Coating and Drying Defects Troubleshooting Operating Problems, Second Edition

Coating and Drying Defects: Troubleshooting Operating Problems, Second Edition By Edgar B. Gutoff, Edward D. Cohen(auth.)
2006 | 348 Pages | ISBN: 0471713686 | PDF | 6 MB
A practical guide for ensuring a defect-free coating and drying process For professionals in the coating and drying industry, the world is a demanding place. New, technically complex products such as fuel cell membranes, thin film batteries, solar cells, and RFID chips require coatings of extreme precision. With the bar raised so high, understanding how to troubleshoot and eliminate defects on a coating line is an essential skill for all personnel. Coating and Drying Defects, Second Edition provides manufacturing and quality control personnel, equipment operators and supervisors, and plant engineers and scientists with the full complement of proven tools and techniques for detecting, defining, and eliminating coating defects and operating problems, and for ensuring that they do not recur. Updating the valuable contents of the first edition, this practical Second Edition: Describes all major processes for coating and drying of continuous film on sheets or webs Covers technologies that have been recently developed to prevent defect formation and improve operating procedures Provides a rational framework within which to assess and analyze virtually any defect that may arise Offers step-by-step guidelines for conducting every phase of the troubleshooting process, including defect prevention Going beyond simply describing a disparate set of troubleshooting techniques, this unique guide arms readers with a systematic, nonmathematical methodology encompassing the entire coating operation, becoming an indispensable resource for manufacturing and quality-control personnel as well as plant engineers, polymer scientists, surface scientists, organic chemists, and coating scientists.Content: Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1-4): Chapter 2 Troubleshooting or Problem?Solving Procedure (pages 5-27): Chapter 3 Coater and Defect Analytical Tools (pages 29-62): Chapter 4 Problems Associated with Feed Preparation (pages 63-74): Chapter 5 Problems Associated with Roll Coating and Related Processes (pages 75-95): Chapter 6 Problems in Slot, Extrusion, Slide, and Curtain Coating (pages 97-142): Chapter 7 Coating Problems Associated with Coating Die Design (pages 143-156): Chapter 8 Surface Tension Driven Defects (pages 157-168): Chapter 9 Problems Associated with Static Electricity (pages 169-183): Chapter 10 Problems Associated with Drying (pages 185-215): Chapter 11 Problems Associated with Web Handling (pages 217-285): Gerald I. KheboianChapter 12 The Role of Process Support Equipment (pages 287-298): Chapter 13 Coating Defects Database (pages 299-314): Chapter 14 Defect Prevention (pages 315-329):