We are delighted to announce the pro flex 2021 from September 20 – 22, 2021 and to invite you to a highly interesting conference! Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference will take place on-site in Dresden (if the pandemic situation allows it) as well as online.
Early-registration (valid before July 12, 2021): 375,- €
Regular participation 445,- €
Online participation 320,- €
Tutorial (regular and online participation) 75,- €
Student (with valid student card) 99,- €
Dresden and online
September 20, 2021 - September 22, 2021
After a successful pro flex 2019, we are delighted to announce the date of pro flex 2021 and to invite you to a highly interesting conference!
Roll-to-roll processing and coating of flexible materials like polymer films, metal foils, ultra-thin glass, membranes, and textiles is a growing industry and an essential process step in the production of a wide variety of important industrial products, like packaging films, solar control window films, batteries and capacitors, as well as photovoltaic and lighting modules.
From September 21 – 22, 2021, a colorful conference program on current issues in research and practice of roll-to-roll technology awaits you. For the second time, the conference program is complemented by an afternoon tutorial on roll-to-roll technologies on September 20.
For a deeper insight, we have prepared a list of presentations which were held at the previous pro flex conferences.
If you have any questions, please contact proflex@fep.fraunhofer.de
We are looking forward to your participation in pro flex 2021.
Sincerely,
Nicolas Schiller Annett Arnold
Program Chair Conference Administration
All times correspond to the CEST time zone (UTC +2).
Monday, September 20 | AFTERNOON TUTORIAL |
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| 13.00 – 14.00 | Light Lunch and Registration | |
| 14.00 – 15.30 | Tutorial Session 1 General overview, sputter technology in roll-to-roll systems Electron beam curing – a renewed technology |
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| 15.30 – 16.00 | Coffee Break | |
| 16.00 – 17.00 | Tutorial Session 2 Evaporation technologies for roll-to-roll web coating Roll-to-roll OLED manufacturing |
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| 19.00 – 20.00 | Online Networking (for all participants) Online Networking Rooms for diverse discussions: Roll-to-roll and sheet-to-sheet coating by thermal vacuum evaporation of organic materials: |
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Tuesday, September 21 | DAY 1 |
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| 08.30 | Registration | |
| 09.50 – 10.00 | Intro | |
| 10.00 – 10.10 | Welcome Adress Prof. Elizabeth von Hauff (Fraunhofer FEP) |
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| 10.10 – 11.30 | Session 1 | |
| 10.10 – 10.30 | Development of Ultra-thin Glass Rolls and its Mass Production Technology Riku Yamashiro (Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.) |
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| 10.30 – 10.50 | Roll-to-Roll Processing of Ultra-thin Glass – Further Steps Towards Applications Fabian Unterste-Wilms (tesa SE) |
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| 10.50 – 11.10 | Is your Roll Coater Ready for Glass? – Report on a Successful Upgrade Dr. Hannes Klumbies (FHR Anlagenbau GmbH) |
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| 11.10 – 11.30 | Cost of Ownership Aspects in Industrial Vacuum Web Coating Carsten Deus (VON ARDENNE GmbH) |
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| 11.30 – 12.30 | Lunch Break | |
| 12.30 – 13.50 | Session 2 | |
| 12.30 – 12.50 | Electrochromic Windows Based on R2R Coated and Laminated Electrochromic Films Alexander Kraft (ChromoGenics AB) |
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| 12.50 – 13.10 | Ultraprecise Deposition of Micrometric Conductive Structures for Flexible Electronics Piotr Kowalczewski (XTPL SA) |
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| 13.10 – 13.30 | Development of Innovative OLED-patch for Photodynamic Therapy Dr. Sebastian Luci (Endomedica GmbH) |
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| 13.30 – 13.50 | R2R Sputter Coating of Micro-porous Membranes for Life Science Applications Dr. Florian Schmitt (i3-Membrane GmbH) |
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| 13:50 – 14.20 | Coffee Break | |
| 14.20 – 15.40 | Session 3 | |
| 14.20 – 14.40 | Laser Processing of Flexible Electronics and Ultra-thin Glass Devices Maurice Clair (3D-Micromac AG) |
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| 14.40 – 15.00 | Flexible Inorganic Substrates for Electronic Device Integration Sean Garner (Corning Incorporated) |
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| 15.00 – 15.20 | Deposition of Organic Thin Films from the Vapor Phase Prof. Stephen Forrest (University of Michigan) |
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| 15.20 – 15.40 | Roll-to-Roll Reactice Ion Etching Nanoscale Features in Si for Next Generation Flexible Electronics Ziam Ghaznavi (EMERSON & RENWICK) |
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| 15.40 – 16.00 | Coffee Break | |
| 16.00 – 17.00 | Panel Discussion Roll-to-roll in-line patterning of flexible materials: a future game changer? What do R2R-technology-startups need to bring ideas to products? Ultra-thin flexible glass: A groundbreaking material? |
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| 17.00 – 17.10 | Closing Day 1 | |
| 17.10 – 20.00 | Get-together and Dinner at Fraunhofer FEP and Online Get-together | |
Wednesday, September 22 | DAY 2 |
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| 08.15 |
Registration | |
| 09.00 – 09.05 | Opening | |
| 09.05 – 10.25 | Smart2Go Session | |
| 09.05 – 09.25 | Smart2Go – a Versatile Energy Supply Platform for Wearable Applications Dr. Matthias Fahland (Project Coordinator Smart2Go) |
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| 09.25 – 09.45 | Flexible Thin Film Battery for Wearable Devices Bernd Fuchsbichler (VARTA Microinnovation) |
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| 09.45 – 10.05 | Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing Processes for Autonomous Energy Management and Supply Platform Markus Tuomikoski (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.) |
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| 10.05 – 10.25 | H2020 Project SYMPHONY Develops Printed Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting and Sensing for Energy Autonomous Condition Monitoring Dr. Jonas Groten (JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH) |
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| 10.25 – 10.55 | Coffee Break | |
| 10.55 – 13.05 | NanoQI / In-Line Session | |
| 10.55 – 11.15 | Presentation of NanoQI Dr. John Fahlteich (Project Coordinator NanoQI) |
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| 11.15 – 11.35 | HyperSpectal Imaging Technology – an Overview Julio Hernandez (Norsk Elektro Optikk AS) |
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| 11.35 – 11.55 | Leading Edge Roll-to-Roll monitoring – Possibilities of Hyperspectral Imaging in At-line and In-line Instrumentation Dr. Philipp Wollmann (Fraunhofer IWS) |
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| 11.55 – 12.05 | Bio Break | |
| 12.05 – 12.25 | Benefits of Challenges for Inline Metrology in Vacuum Metallization Raffaele Guadagno & Fabiano Rimediotti (Nordmeccanica SPA-Vacuum Division) |
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| 12.25 – 12.45 | Inline Quality Control in Perovskite Solar Cells Dr. Giulia Lucarelli (TNO) |
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| 12.45 – 13.05 | H2020 RealNano: Enabling Intelligence in Nano-manufacturing of Organic & Printed Electronics by In-Line Metrology and Control Argiris Laskarakis (Aristoteles University Thessaloniki) |
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| 13.05 – 14.05 | Lunch | |
| 14.05 – 15.25 | Session 6 | |
| 14.05 – 14.25 | Horizon Europe Opportunities in Flexible and Printed Electronics Henri Rajbenbach (EC, DG CNECT) |
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| 14.25 – 14.45 | New Approaches in Industrial Design: Supermatt and Antimicrobical Surfaces for Home Appliances and Public Transport Dr. Olivier Lorret (HUECK FOLIEN GmbH) |
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| 14.45 – 15.05 | GRAVOmer - A Network Initiative for Efficient Large Area Production of Structure on Surfaces Dr. Ulrike Helmstedt (Leibniz-Institut für Oberflächenmodifizierung e.V.) |
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| 15.05 – 15.15 | Closing |
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| 15.15 – 16:45 | Lab Tour | |
The pro flex 2021 and the tutorial will be taking place online as well as on-site at the Fraunhofer FEP in Dresden on terms that it agrees with the COVID-19 pandemic situation.
Due to the current restrictions, we will have to ask all participants on-site to provide one of the following: a negative COVID-19 test result not older than 72 hours, a proof of vaccination older than two weeks or a proof of recovery from a COVID-19 disease not older than 6 months for the registration on 20th / 21th of September.
Through our online format we will be able to extend our community regardless of health issues or travel restrictions, but every online participant will still get the full pro flex experience. You will be able to listen to all presentations and meet all participants during an online evening event on September 20. Furthermore, you will be able to take part in the online equivalent of the on-site get-together on September 21 and in our online lab tour on September 22.
Participants on-site can expect the highest possible safety standard to enjoy the conference and lab tour without worries. We will limit the number of on-site participants to 45, in order to ensure that you can keep the recommended distance of 1.5 m. The on-site participation includes our traditional evening get-together in a pleasant atmosphere on September 21. Additional to the face-to-face discussions, you will be able to connect with the online participants during an online evening event on September 20 and during the conference.
Due to the uncertain Corona situation, participants are allowed to change their way of participation (on-site or online) up to one week prior to the start of the event (13.09.2021), free of charge.
The aim of the tutorial is to give you an overview of important aspects and technologies of the field of work "roll-to-roll" technologies. The scheduled topics are:
1 Introduction and overview of the tutorial
2 Vacuum Roll-to-Roll coating- what is worth knowing
2.1 Historical perspective
2.2 General setup
2.3 The quest of high vacuum
2.4 The quest of layer adhesion
2.5 The quest of layer stress
2.6 The quest of heat load
3 Types and properties of flexible substrates for vacuum coating
3.1 Polymers
3.2 Flexible glass
3.3 Others (metal foils, textiles)
4 Practical questions for projects in vacuum roll-to roll processes
4.1 Important substrate parameters
4.2 Transport
4.3 Handling in the lab
4.4 How to denote samples
5 Sputter deposition in vacuum web coating
5.1 Methods
5.1.1 Sputtering
5.1.2 Reactive sputtering
5.1.3 Planar or rotatable magnetrons?
5.1.4 Side remark: PECVD
5.2 Markets and application
5.2.1 Transparent conductors
5.2.2 Radiation management coatings
5.2.3 High barriers coatings
5.2.4 Anti-Reflective coatings
5.3 Challenges for future developments
5.4 Special focus of FEP
5.4.1 Deposition processes
5.4.2 coFlex 600 – a pilot tool for advanced R&D projects
6 Evaporation technologies for roll-to-roll web coating
6.1 Principal Set up and and overview
6.2 Thermal evaporation
6.3 Electron beam evaporation
6.4 Evaporation from radiant heated sources
6.5 Evaporation from induction heated sources
6.6 Evaporation: reactive mode
6.7 Plasmaactivated mode
7 R2R OLED manufacturing
8 Electron beam curing – a renewed technology
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Every sponsor is acknowledged during their sponsored event with prominent signage and on the pro flex web site throughout the year. Participate in our Sponsor Program to reinforce your name recognition and demonstrate your commitment to the industry.
Use the chance to take part in our on-site or virtual exhibition if you would like to present your products and services to local and international experts in the roll-to-roll industry.
Ask for sponsorship and exhibition possibilities by email: proflex@fep.fraunhofer.de
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| Dr. Matthias Fahland | Dr. John Fahlteich | Dr. Christian May |
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