Coating system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11944995-B2
Application number	US-202318461471-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 5, 2023
Priority date	May 5, 2022
Publication date	Apr 2, 2024
Grant date	Apr 2, 2024

Abstract

Embodiments relate to a coating system. A substrate includes a first coating region and a second coating region adjacent to the first coating region. The coating system includes a first gravure mechanism and a second gravure mechanism, where the first gravure mechanism is configured to apply a first functional layer onto the first coating region, and the second gravure mechanism can receive the substrate having the first functional layer and apply a second functional layer made of a material different from that of the first functional layer onto the second coating region. In the coating system, with provision of first gravure mechanism and the second gravure mechanism, when the substrate is continuously transported in a same direction, the two functional layers made of different materials can be sequentially applied onto corresponding regions of the substrate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A coating system for coating a substrate, wherein the coating system comprises:
a first gravure apparatus configured to receive a substrate, wherein a surface of the substrate comprises at least one first coating region and at least one second coating region adjacent to the at least one first coating region, the first and second coating regions are not overlapped, wherein the first gravure apparatus comprises a first gravure roller, the first gravure roller comprises a first roller body, a surface of the first roller body comprises at least one first engraving region corresponding to the at least one first coating region, the at least one first engraving region and the at least one first coating region have an equal width, and the first gravure apparatus is configured to apply a first functional layer onto the at least one first coating region; and
a second gravure apparatus arranged in a transporting direction of the substrate downstream from the first gravure apparatus and configured to receive the substrate having the first functional layer coated on the at least one first coating region, wherein the second gravure apparatus comprises a second gravure roller, the second gravure roller comprises a second roller body, a surface of the second roller body comprises at least one second engraving region corresponding to the at least one second coating region, the at least one second engraving region and the at least one second coating region have an equal width, wherein the second gravure apparatus is configured to apply a second functional layer made of a material different from that of the first functional layer onto the at least one second coating region.

2. The coating system according to claim 1 , wherein the first gravure apparatus further comprises a first liquid storage tank loading the first functional layer, wherein the first gravure roller is rotatable relative to the first liquid storage tank and is partly located in the first liquid storage tank, and the surface of the substrate is tangent to that of the first gravure roller, wherein the first gravure roller is rotated to pick up and apply the first functional layer to the at least one first coating region.

3. The coating system according to claim 1 , wherein the first engraving region has a plurality of first reticulate patterns.

4. The coating system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one second coating region is disposed at an edge of an outer periphery of the at least one first coating region along a width direction of the substrate, wherein the surface of the substrate further comprises at least one blank region located at a side of the at least one second coating region facing away from the at least one first coating region, the surface of the first roller body is provided with at least one first blank-leaving region adjacent to the at least one first engraving region and corresponding to the at least one blank region of the substrate, the at least one first blank-leaving region has a smooth surface, a width of the at least one first blank-leaving region is greater than a width of the corresponding blank region.

5. The coating system according to claim 4 , wherein the surface of the first roller body comprises a plurality of first engraving regions, and the at least one first blank-leaving region is disposed between every two adjacent first engraving regions of the plurality of first engraving regions.

6. The coating system according to claim 4 , wherein the first gravure apparatus further comprises a scraper, a blade of the scraper is tangent to surfaces of the at least one first engraving region and the at least one first blank-leaving region.

7. The coating system according to claim 1 , wherein the second gravure apparatus further comprises a second liquid storage tank loading a source of the second functional layer, wherein the second gravure roller is rotatable relative to the second liquid storage tank and is partly located in the second liquid storage tank, and the surface of the substrate is tangent to that of the second gravure roller, wherein the second gravure roller is rotated to pick up and apply the source of the second functional layer.

8. The coating system according to claim 4 , wherein the surface of the second roller body comprises at least one second blank-leaving region corresponding to the at least one blank region of the substrate, and a sum of the widths of the at least one second blank-leaving region and the at least one second engraving region is equal to the width of the at least one blank region; and
a surface of the at least one second engraving region is provided with a plurality of second reticulate patterns, and the at least one second blank-leaving region has a smooth surface.

9. The coating system according to claim 1 , wherein the second roller body further comprises at least one escape groove, wherein the at least one escape groove is recessed through a circumferential side of the second roller body to communicate with outside, a width of the at least one escape groove is equal to that of the at least one first coating region, and the surface of the second roller body is not in contact with the first coating region and the first functional layer coated thereon.

10. The coating system according to claim 9 , wherein the at least one escape groove comprises a plurality of escape grooves along the width direction, the at least one second blank-leaving region is disposed between every two adjacent escape grooves, and edges of two ends of each one of the plurality of escape grooves are adjacent to the at least one second engraving region.

11. The coating system according to claim 1 , wherein the coating system further comprises a first through roller, wherein the first through roller is disposed between the second gravure roller and the first gravure roller in the transporting direction.

12. The coating system according to claim 1 , wherein the coating system further comprises a pressing roller and a winding roller for placing the substrate, the winding roller is located in the transporting direction of the substrate upstream from the first gravure roller and is higher than the first gravure roller in a vertical direction, and the pressing roller and the first gravure roller are disposed adjacent to each other and are configured to simultaneously rotate in different directions to transport the substrate.

13. The coating system according to claim 12 , wherein the coating system further comprises a second through roller, wherein the second through roller is disposed between the winding roller and the pressing roller.

14. The coating system according to claim 1 , wherein the first functional layer is a primer slurry, and the second functional layer is an insulation glue or insulation coating.

15. A coating system for coating a substrate, the coating system comprising:
a first gravure apparatus configured to receive a substrate, wherein a surface of the substrate comprises two first coating regions and four second coating regions, the four second coating regions comprises two outer second coating regions and two inner second coating regions, each one of the two first coating regions have two edges respectively adjacent to one of the outer second coating regions and one of the inner second coating regions, the first and second coating regions are not overlapped, wherein the first gravure apparatus comprises a first gravure roller, the first gravure roller comprises a first roller body, a surface of the first roller body comprises two first engraving regions respectively corresponding to the two first coating regions,

Assignees

• Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Peng Angong
• Tang Zhenguang
• Shang Hongwu
• Yang Pengjun
• Lin Yinxiang

Classifications

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• B05C1/0839

  the work being unsupported at the line of contact between the coating roller and the work · CPC title

• B05C1/083 Primary

  being passed between the coating roller and one or more backing rollers · CPC title

• B05C1/0826

  the work being a web or sheets (B05C1/0804, B05C1/0808, B05C1/0813, B05C1/0817, B05C1/0821, B05C1/10, B05C1/12 take precedence) · CPC title

• B05C1/0808 Primary

  Details thereof, e.g. surface characteristics · CPC title