Coating lines benefit from web measurement
One of the world’s leading manufacturers of high performance films and chemicals, has installed innovative web measurement technology in recently commissioned coating lines for industrial films.
Wantage based Autotype, one of the world’s leading developers and manufacturers of high performance films and chemicals, has increased still further its investment in its UK manufacturing facilities, with the installation of new and innovative web measurement technology. Fitted to the company’s recently commissioned coating lines for industrial films used in the electronics, instrumentation and automotive sectors, the new measurement system will enable Autotype to reach levels of manufacturing control that are significantly greater than has previously been possible in high volume manufacturing operations of this kind. Autotype’s Sales Director, Jeff Braham, explains that, ‘The new measurement system is the most advanced of its kind anywhere in the world.
It will enable us to extend considerably the already high quality and performance of our industrial coatings, giving us the ability to control coating thickness and consistency at nanometre levels, or at weights of 0.001 gsm.
We believe that this is the first time that this has been possible in high volume industrial film manufacturing.
Perhaps more importantly, it will help us to provide our customers with an even better level of service, offering products that can be used with confidence at the cutting edge of electronic, optical and electro-optical technologies’.
This innovative system utilises the latest laser technology to determine the precise thickness of single and multi-layer coatings on a wide range of polymer substrates.
One of the key benefits for Autotype is that the web can be scanned across at speeds of up to 3m/sec, enabling the company to monitor and control the thickness of coatings at high output performance.
The newly installed measurement system is just part of an ongoing multi-million pound investment programme at Autotype’s UK manufacturing plant and global headquarters in Wantage, as the company extends its world leading activities in specialty high performance films for electronics, film insert moulding and flat panel display screen markets.
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