Paint Blade Wire Rod

A drawdown bar is a coating tool that controls the thickness of the coating through grooves on a metal rod. The principle is that during the coating process, the grooves hold the coating material, forming a uniform wet film. It is used for coating tests of laboratory paints and inks to evaluate properties such as leveling and hiding power.
Selection
When selecting a wire-wound rod, consider the groove size, which corresponds to the wet film thickness. The material is often stainless steel for corrosion resistance. The length should match the width of the substrate. For application scenarios, choose fine grooves for paper printing and coarse grooves for plastic coating. Ensure proper cleaning and maintenance to avoid clogging and maintain precision for repeated use.

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Instruments

With bar and Drawdown blade two Spreader mode, using clamshell Drawdown blade head and new bar Installation method, easy to clean. Spreader speed and length can be freely adjusted, film thickness control accuracy is high, suitable for Glass, cardboard and other substrates.

$ 2978.00

Support bar and Drawdown blade double coating method, suitable for high, medium and low viscosity materials; coating speed 1~ 300mm/s stepless adjustable, Blade Coating accuracy +/- 3μm; equipped with innovative clamshell magnetic Drawdown blade and simple bar installation, easy to clean and load; Heating and Vacuum chuck function to improve Spreader mass.

$ 10562.00

Drawdown blade and bar two coating methods, support speed and length adjustment, high film thickness control accuracy, and with Vacuum chuck function, easy to handle soft substrate, easy to clean.

$ 7496.00

It can prepare a wet film thickness of 13.7 microns, with a wire-wound design providing stable coating performance. The 9.52 mm diaMeter ensures easy operation, making it suitable for various paint application scenarios.

$ 167.00

Wire-wound design, film thickness 120 microns, total length 37.5cm, effective application width 25.5cm, stainless steel material to ensure durability and uniform Spreader.

$ 173.00

Utilizing a dual coating method with wire rod and doctor blade, the coating speed is adjustable from 1 to 300 mm/s with stepless speed control, ensuring high precision in film thickness control. Equipped with vacuum adsorption and heating functions, the temperature uniformity reaches ±1°C. The flip-top design facilitates easy cleaning.

$ 24279.00

Wet film thickness 22.9 microns, diaMeter 9.52 mm, the forming Rod uses an extrusion process to process continuous grooves, with no wire breakage and easy cleaning; the wire-wound Rod is based on the traditional principle, and there are differences in coating amount.

$ 167.00

Drawdown blade and bar coating method, with Vacuum chuck function, high film thickness control accuracy, application length and speed can be adjusted freely, easy to clean, suitable for a variety of substrates.

$ 11692.00

Drawdown blade and bar two coating methods, the accuracy of +/- 3μm; Drawdown blade clamshell and new bar installation design for easy cleaning, improve efficiency; support speed 1-300mm/s stepless speed and application length free adjustment; Vacuum chuck function is suitable for soft substrates such as films.

$ 15081.00

With bar and Drawdown blade two kinds of Spreader function, using clamshell Drawdown blade for easy cleaning, application length and speed can be freely adjusted, film thickness control accuracy, suitable for a variety of materials on Glass, cardboard and other substrates Moulding.

$ 5237.00

Support bar and Drawdown blade two coating methods, suitable for different viscosity materials. Equipped with heating and Vacuum chuck function, servo motor to ensure stable operation. Drawdown blade film thickness control accuracy is high, uniform film.

$ 6205.00

Drawdown blade and bar two coating methods, with Vacuum chuck function, easy to handle soft substrate; application length and speed can be freely adjusted, film thickness control accuracy, clamshell design is easy to clean.

$ 4430.00

Drawdown blade and bar two coating methods, with Vacuum chuck function, high film thickness control accuracy, application length and speed can be adjusted freely, clamshell Drawdown blade design is easy to clean, suitable for film and other soft substrate uniform Spreader.

$ 11046.00

Wire-wound design wet film thickness 9.1 μ m, steel wire diaMeter Φ 0.10mm, chrome-plated surface is easy to clean and prolong life, suitable for a variety of substrates, Spreader uniform and flexible.

$ 525.00

Wire-wound design, wet film thickness of 102.9μm, wire diaMeter Φ 1.14mm, effective application width 1500mm, not easy to block and easy to clean, suitable for high viscosity coatings.

$ 719.00

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