Film Applicator and Drying Time Recorder COATMASTER

Purpose and Application

A motorised film applicator is used in cases where

• A surface has to be covered with an absolutely uniform film
• Reliable information is needed on the relationship between the wet and the dry film thickness
• A large number of exactly identical samples has to be produced

All kinds of inevitable inaccuracies when applying films manually, are avoided by using the
automatic drawing method.

Typical users

The lacquer and paint industry, especially for the
research / development / quality control of many
different products.
Generally universities / academies as well as
institutes studying high sensitive facts within the
scope of their research and development projects
requiring an optimally controlled film application,
i.e. in the research of solar cells, fuel cells and
accumulators as well as in the medical technology
and research.

The parallel drying time test allows objective
comparisons of the drying properties of different
coating materials.

Accessories

The user can equip the Film Applicator
COATMASTER 510 with the accessories which
comply with his special application requirements
and test purposes. In this respect the following
accessories are available:

Exchangeable Specimen Platforms

• Glass plate as specimen carrier
  or direct film substrate.
• Vacuum suction plates for foils, papers
  and cards, in different versions –
  also electrically heatable, adjustable for
  temperatures up to 140°C (upon request up
  to 150 °C).
• Upon request also heatable platforms without
  vacuum function are available.

A variety of film applicators

• film applicator according to BIRD, Model 284
• film applicator BAKER 286
• film applicator system Wasag, model 288, for film widths of 80, 120, 180 or 230 mm
• spiral film applicator, model 358, for film widths of 80, 150 or 220 mm
• quadruple film applicator, model 360, for film widths of 13, 40 or 60 mm
• film applicator MULTICATOR 411, for film widths of 80, 150 or 220 mm
• levelling test blade and sag tester, model 419
• staggered-gap film applicator acc. to Krause, model 421 I, for 10 films each 20 mm wide
• staggered-gap film applicator acc. to Krause, model 421 II, for 6 films each 35 mm wide
  wire bars

Please see leaflet for more info.