Fraunhofer Institute for Electron Beam
Pilot-plant for the roll-to-roll coating of flexible materials (plastic films, textile materials, metal foils) using the following technologies:
- pulsed sputtering
- Thermal evaporation
- Electron beam evaporation
- plasma pre-treatment
Typical substrates
- web widths up to: ≤ 600 mm
- substrate thickness: 3 ... 250 µm
- maximum outer roll diameter: 500 mm
Range of applications
- Development of technologies for coating plastic films and other flexible materials
- Development of layer systems (optical, electrical and decorative functional layers, barrier layers), products and coating technologies for vacuum belt coating
- Development of plasma pretreatment processes
- Development and testing of key components
- Scaling up of coating technologies for large strip widths and high strip speedContract coating in the pilot phase of a product