3m Innovative Properties Company

Thomas A Mahler

Mikhail L Pekurovsky

James N Dobbs

Shawn C Dodds

Kathleen S Shafer

Kara A Meyers

Robert B Secor

Ronald P Swanson

Ann M Gilman

Tyler J Rattray

Scott L Ciliske

Samad Javid

Cyrus A Anderson

Yugeun P Yang

Kevin T Reddy

Chainika Jangu

Joseph B Farley

Angela S McLEAN

Paul J Cordes

Angela S Mclean

Ian R Owen

Methods and apparatuses for roll coating are provided. The roll coating system () includes a coating roll () having a deformable inner layer () with a surface thereof covered by a deformable outer layer (), the inner layer being softer than the outer layer. A substrate () is conveyed to the nip () between the coating roll and a back-up roll (). A metered coating material is transferred from the coating roll to a patterned surface structure () of the substrate at the nip to form a conformal coating on the patterned structure of the substrate.

Roll coating using metered coating roll including deformable layers

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Osceola, WI, United States of America

Thomas A Mahler