Coater Selection Direct Gravure

Ability to Adjust Coatweight Yes *

Ability to coat paper Yes
Ability to coat texturized paper Yes ***
Ability to coat Film Yes
Ability to coat Aluminium Foil (pure, no laminate) Yes
Stable at all line speeds (Amongst coat weight) Yes ****
Require undercut pressure roller Yes
Ability to coat printed film Yes
Coating in register (partly, like only coat where there will be ink) Yes
Coating in lanes Yes
Viscosity (speed related) 15-18 DIN4
Foaming Tendency STD
Ability coating on vacuum metalized or more sesitive substrates (AlOx SiOx) Yes

Remarks
* Yes, by changing the anilox or gravure cylinder you can change coatweight (wet and dry)

** Yes by, changing the speed of the gravure roller, which is in theory possible from 50 to 150%). Most common operation
*** Probably yes depending type of paper and how it is structurized, a smoothing bar is advisable

**** Though we can say by implementing a chamberblade it gives you more overall stability then in the past with a std bla
coatweight does slightly increase when speed increases, due to gravity and centrifugal forces. Viscocity decrease (which co
kills most of the times this advantage or disadvantage.

***** In Flexo, speed increase, means coatweight decrease, due to split increase (less transfer). Due to cusing hamberblad
****** Probably yes, in most cases. Since we will work with waterbased primer technology. If solventbased, probably not

******* Reverse gravure is only mend for all over coating or priming. Not partly engrave a cylinder. Due to the direction o
******** In theory like ******* (previous one), you will probably smear the non imaging zones with primer. Coating will t
anilox to the substrate. Probaly at a much lower coatweight but it will be present.
********* Reverse gravure, due to the direction of the aniloxes, abrasivity and turbulence in the chambre will give more t
 Reverse Gravure Offset Gravure/Flexo/Indirect Gravure
Yes Yes *
Yes Yes
Yes +/-
Yes Yes
No Yes
Yes **** Yes *****
Yes Yes
Yes ****** Yes
No ******* Yes
No ******** Yes
15-22 DIN4 18-25 DIN4
+ ********* STD
No Yes

0%). Most common operational speed is 90 to 120%.

sable

then in the past with a std blade. Normally in Gravure, both modes,
. Viscocity decrease (which could be nescessary when speed is increasing)

er). Due to cusing hamberblades this is more stable then before.

f solventbased, probably not possible, redesolvment and higher abrasivity

ylinder. Due to the direction of the cylinder it is not possible

nes with primer. Coating will transfer from the non imaging zones from the

the chambre will give more tendency to foam.