EP1896190A1 - Enduction sur la ligne de contact - Google Patents

Enduction sur la ligne de contact

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EP1896190A1
EP1896190A1 EP06762321A EP06762321A EP1896190A1 EP 1896190 A1 EP1896190 A1 EP 1896190A1 EP 06762321 A EP06762321 A EP 06762321A EP 06762321 A EP06762321 A EP 06762321A EP 1896190 A1 EP1896190 A1 EP 1896190A1
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Prior art keywords
nip
coating material
storage chamber
rollers
applicator
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EP1896190B1 (fr
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Ferdinand Krebs
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Polytype Converting SA
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C—APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C1/00—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is applied to the surface of the work by contact with a member carrying the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. a porous member loaded with a liquid to be applied as a coating
    • B05C1/04—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is applied to the surface of the work by contact with a member carrying the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. a porous member loaded with a liquid to be applied as a coating for applying liquid or other fluent material to work of indefinite length
    • B05C1/08—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is applied to the surface of the work by contact with a member carrying the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. a porous member loaded with a liquid to be applied as a coating for applying liquid or other fluent material to work of indefinite length using a roller or other rotating member which contacts the work along a generating line
    • B05C1/0826—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is applied to the surface of the work by contact with a member carrying the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. a porous member loaded with a liquid to be applied as a coating for applying liquid or other fluent material to work of indefinite length using a roller or other rotating member which contacts the work along a generating line the work being a web or sheets
    • B05C1/083—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is applied to the surface of the work by contact with a member carrying the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. a porous member loaded with a liquid to be applied as a coating for applying liquid or other fluent material to work of indefinite length using a roller or other rotating member which contacts the work along a generating line the work being a web or sheets being passed between the coating roller and one or more backing rollers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C—APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C1/00—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is applied to the surface of the work by contact with a member carrying the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. a porous member loaded with a liquid to be applied as a coating
    • B05C1/04—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is applied to the surface of the work by contact with a member carrying the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. a porous member loaded with a liquid to be applied as a coating for applying liquid or other fluent material to work of indefinite length
    • B05C1/08—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is applied to the surface of the work by contact with a member carrying the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. a porous member loaded with a liquid to be applied as a coating for applying liquid or other fluent material to work of indefinite length using a roller or other rotating member which contacts the work along a generating line
    • B05C1/0813—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is applied to the surface of the work by contact with a member carrying the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. a porous member loaded with a liquid to be applied as a coating for applying liquid or other fluent material to work of indefinite length using a roller or other rotating member which contacts the work along a generating line characterised by means for supplying liquid or other fluent material to the roller
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C—APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C1/00—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is applied to the surface of the work by contact with a member carrying the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. a porous member loaded with a liquid to be applied as a coating
    • B05C1/04—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is applied to the surface of the work by contact with a member carrying the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. a porous member loaded with a liquid to be applied as a coating for applying liquid or other fluent material to work of indefinite length
    • B05C1/08—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is applied to the surface of the work by contact with a member carrying the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. a porous member loaded with a liquid to be applied as a coating for applying liquid or other fluent material to work of indefinite length using a roller or other rotating member which contacts the work along a generating line
    • B05C1/086—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is applied to the surface of the work by contact with a member carrying the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. a porous member loaded with a liquid to be applied as a coating for applying liquid or other fluent material to work of indefinite length using a roller or other rotating member which contacts the work along a generating line a pool of coating material being formed between a roller, e.g. a dosing roller and an element cooperating therewith
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C—APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C1/00—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is applied to the surface of the work by contact with a member carrying the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. a porous member loaded with a liquid to be applied as a coating
    • B05C1/04—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is applied to the surface of the work by contact with a member carrying the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. a porous member loaded with a liquid to be applied as a coating for applying liquid or other fluent material to work of indefinite length
    • B05C1/08—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is applied to the surface of the work by contact with a member carrying the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. a porous member loaded with a liquid to be applied as a coating for applying liquid or other fluent material to work of indefinite length using a roller or other rotating member which contacts the work along a generating line
    • B05C1/086—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is applied to the surface of the work by contact with a member carrying the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. a porous member loaded with a liquid to be applied as a coating for applying liquid or other fluent material to work of indefinite length using a roller or other rotating member which contacts the work along a generating line a pool of coating material being formed between a roller, e.g. a dosing roller and an element cooperating therewith
    • B05C1/0865—Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is applied to the surface of the work by contact with a member carrying the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. a porous member loaded with a liquid to be applied as a coating for applying liquid or other fluent material to work of indefinite length using a roller or other rotating member which contacts the work along a generating line a pool of coating material being formed between a roller, e.g. a dosing roller and an element cooperating therewith the cooperating element being a roller, e.g. a coating roller

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a method and an apparatus for the continuous coating of a moving web material with a viscous medium, in particular a solvent-based paint or with an adhesive solution.
  • the invention relates in particular to a device which is suitable for so-called "flow-up".
  • a device for applying a coating liquid to a moving web with a applicator roll arranged rotatably in a frame, a storage chamber for the coating medium arranged vertically in conjunction therewith and a metering doctor is known from DE 28 20 249.
  • foaming in the application unit in particular in the storage area of the coating medium, has proved to be disadvantageous in the case of the application units known from the prior art.
  • Foam formation is caused by air pockets due to the increased peripheral speed of the applicator rollers in the application medium.
  • the foaming is adversely visibly perceptible as air pockets on the coating substrate.
  • foaming is a hindrance in controlling the volume flow for the application medium. Further disadvantages of foam formation are described in DE 28 20 249.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a device and a method for uniform application of a viscous coating medium, in particular solvent-containing paints or adhesives, on a moving support material with which the foaming is prevented by air pockets.
  • the device according to the invention consists of a storage chamber for the agent to be applied and at least two rolls, preferably exactly two rolls, with essentially parallel axes of rotation, wherein the rolls extend into the storage chamber and form a nip between at least two adjacent rolls, preferably a NIP roll gap ,
  • the NIP nip differs from a normal nip in that the size of the nip formed by the smallest distance between the two surfaces of two rolls is adjustable. This can be done by, for example, one of the rollers or two or more rollers being adjustable, so that the distance between the axes of rotation of the rollers changes.
  • At least one, preferably all rollers are rotationally driven.
  • the rollers may have a common drive or be driven individually by an electric motor, for example, whereby each of the at least two rollers can rotate at a different speed than each of the other.
  • the direction of rotation of the rolls may be rectified, but it is preferred that the two rolls forming the NIP nip together rotate in opposite directions.
  • the directions of rotation are chosen so that both rollers forming the NIP nip transport the coating material from a storage chamber into the NIP nip.
  • one of the two rollers is a rubber roller, the other a steel roller. In principle, however, it should not be ruled out that both rolls are rubber or steel rolls or other suitable rolls.
  • the axes of rotation of the rollers lie in a preferred embodiment on a straight line which is largely perpendicular to the web to be coated in the area where the coating takes place. This results in an arrangement of the storage chamber side of the rolls, as well as a largely horizontal orientation of the Nip roll gap.
  • the standing vertically arranged storage chamber is on the one longitudinal side, that is, the side whose extension extends in the direction of the straight line on which the axes of rotation of the rollers lie, through the rollers, on the other longitudinal side by a rear wall, e.g. made of metal.
  • the chamber also has side walls as well as the top and bottom of the chamber forming walls.
  • the longitudinal extent of the storage chamber is shorter than the distance between the point on the uppermost roll in which the straight line formed by the axes of rotation of the rolls breaks upwards and the point on the lowermost roll in which the straight line formed by the axes of rotation breaks them down. In other words, the top roller and the bottom roller are seen in the longitudinal direction beyond the pantry.
  • the reservoir can also protrude beyond the upper and / or lower roll or have the same vertical extent as the entirety of the rolls.
  • the straight line formed by the axes of rotation can also have an arbitrary angle of inclination to the carrier web in the region of the coating; in an extreme case, it can be arranged horizontally. In the latter case, the NIP nip would then be a vertical gap and the storage chamber would be located above or below the rollers.
  • the lateral extent of the storage chamber meaning the extension in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the rollers, is adjustable.
  • carrier material of different widths can be coated, or different widths of coating material can be applied to a carrier material.
  • a plurality of strips of coating material are to be applied next to one another onto the carrier material, either a plurality of narrow storage chambers can be arranged alongside one another along the cylinders, or the storage chamber can be arranged transversely, that is to say along the Longitudinal axis of the rollers, subdivided into areas that can be fed either all or individually with coating material.
  • the side walls of the storage chamber for example, on elastic seals, which seal them in the area of the rollers. In the direction of the roller longitudinal axis, the storage chamber is sealed to the uppermost and the lowermost roller by means of, for example, likewise elastic seals or doctor blades.
  • the coating material is fed into the storage chamber through at least one inlet and conveyed out of the storage chamber by at least one overflow.
  • the coating material is continuously supplied in an amount which is above the amount required for coating. If the inlet or the inlets are, as preferred, attached to or near the lower end of the storage chamber, the outlet or the outlets on the other hand at the top end of the storage chamber, the storage chamber is always filled with coating material, whereby the risk of air inclusions in Coating material is reduced.
  • the coating material flowing through the overflow is preferably collected and returned to the process.
  • this further NIP nip runs the carrier material and is coated by the applicator roll with the coating material.
  • a doctor blade can be set on the side of the uppermost applicator roll facing away from the storage chamber in order to reliably prevent air pockets in the coating material.
  • the pantry can be mounted on one side or the other of the applicator rollers, depending on whether it is a countercurrent or countercurrent coating.
  • Countercurrent coating is understood to mean a coating of the carrier material in which the applicator roll rotates counter to the web run, while in the case of the follower coating the applicator roll rotates in the direction of the web run.
  • the object is achieved with an applicator unit (1; 2) with a horizontal NIP roller gap (3.1; 3.2) for metering the application medium and a vertically arranged storage chamber (4.1; 4.2) in operative connection according to FIGS. 2.
  • the horizontal NIP nip (3.1; 3.2) is formed between the applicator rolls (Wl) and (W2). Depending on a mating (Fig.
  • the vertical storage chamber to the one or the other side of the order rollers (Wl, W2) are arranged.
  • an application weight between 8 to 30 and in the tracking method (FIG. 2) between 3 to 12 g / m2 wet is provided depending on the characteristics of the application medium.
  • the peripheral speed of the rubber roller (W3) corresponds to the web speed, up to about 450 m / min.
  • the peripheral speed of the steel roller (W2) is more controllable from about 30 to 200% and the peripheral speed of the rubber roller (Wl) about 5 to 50% of the web speed.
  • the peripheral speeds of the rollers (Wl, W2) are mutually adjustable.
  • the supply volume of the application medium to the storage chamber is about 1.5 times the consumption volume.
  • the supply of the application medium into the storage chamber takes place approximately horizontally via a suitable supply line at the lower end of the storage chamber.
  • the current flow of the application medium in the pantry is vertically from below still up.
  • the coating medium on the web (S) is transferred in the NIP nip between the roll (WI) and the roll (W3).
  • the counter-rotating applicator rollers (W1, W2) convey the application medium horizontally into the NIP nip.
  • the rollers (Wl, W2) are vertically adjustable.
  • the distance of the rear vertical end wall of the storage chamber is horizontally adjustable to the applicator rollers (Wl, W2) and the side walls, so that changed volume in the pantry can be.
  • a suitable doctor blade for example a knife blade provided.
  • the storage chamber is closed in operative connection with the rollers (W1, W2) with side walls.
  • the entire pantry can be moved away from the rollers (W1, W2) with suitable means.
  • an overflow (9) is formed, via which the volume flow supplied in excess can flow to the rear wall of the storage chamber.
  • a collecting device (5) with an outflow (6) below the applicator (1; 2) picks up the application medium supplied in excess.
  • To protect the application medium can be arranged over the vertical pantry wall, an outer cover.
  • a doctor blade (10) is set against the applicator roller (W2) forming the gap for the carrier material (S) on the side facing away from the storage chamber (4.1; 4.2) in order to prevent even more sure air inclusions in the coating material (7).

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif pour appliquer une matière d'enduction (7) liquide sur une matière support en forme de bande qui se déplace. Ce dispositif comprend d) des cylindres d'application (W1, W2) montés rotatifs dans un châssis, ces cylindres étant séparés par un espace formant une ligne de contact (3.1 ; 3.2) pour le dosage de la matière d'enduction (7), et e) une chambre de stockage (4.1 ; 4.2) pour la matière d'enduction (7), cette chambre étant disposée verticalement à côté des cylindres (W1, W2).
EP06762321A 2005-06-30 2006-06-30 Enduction sur la ligne de contact Not-in-force EP1896190B1 (fr)

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DE102005030945A DE102005030945A1 (de) 2005-06-30 2005-06-30 NIP-Beschichtung
PCT/EP2006/006390 WO2007003376A1 (fr) 2005-06-30 2006-06-30 Enduction sur la ligne de contact

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