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Agfa-Gevaert Group
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High Throughput Screening of High Throughput Coating
Frank Ruttens
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High Throughput activities @ Agfa-Labs
FORMULATION SCREENING OF FORMULATION COATING OF FORMULATION TESTING OF COATING
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High Throughput formulation and screening Formulation Powders (many-to-many) Viscous Liquids (one-to-many) Viscous Liquids (many-to-many) Homogenization
Screening Viscosity Surface Tension Curing Filtration Particle size and sedimentation
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High Throughput Formulation
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High Throughput Formulation
Making a manifold of Formulations
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High Throughput Screening
96-well plate
wire probes and micro-balances
probes cleaning unit
(PCU)
Surface Tension
Particle Size
Colloidal Stability via HSP Degree of curing
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High Throughput coating and testing
Coating Braive coat system Amis-blade or HTE-blade segmented coat system
Coating simulation Dispensing using robot Spraying techniques Ink Jetting
Screening Abrasion, adhesion, scratch resistance Run length testing Pressroom chemistry influence, chemical resistance,
… Accelerated weathering
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High Throughput Coating
Multiple coatings on 1 sheet by dispensing + bar coating
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High Throughput Coating
Coating Simulation: Dispensing
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High Throughput Coating
Parallel Segmented coating on Alu plate
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HT Coating testing
Automated scratching
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Automated scratching
Based on DIN 50539
Sample holder
Various scratching geometries :
•Different hardness
•Different angle
•Different radius of curvature
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100µm
Different indenter diamant indenter (r 76µm, 30°; 45°;60° of 90°) or steel ball (d 1; 2 ... 5 mm)
Different speed 10 t/m 100 mm/sec
Linear increasing or constant load Linearly increasing from 0,10 N tot 50,00 N (accuracy +/-0,05 N up to 10N and +/- 0,10 N up to 50N) or constant pressure from 1 N to 50 N
Measuring length and width Standard length 300 mm / width 35 mm Minimum length 100 mm / minimum width 15 mm Standard 10 parallel scratch spurs with a distance of 0.2 mm
Dry or wet Wet in various solvents at temperatures up to 50°C
Automated scratching at Agfa-Labs
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Automated scratching at Agfa-labs
Visual inspection of pressure and scratch spurs
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100µm
100µm
Hardness Force measured
Microscopy Interferometry
Automated scratching at Agfa-labs
Evaluation
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HT Indentation
Ball indentation 5 mm steel ball Different depth Different loads
Hardness
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HT Abrasion testing
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HT Abrasion testing
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HT Adhesion testing
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HT Chemical Resistance testing
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HT Chemical resistance testing
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HT Friction coefficient
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HT Swelling
Dimensional stability
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Conditioning of the samples
21 °C (+/- 1 °C) and 50% RH (+/- 2%) for 24h
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Accelerated weathering
•Weathering : T, %RH, UV, ozone •Light fastness : Xe-arc, fluorescence •Thermal stability (Arrhenius testschema’s)
according to international protocols : ISO 12040, ISO 18930 (Printing) ISO 4892-1 & -2, JIS K7350-1 & -2 (Plastics) ISO 11341 (Paints) ISO 105 B02 & B04 (Textile) ISO 18909 (Photography) IEC 61215/IEC61646 (Photovoltaics)
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Agfa-Labs: contact us
Newsletter www.agfa-labs.com LinkedIn
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Agfa-Labs: Where we are…
Mail : Agfa-Labs
Customer Service (3190) Agfa-Gevaert NV Septestraat 27 2640 Mortsel /Belgium
Web: www.agfa-labs.com E-mail: info@agfa-labs.com Phone: +32 (0)3 444 3190 Fax: +32 (0)3 444 3299