The artimelt Experience-Lab

The Experience Lab plays a key role in the artimelt partner process. The Nordson plant is ideal for the production of high-quality and practical samples. In addition, the pilot plant is suitable for the production of small batches.

These are the possibilities

The artimelt trial platform gives you a valuable technology and time advantage over your competitors and reduces your risks in the upscaling phase.

Coating of conventional and UV-curing hotmelt adhesives
Crosslinking capabilities: two medium-pressure mercury vapor lamps for UV crosslinking
Corona pretreatment to improve anchorage on difficult carrier materials, e.g. polyolefins
Application by curtain coating for a streak-free coating, ideal for e.g. clear-on-clear labels from 5 g/m² or also on heat-sensitive carrier materials
Application by means of a wide slot nozzle (with or without roller bar)
Sample orders and small batch production to relieve the load on your production line
High flexibility: fast change of carrier materials and adhesives; exceptionally versatile tests possible
Material examples: Web-shaped materials such as foils paper, textiles. Also heat-sensitive carrier materials such as foams

And this is what we do for you

Know-how transfer and consulting for artimelt hotmelt adhesives
Creation of a test plan (application weights, adhesives,carrier materials, direct/indirect coating, viscosity, temperature, speed, UV crosslinking dose, etc.)
Coating of customer's own carrier materials as well as standard carrier materials possible
Samples are provided
Evaluations: PSTC data, adhesion tests at various temperatures, customer specific field tests.

Application heads	Application width	Application weight	Web speed
Slot die	Max. 350 mm	Possible from 20 g/m2 depending on adhesive	Max. 100 m/Min.
Curtain-Coating	160 mm and 350 mm	Possible from 5 g/m2 depending on adhesive	Max. 100 m/Min.
UV-irradiation*	IST, H-Lamp, 2 x 200 W/cm, inline
Substrates	Web materials such as foils paper, textile. Also heat sensitive substrates such as foams. Width max. 380 mm, minimum length 200 m
Roll diameter	Max. 600 mm
Core diameter	76 mm

* Application width for UV adhesives only up to 160 mm

A first insight

Flyer artimelt pilot coater

All important details about our unique test platform are summarized in this flyer. artimelt pilot plant, your test bench for hotmelt coatings.

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