"CURTAIN COATING PROCESS USING A HIGH SOLIDS CONTENT COMPOSITON, AND COATED PRODUCT"

Application 3955/KOLNP/2006 published 2007-06-22, filed 2006-12-29
The invention relates to a curtain coating process for coating substrates with a stable curtain and a uniform coaling at low flow rates wherein a free-falling curtain of an aqueous composition comprising a high solids content is coated onto the moving substrate at a flow rate per unit die length value (Q) equal to or inferior to 10 m/(s.m), the said high solids content composition comprising a polymeric methodology modifier and a non-ionic surfactant. The invention relates in particular to a curtain coating process for coaling fibrous substrates such as paper or board. The invention also relates to a coated product.

Applicant

1)ARJO WIGGINS FINE PAPERS LIMITED
:BUTLER'S COURT,WATTLETON ROAD, BEACONSFIELD,BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HP91 RT U.K.

Inventor

1)BARCOCK, RICHARD,A 2)WARD-ASKEY,ANDREW

International Info

Classification: D21H 23/
Publication Number: WO 2006/010927
Application Date: 2005-07-27

Priority Information

0416900.9 U.K. 2004-07-29