What Is Coating Machinery?
Coating machinery is a machine that performs the coating operation when applying a coating material to a surface. The coated material can be paper, plastic film, nonwoven fabric, aluminum foil, or many other materials. The coating material can be an adhesive or a coating agent.
Coating machinery use two main functional technologies, “coating” and “solidification,” and the “wetting” factor between the material to be coated and the coating material has a significant impact on the coating process.
Therefore, coating machinery may require various innovations depending on the purpose.
Uses of Coating Machinery
Coating machinery is used in a wide range of fields, including optics, electronics, office supplies, and everyday products.
They are particularly popular in the electronics field, where they are used for flexible substrates, battery electrodes, conductive films, insulating tapes, and various electronic components.
In addition, coating machinery is also used for silicon film and ceramic sheets.
Features of Coating Machines
The purpose of coating machinery is to adhere the coated material to the substrate and to add functions, including surface treatment.
Various types of coating machinery are manufactured as follows:
- Roll Coater
Typical coating machinery used for sheets, etc. - Coating Robot
Used in automobile production lines. Nowadays, automation has progressed and multi-axis robots are well known. - Spray Coater
Spray coaters are used for spray coating on the surface of materials such as glass. - Spin Coater
Spin coaters use centrifugal force to apply the coating, and are used for semiconductor wafers that require a thin film. - Dispensers
Suitable for dispensing minute and precise amounts of material. A typical example is the dispensing of cream solder. - Inkjet Coater
Inkjet coaters enable high-definition printing without the use of plates and are indispensable in the field of electronics to produce fine patterns on substrates. - Screen Printing
Screen printing enables high-definition patterning using screen masks, and can be configured in a variety of settings to meet the needs of each application.