METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COATING SUBSTRATES

• Main Authors: BOONE, GARY DARREL, LIZOTTE, JEREMY RICHARD, BURGESS, WILLIAM JOSEPH, STRASSER, WAYNE SCOTT, MERCER, JAMES WILSON, JR, IYER, SUBRAMANIAN EASWARAN, HELTON, TONY WAYNE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 15.09.2011
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; APPARATUS FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TOSURFACES, IN GENERAL; APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

Methods and apparatus for coating substrates. A die (110) can be employed for extrusion coating an elongated substrate, where the die (110) defines a coating cavity (134) therein. The die (110) can comprise a die block (120) having a coating supply channel (130) for supplying a coating material to t...