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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2005
Richard A. Barcock, Aylesbury, GB;
Andrew Ward-askey, Slough, GB;
Richard A. Barcock, Aylesbury, GB;
Andrew Ward-Askey, Slough, GB;
Arjo Wiggins Fine Papers Limited, Buckinghamshire, GB;
Abstract
The invention relates to a curtain coating process for coating substrates with a stable curtain and a uniform coating at low flow rates wherein a free-falling curtain of an aqueous composition comprising a high solids content is coated onto the moving substrate at a flow rate per unit die length value (Q) equal to or inferior to 10m/(s·m), the said high solids content composition comprising a polymeric rheology modifier and a non-ionic surfactant. The invention relates in particular to a curtain coating process for coating fibrous substrates such as paper or board. The invention also relates to a coated product.