3m Innovative Properties Company

Wayne D Meredyk

Mikhail L Pekurovsky

James N Dobbs

Shawn C Dodds

Kara A Meyers

Gary W Maier

Tyler J Rattray

Samad Javid

Daniel R Fronek

Eric A Vandre

Martin J O Widenbrant

Kevin T Grove

Alan J Hollo

Brittni M Schiewer

Martin JO Widenbrant

Methods and apparatuses for applying coatings on a baggy web are provided. A Mayer rod and a back-up roll engage with each other to form a nip. The back-up roll has a deformable inner layer with a surface thereof covered by a deformable outer layer. The Mayer rod and the flexible web at a contacting area are impressed into the back-up roll with a machine-direction nip width W and a nip engagement depth D, which enables formation of a coating having a substantially uniform thickness.

Method and apparatus for coating on baggy web

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Maplewood, MN, United States of America

Wayne D Meredyk