BASF Coating Center: collaboration and service
BASF’s Adhesive Coating Center is a unique facility providing a wide range of coating solutions, product samples and demonstrations, as well as advice and support on adhesive technologies. From development application, testing and analytics to certification: our experienced team of technical and product experts provides you with the support you need, when you need it.
BASF works closely with key machine manufacturers to continually optimize coating technologies and new plant concepts. By using our installations, you as our customers can maintain your daily production capacity while simultaneously pursuing product development. Our support can facilitate the decision-making for a change of technology or new investment.
Our dispersion facility is the fastest and most flexible trial facility for adhesives in the world, allowing each set-up to be individually tailored and adapted. You can test all common coating systems, as well as the latest and as yet unestablished techniques. The pilot coater for acResin® demonstrates the advantages of the UV acrylic hotmelt.
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| Technical data | Dispersions | UV-curable acrylic hotmelts |
| Coating speed min. / max. | 5 / 1800 mpm |
15 / 700 mpm |
| Oven length / UV lamps |
48 m |
8 x 170 W/cm |
| Temperature sections |
16 (8 upper air, 8 lower air) | |
| Temperature min. / max. |
60 / 160 °C | |
| Width coating substrate |
550mm | 550mm |
| Width laminating substrate |
570mm | 570mm |
| Diameter core |
76 or 152mm / 3 or 6 inch | 76 or 152mm / 3 or 6 inch |
| Diameter rolls max. |
1250mm | 1000mm |
| Available coating systems | Dispersions | UV-curable acrylic hotmelts |
| Double chamber gravure system |
Slot die with rotating bar | |
| 3 different single chamber gravure systems | Curtain die | |
| Reverse gravure | Kiss coat | |
| Mayer bar | ||
| Comma bar | ||
| Slot die | ||
| Curtain coater | ||
| Triple layer slide curtain | ||
| Dual layer slide curtain | ||
| Dual layer slot die |
| Rewinding unit | Dispersions | UV-curable acrylic hotmelts |
| Flying spice |
| Size of trial | Dispersions | UV-curable acrylic hotmelts |
| Flying splice |
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| Length of paper or film min. | 3000 linear meter (backing and front substrate) |
500 linear meter (depending on V:mpm) |
| Quantity of adhesive |
200 kg |
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