Equipment
The equipment of the R&D centre varies, since it is kept up-to-date through constant retrofits, replacements and our own new developments. The Coatema R&D centre boasts unrivalled flexibility and a unique range of applications. It now also offers digital testing.
Here you can see an overview of the current laboratory, pilot and production plants used at the Coatema R&D centre at present:
Easycoater

 Coating systems
 Slot die system
 Knife coating system
 Optional:
 Flexographic printing system
 Gravure printing system
 
 Table (Material, accuracy) 
 Polished aluminium, tolerance of 0.0045 mm
 
 Table width
 540 x 390 mm
 
 Max. coating size (L x W)
 400 x 300 mm
 
 Substrate types
 Flexible and rigid (Foils, Membrane, Wafer, Glass Plates)
 Substrate thickness
 Starting from 5μm
 
 Max. Substrate Length
 500 mm (inc. buffer for start/end of coating)
 
 Application thickness
 Starting from 1μm (Thickness depends on coating / printing system)
 
 Operating speed 
 0.1 – 5 m/min
 
 Dryer Hot air dryer
 Dryer length 0,54 m
 Number of Sections 1
 Dryer temperature RT – 120 °C
 
 Optional features
 Automatic gap adjustment
 
 Automatic integrated syringe pump
 Max. volume of syringe
 60 ml
 
 Max. outer diameter of syringe 
 30 mm
 
 Flow Rate
 1 ml/min – 50 ml/min
Smartcoater

 Coating & printing systems
 Slot die system 
 Knife coating system
 Kiss coater system
 Screen printing
 3-roller coating system
 
 Roller width
 350 mm
 
 Maximum substrate width
 330 mm
 
 Maximum coating width
 310 mm
 
 Maximum roll diameter
 450 mm
 
 Operating speed
 0.1 – 10 m/min
 
 Tensile strength
 10 – 100 N
 
 Core dimensions
 3 & 6 inch (76 & 152 mm)
 
 Unwinder
 Motor driven equipped
 
 Rewinder
 Motor driven equipped
 
 Dryers Hot air dryer
 Dryer length 1 m
 Number of sections 3
 Dryer temperature RT -200 C°
 
 Optional features
 Web edge guiding system: Unwinder
 Splice table
 Corona treatment
 Web cleaning
 Press-on roller
 Automatic gap adjustment
 Laminating roller
 Web edge guiding system: Rewinder
 
 Dimensions (LxWxH)
 5,408 x 1,110 x 1,922.5 mm
 
 Minimum web length required
 10 m
Basecoater

 Coating & printing systems
 Slot die system
 Double sided slot die system
 Foulard
 2-roller coating system
 Knife coating system
 
 Roller width
 350 mm
 
 Maximum substrate width
 300 mm
 
 Maximum coating width
 250 mm
 
 Maximum roll diameter
 400 mm
 
 Operating speed
 0.1 – 5 m/min
 
 Tensile strength
 10 – 250 N
 
 Unwinder
 Motor driven equipped
 
 Rewinder
 Motor driven equipped
 
 Dryers Hot air dryer
 Dryer length 1 m
 Number of sections 2 (1 horizontal, 1 vertical)
 Dryer temperature RT -235 C°
 
 Optional features
 Foulard including squeezing roller
 Double sided slot die coating system
 Web edge guiding system: For both Un/Rewinder
 Segmented rewinder 
 Core dimensions: 3 & 6 inch (76 & 152 mm)
 
 Dimensions (LxWxH)
 5,100 x 1,350 x 3,000 mm
 
 Minimum web length required
 12 m
Click&Coat

 Coating & printing systems
 Slot die system
 Knife coating system
 2-roller coating system
 Foulard
 
 Printing systems
 Screen printing
 Gravure printing system
 Flexographic printing system
 
 Roller width
 600 mm
 
 Maximum substrate width
 500 mm
 
 Maximum coating width
 450 mm
 
 Maximum roll diameter
 1.000 mm
 
 Operating speed
 0.1 – 10 m/min
 
 Tensile strength
 25 – 250 N
 
 Core dimensions
 3 & 6 inch (76 & 152 mm)
 
 Unwinder
 Motor driven equipped
 
 Rewinder
 Motor driven equipped
 
 Dryers Hot air dryer
 Dryer length 1 m
 Number of sections 10
 Dryer temperature RT -200 C°
 
 Optional features
 Web edge guiding system (Rotational frame), directly after unwinder
 Web cleaning 
 Heated coating roller 
 Inert coating module
 Relaxation module
 NIR module
 Washing module
 Corona module
 Lamination module
 Delamination module
 UV curing system (Modular): Working width 100 mm – 500 mm
 Cutting module
 Automatic gap adjustment
 Web edge guiding system (Rotational frame), directly before rewinder
 
 Dimensions (LxWxH)
 Dependent on configuration
 
 Minimum web length required
 Dependent on configuration
Linecoater

 Coating & printing systems
 Slot die system
 Double sided slot die system
 Knife coating system
 2-roller coating system
 5-roller coating system
 
 Printing systems
 Screen printing
 Gravure printing system
 Flexographic printing system
 
 Roller width
 600 mm
 
 Maximum substrate width
 550 mm
 
 Maximum coating width
 500 mm
 
 Maximum roll diameter
 1.000 mm
 
 Operating speed
 0.1 – 100 m/min
 
 Tensile strength
 10 – 250 N
 
 Core dimensions
 3 & 6 inch (76 & 152 mm)
 
 Unwinder
 Motor driven equipped
 
 Rewinder
 Motor driven equipped
 
 Dryers Hot air dryer
 Dryer length 1,5 m
 Number of sections 5
 Dryer temperature RT -200 C°
 
 Optional features
 Web edge guiding system (Platform), unwinder
 Corona Pre-Treatment
 Heated coating roller up to 60 °C
 Automatic gap adjustment
 Cooling rollers
 Calandering system: 10 t, heated up to 200 °C
 Lamination module
 Delamination module
 Nanostructuring
 UV curing system (Modular): Working width 100 mm – 500 mm
 Web edge guiding system (Platform), rewinder
 
 Dimensions (LxWxH)
 Dependent on configuration
 
 Minimum web length required
 35 m
 
                                                                     
                                                                     
 















