Report on 2002 TAPPPI Coating Conference
Recent Trend of Coating Technologies
2002 Volume 56 Issue 11 Pages 1635-1644
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2002 Volume 56 Issue 11 Pages 1635-1644
TAPPI 2002 Coating and Graphic Arts Conference and Trade Fair was held at Rosen Center in Orland, Florida on May 5 to 8, 2002. More than 600 people of paper industry and allied industry from all over the world attended the conference. This report summarizes the contents of the conference. Recent developments of non-impact coating such as curtain coating and spray coating are almost reality. It is the matter of time we will see an actual installation near future. Further new technologies presented at the conference is dry coating using electrostatic force and thermo-mechanical treatment. Number of new developments on coating pigment, especially engineered type kaolin and calcium carbonate, latex binders and various chemicals to improve coating operation were also presented.
