The picture documents the construction phase of a sealed environment that will encapsulate the coating device and part of the scientific instrument in an inert atmosphere in order to prevent the exposure of sensitive inks to oxygen and humidity and also to protect the operators from dangerous chemicals and solvent vapours that may form during the coating operation.…
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In this phase of the project, the main components of the drive-train (motors, active and passive rolls, frame, bearings and shafts) have been produced and delivered to MAX IV laboratory. Now it’s time to assemble and test everything.
The drive-train of the slot-die coater device will have the task of motion and control of the flexible substrate: this includes controlling the coating velocity and regulating the web tension, both crucial aspects in order to obtain a precise and homogeneous ink deposition and coating process.…
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Today we received from our project collaborator FOM Technologies a 40mm slot-die head. It is made of hardened stainless steel, has interchangeable shims and, in the present configuration, can coat a single stripe of 10 mm working width with a dead volume of less than 50 μL.…
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The first conceptual design of the in-FORM slot-die coating platform and possible disposition of scientific instrumentation is ready!
This design will be now presented and discussed with the project team and with community stakeholders, such as FOM Technologies (Company, commercially developing and producing lab based slot-die coating system), Ångström Advanced Battery Centre, Uppsala university (SDC for battery electrode materials), Hybrid Materials Formation and Scaling Group, HZB (SDC for hybrid perovskite photovoltaics).…
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