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Coating window for double layer extrusion slot coating of poly (vinyl‐alcohol) solutions
Author(s) -
Lu ShihYuan,
Lin YuPing,
Liu TaJo
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
polymer engineering and science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.503
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1548-2634
pISSN - 0032-3888
DOI - 10.1002/pen.10879
Subject(s) - coating , vinyl alcohol , materials science , viscosity , layer (electronics) , composite material , saturation (graph theory) , polymer , mathematics , combinatorics
The expansion of coating windows for low‐viscosity poly(vinyl‐alcohol) (PVA) solutions is achieved via utilization of a higher viscosity PVA solution as the stabilizing carrier layer. It is found that PVA solutions of higher viscosities possess a higher degree of processability than those of lower viscosities, and can serve as a stabilizing carrier layer when coating lower viscosity PVA solutions. The stabilizing effect of the carrier layer enhances with increasing viscosity of the carrier layer, but reaches a saturation state at a high enough viscosity. It is further found that the coating defects occurring at lower maximum coating speeds are dominated by the lower, carrier layer, while those at higher maximum coating speeds are controlled by the upper, carried layer. Consequently, there exists an optimal layer flow rate ratio at which the coating window is the largest. A new type of coating defect, called spreading failure, is observed for coating situations involving a thin and much less viscous upper layer.