Large Area Coating
Automate your large area coatings to improve repeatability and produce uniform films with consistent thicknesses. Our pre-configured kits include the necessary components to set up your bar coating or doctor blade coating process straight away. Or you can build your own coating system by choosing the individual components and add-ons that best suit your experimental needs.
From automation and substrate compatibility to application and drying, you can easily customize your large area coating system with accessories and add-ons to suit a range of experiments, substrates, and solutions.
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Choose Your Coating Kit
Which Method Is Right For You?
Blade coating and bar coating share similarities in terms of functionality, scalability, and application. They are both easy to use and simple to optimize, but there are several reasons why you would choose one technique over the other.
Blade Coating
Bar Coating
Precise control and tunabilityQuick, repeatable applicationTuning multiple parameters as you goBudget-friendly, simple setupMaterial screening or multilayer coatingsScaling up to industrial coatingHigher viscosity controlCoating very delicate substrates
Build Your Own System
Resources and Support
Bar Coater vs. Doctor Blade Coater: What's The Difference?
Bar coating and blade coating are two solution-based techniques for depositing thin films. Although there are many similarities between these techniques, there are some distinctions between them.
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Stage Setup for the Ossila Automatic Film Applicator
Video demonstration to show how to set up the stage on the Ossila Automatic Thin-Film Applicator
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How to Optimize Your Mayer Bar Coating Process
There are many ways that you can optimize your bar coating process, from changing the Mayer rod to optimizing your bar speed.
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How to Change the Mayer Rod on the Ossila Automatic Film Applicator
Video demonstration to show how to change the Mayer bar orientation on the Ossila Automatic Thin-Film Applicator.
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