WO1996039276A1 - Coater die edge finishing method - Google Patents
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- WO1996039276A1 WO1996039276A1 PCT/US1996/005439 US9605439W WO9639276A1 WO 1996039276 A1 WO1996039276 A1 WO 1996039276A1 US 9605439 W US9605439 W US 9605439W WO 9639276 A1 WO9639276 A1 WO 9639276A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
- B24B—MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS
- B24B19/00—Single-purpose machines or devices for particular grinding operations not covered by any other main group
- B24B19/20—Single-purpose machines or devices for particular grinding operations not covered by any other main group for grinding dies
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
- B24B—MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS
- B24B29/00—Machines or devices for polishing surfaces on work by means of tools made of soft or flexible material with or without the application of solid or liquid polishing agents
- B24B29/02—Machines or devices for polishing surfaces on work by means of tools made of soft or flexible material with or without the application of solid or liquid polishing agents designed for particular workpieces
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
- B29C48/00—Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
- B29C48/00—Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor
- B29C48/25—Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
- B29C48/30—Extrusion nozzles or dies
- B29C48/305—Extrusion nozzles or dies having a wide opening, e.g. for forming sheets
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
- B29C48/00—Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor
- B29C48/03—Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor characterised by the shape of the extruded material at extrusion
- B29C48/07—Flat, e.g. panels
- B29C48/08—Flat, e.g. panels flexible, e.g. films
Definitions
- the present invention relates to manufacturing die components. More particularly, the present invention relates to finishing die components.
- Known coater die component methods of manufacture call for an 8 to 16 microinch finish on all of the ground surfaces, and unbroken, deburred edges at the die lips.
- the die components are ground along their length to minimize formation of a "sawtooth" pattern on the coating edges which would lead to catastrophic levels of streaking.
- the die component edges can be deburred by hand if necessary, possibly with a non- woven material or a suitable sharpening stone. There is no further micropolishing.
- the die component edges are ground to the same finish as the rest of the component. This does not always lead to sufficiently polished surfaces and causes streaking in the coating of products. Even freshly ground dies made by the best known methods can still produce streaks.
- a method of microfinishing the edge of a die component includes polishing the edges after the die component is machined by known methods to finish the edges of the die component to a smoother finish than the rest of the die component. This eliminates the incidence of undesirable streaking defects in the coating.
- the polishing step can be lapping, vapor honing, or grit blasting.
- the edges are polished to a finish of less than 8 microinches.
- the polishing step includes lapping the die component edge while wetting the edge with oil. This is done by traversing the die component edge along its length with lapping film by creating relative motion between the edge and the lapping film. Polishing is performed to a degree sufficient to minimize streak formation without overpolishing and rounding the die component edges.
- the angle of attack between the edge and the lapping film can be varied to allow a complete polish of the edge, and sequential polishing of the edge faces can be used.
- the invention is also a die component for coating that has an edge that is polished to a finish of less than 8 microinches.
- Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view of a die edge being polished according to the present invention.
- Figure 2 is a view of a coated product using a known die and showing streaking.
- Figure 3 is a view of a coated product made using the present invention.
- This invention is a method of preparing die coaters, such as extrusion coaters including plain extrusion coaters, knife coaters, slot fed knife coaters, slide coaters, fluid bearing coaters, flow bars for gravure or roll coaters, and die- fed kiss transfers.
- the method includes micropolishing the edges of the coater die that directly contact the coater bead.
- the micropolished edges of the die are straight, smooth, and free of any irregularities or asperities which can lead to downweb lines, streaks, and die lines.
- the finished edges can be round or beveled.
- the method includes polishing die edges that contact coating fluid away from any bead, such as the edge of a die slot adjacent a slide surface.
- Any suitable polishing such as lapping, vapor honing, grit blasting, and other methods, can be used to polish the edges after the die is machined by any procedure.
- This method finishes the die at the lip edges to a much smoother finish than the rest of the die to eliminate the incidence of undesirable streaking defects, such as die lines, in the coating.
- the die lip edges are finished, by micropolishing, to less than 8 microinches (known coater die finishing methods create an 8 to 16 microinch finish on the ground surfaces).
- the various sides of the die that form the edges can be polished separately to optimize the polishing while avoiding unnecessary rounding of any of the edges. This maintains the coating performance of the die, such as by allowing pinning of the contact line between the coating fluid and the die, while reducing streaking.
- the finish, or roughness is the finely spaced surface-texture irregularities resulting from the manufacturing process.
- the roughness also known as the roughness-height index value, is a number that equals the arithmetical average deviation of the minute surface irregularities from a hypothetical perfect surface, expressed in microinches.
- the lapping film can be 3M Imperial Lapping Film from Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, Minnesota, in grades of about 1 micron or finer.
- the die edge is lapped, while being wetted with oil, by traversing the die edge along its length with the lapping film.
- the lapping film itself could be attached to a flat surface (such as a granite table) and the die can be reciprocated along its length.
- the angle of attack of the edge to the lapping film can be varied to allow a complete polish of the edge.
- the polishing should be done extensively enough to minimize streaks, but care should be taken not to overpolish, which would overly round the die edge and impair coater performance.
- the edge 10 of the die component 8 is polished by placing the lapping film 12 on a flat surface 14 and either reciprocating the die edge, reciprocating the lapping film 12, or reciprocating both, in a direction in and out of the figure (along the length of the die edge).
- Figures 2 and 3 compare the quality of a coated web when coated with a grind finished standard edge ( Figure 2) and with a polished edge ( Figure 3).
- the coating prepared with the grind finished standard edge exhibits streaks.
- the coating prepared with the polished edge of this invention does not.
- the die edges can be polished in two or more successive steps.
- edges could be polished first to a coarse finish using 1 micron grade or larger lapping film, then to an intermediate finish using 0.3 micron grade lapping film, and finally to a fine finish using 0.05 micron grade or smaller lapping film. Additional initial steps of polishing with very course finishes of 20, 50, 100 micron, and larger grade lapping films can also be performed.
- die edges with a compound angle can be finished.
- the angle at the die edge tip could be 90° (as evident only under large magnification) while the remainder of the die edge could form an acute angle. Any combination of acute, obtuse, and right angles can be polished while maintaining sharp edges at each angle.
- a plurality (approaching an infinite number) of planar surfaces can be polished to approximate a rounded surface, if tolerated by the product.
- the following example illustrates the advantage of this method in minimizing die edge induced streaking.
- a single layer die constructed of 15-5 PH SST was used.
- the coating liquid was a solution containing Butvar B79 polymer with a shear viscosity of 10 poise at a shear rate of 65 sec " , and a surface tension between 23-30 dyne/cm at 31-51% solids.
- the solution was coated on 2 mil polyester web.
- the streak levels were recorded using a visualization technique with a point source of light placed behind the web at a distance d from the web and at a location just after coating in a span immediately after the backup roll.
- a translucent screen was placed at a distance d/2 from the web on the face side so the transmitted light was projected through the coating and onto the screen.
- a ruler was placed on the screen to record the length scale. (1 cm along the width of the actual coating corresponds to 1.5 cm on the screen.)
- the screen image was then recorded using a video camera system. (Only a portion of the 4 inch coated width along one edge was visualized.)
- the die was a standard grind finished die. As shown in Figure 2, there is extensive downweb streaking.
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EP96912915A EP0830235A1 (en) | 1995-06-05 | 1996-04-19 | Coater die edge finishing method |
JP9500476A JPH11506397A (en) | 1995-06-05 | 1996-04-19 | Coating machine die edge finishing method |
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