InteliCoat Earns Its Stripes With New Coating

An InteliCoat Technologies product story

Edited by the Printingtalk editorial team Apr 9, 2004

Intelicoat's stripe coating technique has been developed in-house as a reliable and effective way of laying down lacquer coatings in distinct lanes onto paper and polyester bases.

Intelicoat's stripe coating technique has been developed in-house as a reliable and effective way of laying down lacquer coatings in distinct lanes onto paper and polyester bases.

This new method enables coating-free areas along the web in the machine direction, as opposed to a full width coating, claimed the company.

Ideal for use with adhesive coatings, it is also said to be suitable for aqueous-based solutions at varying viscosities and is already working well for printing applications.

Offering a high degree of versatility, the technique allows the frequency of the stripe coating to be tightly regulated and ensures the bands can be as wide or as narrow as required.

Stripes have been generated down to 0.8mm width within a total web width of 1.5 metres (60").

The efficiency of the coating process can be improved as more narrow stripes can be processed simultaneously rather than having to use multiple machines of lower capability to produce the desired effect.