different coating configurations possible
Virtually unlimited drying and curing possibilities
Efficient use of chemicals and substrates for tests and short runs
Reproducible test results
High precision and accuracy in all processes
Scalable results enabling data to be transferred to production processes
Reverse operation allowing complex layers to be applied efficiently
EEx design
Glove box or inert housing design possible
Customer-specific solutions can be easily realised, including: a Smartcoater as a nanoimprinting unit, as a pilot-plant for the production of filtration membranes, or many other advanced technologies