Rhodia Silicones achieves new coating speed record

Rhodia Silicones has run successful high speed coating trials at speeds above 1,600 meters per minute, thanks to its latest generation of SILCOLEASE release coating solutions for label and tape applications.

The combination of Rhodia’s improved Silcolease Mist Reduction Additive (MRA) and brand new range of Silcolease cross linkers for fast-curing, achieved good quality and reliability of the coating during this high speed test run. The new generation MRA proved efficient in neutralizing the undesirable aerosol side effect known as silicone 'mist' at all running speeds, thus maximizing cost efficiency while ensuring the safety of coating operations.

The test was run on the RECO 800A high speed coating pilot machine at the Hamburg factory of Max Kroenert GmBh using Silca release base papers from Ahlstrom and Rhodia’s Silcolease release coatings products.  The combination of these state of the art technologies gave excellent coating quality at record speeds.

'Our Silcolease products provide customers with higher yields while avoiding problems usually associated with high-speed coating systems,' said Karsten Schlichter, Rhodia Silicones Release Coating world-wide business manager.