Packaging Innovation Center

The BW Converting Innovation Center is your destination for validating industrial coating, moistening and surface treatment solutions.

The BW Converting Innovation Center is located in Lauterbach, Germany, and offers hands-on testing and trial opportunities on a pilot-scale production lines.

The center features spray finishing, spray coating, plasma and corona treatment, moistening and wetting systems, and hot air drying for a wide range of materials and applications including non-wovens, textiles, paper, and plastics and metal films. Highlights include our Baldwin TexCoat® G4 textile finishing system, and our Baldwin Rotor Spray moistening and coating system.

Available Process Types of Surface Finishing

The process specifications listed below reflect the operating parameters of the BW Converting Innovation Center's pilot-scale production line.

1. Roll to Roll

Material	Film, Foam, Paper, Metal-Coil, Textile, Nonwoven
Thickness	max. 3 mm, for foam max. 6 mm
Diameter of Roll	max. Ø 600 mm
Core of Roll	Ø 76 mm & Ø 152 mm
Web Width	100-1000 mm
Line Speed	2-200 m/min.

Machine Types	Treatment Side	Notes
Plasma/Corona	One or two	incl. stripe treatment
TexCoat	One or two	1-100 ml/m², water based liquids
Rotor Spray	One	1-100 ml/m², water based liquids
Smoothing	One	Film, Paper and Nonwoven
Drying	One or two	40-140 °C

2. Sheets

Material	Film, Foam, Metal, Textile, Paper, Nonwoven, Tissue
Thickness	max. 3 mm
Size	A 4, max. 400 x 1000 mm
Line Speed	1-500 m/min.

Machine Types	Treatment Side	Notes
Corona	One or two	1-500 m/min.
Rotor Spray	One	2-10 m/min

3. Plates, Boards and Profiles

Material	Film, Foam, Wood, Metal, Board, Glass
Thickness	no limit
Web Width	300 mm
Line Speed	1-7 m/min.

Machine Types	Treatment Side	Notes
Corona	One or two	max. 7 m/min
Panel Treater	One or two	max. 4 m/min.
3D Treater	One or two	only non-conductive substrates

4. Spray Coating & Finishing

Material	Foil, Foam, Metal, Textile, Tissue, Nonwoven, Paper
Thickness	3 mm (not for Metal)
Liquid	Water and water based liquids
Viscosity	1-50 mPa⋅s ; Oils < 200 mPa⋅s
Particle Size	< 5 μ (Dispersions)

Test Type	Volume of Liquid	Notes
Sprayability	3 \|	Safety Data Sheet and/or technical data sheets of liquids should be sent in advance. Dimensions of roll see above.
Spray on Webs	5-10 \|