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Coating Process Fundamentals Short Course

May 22-24, 2012
University of Minnesota

A printable PDF of the Coating Process Fundamentals Short Course brochure.

This course provides coating engineers and their colleagues with an understanding of the principles of the many processes by which liquid coatings are applied and solidified. The course is designed for engineers who are engaged in coating and who seek a deeper understanding of processes and processing problems. It is also relevant to physical scientists concerned with the formulation of coating liquids for processability and microstructure development.

Short Course Topics Include

  • Elements of coating function and form
  • Basic phenomena of viscous flow, capillarity, and wetting; multi-layer flow
  • Simple coating flows: knife, bar, dip, air-knife
  • Die flow and die design basics
  • Slot, extrusion and die coating; use of vacuum and tensioned web
  • Slide and curtain coating basics
  • Simultaneous multi-layer coating
  • Rheology of coating liquids
  • Overview of computer modeling
  • Roll systems; gravure, rotary screen coating
  • Flow instability and failure; flow defect mechanisms
  • Overview of coating process visualization
  • Blade coating basics
  • Elements of phase behavior, mass and heat transfer in drying
  • Drying, curing, annealing coated films
  • Spray coating
  • Stress development and other defect mechanisms
  • Fundamentals of Printing

Faculty

Lorraine F. Francis, professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, leads the Coating Process Fundamentals Program, and researches drying and microstructure of coatings.

Marcio S. Carvalho, program alumnus formerly with 3M and Imation, is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at PUC in Rio de Janeiro, and an expert in the area of coating flows.

Satish Kumar, professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, researches coating flows and interfacial phenomena in coating and printing processes.

Wieslaw J. Suszynski heads the Coating Process and Visualization Laboratory at the University.

Alon McCormick, professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, researches nanostructures and curing processes.

Soumendra Basu, program alumnus, is a research scientist at Eastman Chemical Company and expert in spray coating.

For Further Information Contact

Nicole Freese
College of Continuing Education
612-624-3708
cceconf5@umn.edu

Sponsored by

Coating Process Fundamentals Program (CPFP)
Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Industrial Partnership for Research in Interfacial and Materials Engineering (IPRIME)

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At a Glance

For Further Information

Nicole Freese
College of Continuing Education
612-624-3708
cceconf5@umn.edu

Enrollment is limited. This course has filled for the past two years. Early registration is encouraged!

Comments from Past Participants

"Extremely well presented and interesting. I will recommend this course."
"This was a great course. I will recommend it to anyone working with coating."
"Every section is greatly valuable."
"I think the course is well planned, providing a good overview of a wide topic range."
"All the topics were valuable."

Special Post-Course Opportunity:

Premier Dies Corporation of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, invites Coating Process Fundamentals Short Course participants to visit their facility on Friday May 25. Visitors will tour the facility and see examples of coating dies and learn about their manufacture. Premier Dies also has a pilot coater that they use for customer trials. Unfortunately, the pilot coater is currently under repair and will not be available for trials on May 25. It will be open to view as part of the tour. If you are interested in visiting, you are responsible for your own transportation and you will need to contact Bob Shakal at 715-723-0513 or rshakel@premierdies.com to arrange a time for your tour and discussion.