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Agfa-Gevaert Group

Specialty Products7%

Graphics53%

HealthCare40%

Parent Company Corporate Centre

Agfa-Gevaert Group

Agfa Graphics

Agfa HealthCare

Agfa Materials

Specialty Products

Sales per business group

Other

Prepress No 1-2

HealthCare No 1-2

Europe55%

NAFTA22%

Latin America7%

Asia and ROW16%

Sales by region

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