Laboratory Roll-to-Roll Coater
A compact high precision laboratory roll-to-roll coating machine that transforms the way thin functional films are printed and coated.
The Laboratory Roll-to-Roll Coater
With the Laboratory Roll-to-Roll Coater (LR2RC) platform, it is possible to build a system according to your needs. You can choose the length and width of the unit and have a wide selection of accessories that can be added.
These count many different printing and coating units, several drying and curing systems, pretreatment of foil, laminators, trimming and slitting knifes, foil strippers, pumps, spindles, inspection/camera systems, air knife, laser patterning and more.
The fully equipped Laboratory Roll-to-Roll Coater unit gives you a complete and turnkey system covering the range from laboratory to small pilot scale and makes it possible to process. Hundreds of meters of foil can be processed on these powerful machines offering you to scale with economy in mind.
The compact size of the Laboratory Roll-to-Roll Coater allows you to fit it in existing laboratories, gloveboxes or fume hoods with no need for additional infrastructure.
Key Features
Compact Size
Coating/Printing Width From 10-280 mm
Modular Drying/Curing System
Glovebox Compatible
Software Control Option
Web Tension Control
CE Certified - CSA/UL Compliant
Popular Customer Use Cases
Batteries
Fuel Cells
Printed Solar
Transistors
LEDs
Sensors
How to Build Your Own System
Choose your platform size, select from a variety of components, and create a tailored system that fits your needs. Start building your own Laboratory Roll-to-Roll System here.
Platform Without Components
The Laboratory Roll-to-Roll Platform without any components.
Platform With Components
A complete Laboratory Roll-to-Roll Coater featuring an Advanced Mounting System, Slot-die Head, Syringe Pump, Advanced Laminator, UV-LED Oven and Nip. The perfect solution for encapsulation of printed solar cells.
Standard Platforms
When building your Laboratory Roll-to-Roll Coater, start by picking the right platform size. The modular design lets you customize it to your needs, whether you're in a lab or scaling up to pilot production. Once you've chosen your platform, explore the range of components available. From slot-die heads for precise coating to drying ovens, laminators, and more, there's plenty to choose from.
LR2RC500
Size (WxDxH): 50 cm x 50 cm x 30 cm | Weight: 30 kg
The perfect machine for compact spaces and quick processing needs, the LR2RC500 offers a cost-effective solution without compromising on versatility.
LR2RC750
Size (WxDxH): 75 cm x 35 cm x 30 | Weight: 40 kg
Finding the ideal balance between size and functionality, the LR2RC750 seamlessly accommodates additional features while remaining a perfect fit for fume hoods or gloveboxes.
LR2RC1000
Dimensions: 100 cm x 35 cm x 30 (WxDxH) | Weight: 50 kg
For robust drying of thin films, look no further than the LR2RC1000. With three sections designed to host various oven systems, it streamlines coating and printing tasks efficiently.
LR2RC1500
Dimensions: 150 cm x 35 cm x 30 (WxDxH) | Weight: 80 kg
When ample laboratory space is available and integration of custom instruments is a priority, the LR2RC1500 delivers the necessary length for an expansive R2R line.
Wide Platforms
The Laboratory Roll-to-Roll Coater wide platform revolutionizes processing with its capability to handle 12-inch / 305 mm wide substrates, marking it as the most compact Roll-to-Roll (R2R) platform globally for industrial-scale coating and printing. Designed to seamlessly integrate into fume cupboards or gloveboxes, it combines industrial efficiency with space-saving elegance.
LR2RC750 Wide
Dimensions: 75 cm x 46 cm x 30 (WxDxH) | Weight: 50 kg
The LR2RC750 Wide stands out as possibly the most compact R2R platform globally, capable of processing substrates/foils up to 12 inches (305 mm) wide. It offers industrial-scale processing within a footprint akin to a laboratory setup.
LR2RC1000 Wide
Dimensions: 100 cm x 46 cm x 30 (WxDxH) | Weight: 60 kg
Get the option to creating your own small factory in just 1 piece of equipment. The LR2RC1000 Wide exceeds most large scale R2R processing setups not only in quality but also in processed quantity.
Components
After selecting your platform, it's time to choose from our array of components, ranging from slot-die heads to advanced laminators. Each component is engineered to enhance efficiency, consistency, and quality in your R2R system. Explore our offerings to tailor your coater platform precisely to your needs and unleash its full potential in revolutionizing thin-film production.
Slot-die Heads
The infinityPV slot-die heads are engineered with precision and composition in mind, allowing for consistent and uniform coating thickness, resulting in high-quality end products. Whether you are working with batteries, printed solar cells, OLEDs, sensors, or other thin-film technology, our slot-die heads are versatile and can accommodate a wide range of materials and processes. We offer slot-die heads from the very small to the very large and the slot-die heads are available in different materials: Stainless steel, Titanium and PEEK, suiting the different needs of chemistry, weight, and thermal latency.
Advanced Mounting System
The high precision angular mounting system is ideal for mounting a slot-die head, a knife coating set-up, a gravure or flexographic printing unit. The angle can be varied from 0 to 90 degrees (9 o’clock to 12 o’clock) which is very helpful during setup but also while coating. The simplest version has manual control over tilt and cross-web adjustments. Advanced versions includes digital micrometer units and motorized cross-web axis and height adjustment.
Nip and Simple Laminator
Just before the rewinder, the Laboratory Roll-to-Roll Coater has the possibility for a very flexible nip that is available in numerous configurations. The simplest has a full rubber roller with manual control of both nip pressure and tilt. Advanced versions include adjustable nip rollers, automation of nip engagement, nip pressure and pressure points. It can easily be used for very simple manual packaging of many devices with little work.
Oven Systems
Several oven systems for curing and drying your coated thin films can be added to the Laboratory Roll-to-Roll Coater platforms. With an oven length down to 23 cm the Laboratory Roll-to-Roll Coater oven systems are very compact and very simple to add, remove or replace in no time and allows you to simply mount the desired oven system for the experiment or pilot run that you are about to carry out. We have oven systems for hot-air, inert gas, UV-curing, or infrared (IR) curing. We also offer a Combo oven, which is a combination of inert gas and IR.
In terms of UV and IR curing we offer a number of power levels and easy exchange of the sources to match you experiments (hard UV, UVA, UVB, UVC, clear, ruby, gold).
Stripper Unit
The Laboratory Roll-to-Roll Coater stripper unit allows for removal of protective liner or other foil just before the coating or printing station. The Stripper unit comes with compressed air spindles, tension control and automation of nip engagement.
Advanced Laminator
With the Advanced Lamination Unit for for the Laboratory Roll-to-Roll Coater, encapsulation or addition of a protecting liner becomes possible and readily scalable in R2R processing. Works with PSA, hotmelt and UV-curable adhesives.
Air Knife
The air knife for the Laboratory Roll-to-Roll Coater is a very powerful tool for rapid quenching of slot-die coated films with inert gas (important for i.e. perovskites). With the special air knife mount system, the angle and distance between the air knife and substrate can be changed very easily. Combine the Laboratory Roll-to-Roll Coater air Knife with an inert gas oven system to quench and anneal your roll-to-roll coated thin films in one go.
Cut - Trim - Slit - Split
Cut - Trim - Slit - Split with the CTSS unit for the Laboratory Roll-to-Roll Coater. With the CTSS unit foil handling is now simple and easy. Safe operation with ultra durable carbide cutters and cutting position easily and accurately adjusted. The precision ground and hardened stainless steel rollers ensure gentle handling of substrate and endure tough chemistry.
Flexographic Printing
With the Laboratory Roll-to-Roll Coater platform, you get the option for both a simple and an advanced flexographic printing system. The flexographic printing systems can be used for printing many types of materials on a wide variety of substrates. The simple flexo unit is for short and narrow test runs and the Advanced Flexographic system is specially designed for scaled R2R printing.
Pump Systems
The syringe, gear and screwpumps from infinityPV are designed to be an integrated part of the Laboratory Roll-to-Roll Coater platform. All pumps come with touch screen for easy use and ink flow configuration. They all offer accurate and smooth ink delivery for your research or production. You can combine several pumps to perform automated gradient and/or dilution experiments. With our free infinityPV software you can rapidly set up the very simple or the very complex experiments.
Rollers
Rollers are a very essential part of any R2R system and their mechanical and materials properties often define the outcome of your experiment or production. We therefore care about rollers and all our rollers have super low runout. Our standard anodized aluminium rollers are durable and cost efficient and will be the best choice for 95% of all applications. Some applications do require plastic rollers and we do offer rollers in PEEK and POM (black or white, for contrast). We of course also offer rollers in stainless steel for extreme corrosion resistance.
Web Handling Platforms
Work on the Laboratory Roll-to-Roll Coater does often not require web-guiding or pretreatments. In cases where those are needed, we offer web guiding systems and corona pretreatment systems. We also offer customized cabinets that enable work in your environment and glovebox systems in cases where inert atmospheres are required
Foil Turner
The Laboratory Roll-to-Roll Coater can easily enable inline processing on both sides of the foil using a foil turner. Perfect when processing double sided slot-die coating for batteries, fuel cells, membranes and much more.
Inspection Plate
When coating and printing on transparent substrates, it is sometimes an advantage to have a light table for inspection immediately after your coating or printing head. The inspection table can easily be mounted on the LR2RC750, LR2RC1000 and LR2RC1500. The inspection plate is versatile and can be used for inspection by eye or by easy mounting of a camera system. The inspection plate can be added on the system ordered or retrofitted at a later stage. The units are prepared for addition of the inspection plate.
Spindles
The Laboratory Roll-to-Roll Coater can be configured with two different spindle types:
The LR2RC500 comes equipped with adjustable cones allowing you to easily adjust the width, diameter and position of your core. Sometimes your source foil or material may be supplied on a special diameter and this solution is very flexible and accepts core inner diameters from 35 mm up to 90 mm.
The LR2RC750, LR2RC1000 and LR2RC1500 comes with automatic compressed air spindles that accepts 3-inch core inner diameters.
Additional Options
The list of accessories for the Laboratory Roll-to-Roll Coater is extensive and offers an extreme versatility that makes the Laboratory Roll-to-Roll Coater platform an all-in-one system. You can add components and accessories on order or simply add them later. The Laboratory Roll-to-Roll Coater platform offers a very high degree of customization and compatibility with a number of processing modes in addition to the standard roll-to-roll mode. Stop-and-go, Forward-Reverse-Action (FRA) cycles, interfacing with robotics, pick-and-place, possibilities are almost endless. We will of course happily assist or offer you the degree of customization required but "as-built" the Laboratory Roll-to-Roll Coater platform enables you to do your own engineering and interfacing to the system with ease. The Laboratory Roll-to-Roll Coater is a true "maker" platform.
Popular Builds
Compact Solar Cell Printer
The LR2RC750 platform featuring an Advanced Mounting System, Slot-die Head, Syringe Pump, Advanced Laminator, UV-LED Oven and Nip. The perfect solution for encapsulation of printed solar cells.
Compact Thin Film Battery Printer
The LR2RC750 platform featuring an Advanced Mounting System, Slot-die Head, Syringe Pump, IR Oven with Inert Gas Option, Invert Gas Oven and Nip. The ideal solution for a compact set-up to print thin film batteries.
Videos
Introducing the Laboratory Roll-to-Roll Coater
The CTSS Unit for the Laboratory Roll-to-Roll Coater
Scaling Perovskite Solar Cells to R2R Production
Advanced Flexographic Printing on the Laboratory Roll-to-Roll Coater
Customer Testimonial
“The Laboratory Roll-To-Roll Coater system has indeed proven itself reliable for our requirements. We've found the web control feature to be particularly impressive, offering seamless adjustment. A standout characteristic of the system is the ease with which the heat and UV stations can be removed and reattached. Overall, we are highly satisfied with the unit's performance. It offers exceptional web tension and control, and the heat and UV units function precisely as expected. The slot-die print heads consistently deliver high-quality, repeatable results from run to run.”
Chad Smithson
Technical Project Manager, Research and Development at Trusscore
Technical Specifications
| Item | Technical Parameter | Remarks |
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| Dimension (WxDxH) in cm Weight in kg |
LR2RC500: 50 x 35 x 30 (30 kg) LR2RC750: 75 x 35 x 30 (40 kg) LR2RC750 Wide: 75 x 46 x 30 (50 kg) LR2RC1000: 100 x 35 x 30 (50 kg) LR2RC1000 Wide: 100 x 46 x 30 (60 kg) LR2RC1500: 150 x 35 x 30 (80 kg) |
Total weight and dimension of the LR2RC platform depends on the final configuration |
| Operates From | LR2RC500: Single phase (240VAC) LR2RC750: Single phase (240VAC) LR2RC750 Wide: Single phase (240VAC) LR2RC1000: 3 -phases (400 VAC) LR2RC1000 Wide: 3 -phases (400 VAC) LR2RC1500: 3 -phases (400 VAC) |
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| Drying or Curing Section Length (cm) |
LR2RC500: 25 cm LR2RC750: 50 cm LR2RC750 Wide: 50 cm LR2RC1000: 75 cm LR2RC1000 Wide: 75 cm LR2RC1500: 125 cm |
The drying or curing length depends on the selected oven systems |
| LR2RC System Control | Touch Screen Manual Adjustment Buttons PC Control |
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| Web Width | Up to 200 mm Up to 310 mm (Wide) |
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| Foil Length | Up to 100 m |
Depending on thickness of substrate |
| Web Speed | 0.05-2.8 m/min (Forward and Reverse) |
Other web speeds are available on request |
| Tension Control | Manually | Same for unwinder/rewinder or individual control of unwinder/rewinder (depends on configuration) |
| Coating Width | Up to 180 mm Up to 280 mm (Wide) |
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| Spindles | Automatic Compressed Air Spindles 3-inch Core Inner Diameters. (The LR2R500 comes with adjustable cones that accept core inner diameters from 35 mm up to 90 mm) |
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