Excellent runnability and low grammages with short dwell-time application
OptiCoat Short Dwell coating

OptiCoat Short Dwell is a blade or rod coater with short dwell time application, especially well-suited for high-speed LWC coating. Short dwell time means that water penetration into base paper is minimized. This enables archieving low coat weights easily.
Excellent runnability with low grammages
Easy to adjust, operate and maintain
Uniform coating quality

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