Case Study – Coating Services
Challenge:
Exopack Advanced Coatings manufactures a standard hardcoated polyester film, coated with a UV absorbing, optically clear adhesive. This product is used as window safety film in both domestic, office and school applications. The hardcoat is required to prevent the film from being scratched when being cleaned. Optical clarity and transparency are vital to the film’s usage. However, the market demanded a next generation improved hard coat. The challenge was to develop a super hardcoat that retained the minimal distortion levels currently produced while offering greater scratch resistance.
Solution:
Exopack Advanced Coatings’ team of chemists and technologists developed a Super Hardcoat Window Film which provided a higher scratch resistance. The optical qualities and uniformity benefits of the original product were not compromised with the coating of the super hardcoat. The new superhardcoat provides a top-end addition to customers’ product ranges and offers them a competitive edge in a demanding market.
Case Study – Medical/Engineered Films
Challenge:
To promote improved healing, wound-dressing manufacturers require films which create a moist environment while allowing the wound to breath. In addition, companies are increasingly seeking lower friction films, as well as colored, thinner bacterial and viral barrier films and breathable adhesives to enhance product performance.
Solution:
Exopack Advanced Coatings developed and manufactures a full line of high performance products for the medical market. Exopack Advanced Coatings offer one of the lowest coefficient-of-friction films on the market. In addition Exopack Advanced Coatings has the ability to pigment films to match skin tones and produces one of the thinnest bacterial barrier films in the industry.
Case Study – Electronic Films
Challenge:
Safety when driving is paramount in wintry conditions. Often, however, external rear-view mirrors will freeze-over during a journey. A manufacturer approached Exopack Advanced Coatings with an idea to ensure long-lasting, frost-free vision. The solution required a copper polyester laminate which would then have a carbon-loaded ink applied. This circuit component would be connected into the vehicle’s electrical system to de-ice the mirror once the temperature of the mirror fell below a certain point.
Solution:
Exopack Advanced Coatings developed and manufactured a copper polyester laminate that could be produced to very tight tolerance and quality standards. In addition, the adhesive used in the laminate was closely matched to the performance requirements of the ink overprinted on the film. The result was a fast and effective de-icer which acted as an automatic temperature-related heating unit.
