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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2019
Sms Group Gmbh, Düsseldorf, DE;
Lutz Kümmel, Jüchen, DE;
Thomas Daube, Duisburg, DE;
SMS group GMBH, Düsseldorf, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and a vacuum-coating system () for coating a band-type material (), in particular made of metal. For this, the band-type material () is moved, via a conveying section (), in a transport direction (T) and is vacuum-coated within a coating chamber (), in which a vacuum is applied. As seen in the transport direction (T) of the band-type material (), at least one flatness optimization device () is arranged upstream of the coating chamber (), through which flatness optimization device the band-type material () can be guided. In this way, a desired flatness is generated for the band-type material ().