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Research Laboratory Coater

The RLC (Research Laboratory Coater) is the creative starting point where films can be made using your materials and inks through a wide choice of deposition techniques (slot-die coating, flexo, knife, bar, spray etc.). The system is easily expanded to full R2R (roll-to-roll) processing by docking the printing unit onto a R2R docking unit. Drying of the films can be achieved using hot plate, integrated forced air, inert gas, UV or IR. The Research Laboratory Coaters are turn-key systems starting from the simple single axis slot-die coating set-up where functionality and complexity can be gradually added. All systems are upwards compatible, and it is possible to upgrade the basic system to the most advanced version at any given point. Common to all the products in the infinityPV research laboratory line is that they have a small foot print and present an open platform that is easily adaptable to all the great experiments that have not been carried out yet. You can fit them almost everywhere in the lab, in the fume cupboard, on the bench and in the glovebox.

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Key highlights

The RLC is unique on several fronts:

Side operation and easily expandable
Working area 280x100 mm
3-axis motion control with software
Manual touch screen operation and free software for PC control
Hotplate and gradient heating zone plates available
Work integrated with infinityPV syringe pumping systems supporting gradients and dilution experiments
R2R upgradable
UV, IR, hot-air and inert gas oven systems available
Low laboratory footprint that easily fits in a glovebox (w/d/h: 50/55/45 cm). The side operation makes glovebox operation very easy
Operates from a single phase 110-240VAC 50/60Hz power supply
Slot-die coating, knife, flexo, gravure, tape and bar coating possible
Turn key system
Upgradable all the way to full roll-to-roll coating
Fast industry 4.0 ready software package and interfacing to robotics
Fully CE-approved and compliant

RLC Selection Guide

There are five overall RLC designs: RLC Basic, RLC Print, RLC Full, RLC 3DPrint and RLC R2R. Each are made to specific use cases and offers various options.

	RLC Basic	RLC Print	RLC Full	RLC 3DPrint	RLC R2R
Touch screen control	?	?	?	?	?
Software control	?	?	?	?	?
Single axis motion controller (fwd/rev)	?	?	?		(?)
3-axis motion control (side registration, up/down, fwd/rev)				?	(?)
Mount for coating and printing units	?	?	?	?	?
Linear ball rails	?	?	?	?	?
Linear ball rails (cross web)			?	?	?
Single syringe pump		?	?	?	?
Slot-die head (40 mm)	(?)	?	?	?	?
Slot-die head (65 mm and 115 mm head)	(?)	(?)	(?)	(?)	(?)
Simple flexographic roller system			(?)		(?)
Heated slot-die head			(?)		(?)
Integrated ink heater (low dead volume)			(?)		(?)
Heating controller for heated slot-die head/ink			(?)		(?)
Standard hot plate (RT-90 C)			?	?	?
High temperature hot plate (RT-140 C)			(?)	(?)	(?)
Hotplate with different temperature zones/gradient			(?)	(?)	(?)
R2R docking unit (unwinder and rewinder)				(?)	?
UV-curing unit				(?)	(?)
IR oven				(?)	(?)
Hot air oven				(?)	(?)
Inert gas option				(?)	(?)
Dual, triple, quadruple syringe pump for gradients			(?)	(?)	(?)
Flexo, rod, knife, bar, gravure coating and tape casting			(?)	(?)	(?)