General Vacuum Equipment Ltd. became part of Bobst Group (Switzerland) early in2004. Bobst Group is one of the world leaders in the design and manufacture ofequipment providing solutions for the folding carton, corrugated board and flexiblepackaging industries. All of the Group’s products are marketed world-wide through adedicated sales & service network, with a presence in more than 50 countries.

General, together with the well established world leading brand names of Atlas, Titanand Midi (UK) and Rotomec (Italy), have now joined Schiavi (Italy) to create one of theworld’s largest manufacturing groups of converting equipment for flexible materials.

Bobst Group’s Business Area Flexible Materials (BA-FM) provides solutions for acomprehensive range of converting processes including slitting, rewinding & handling;vacuum metallizing; coating & laminating; gravure & flexo printing; and slitting &separating for aluminium foil.

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Multi-Zone Web Coater

• Max web width 450 mm

• Max cell diameter 400 mm

• Line speed 0.01 to 20 m/min

• Bi-directional winding

• 3/4 coating zones

• Separate plasma zone

• Optional ion beam source

• Optional resistance &optical monitoring

• Versatile - By utilising a variety of standard equipment options the coated web may be optimised for peak performance.

• Easily re-configurable - OptiLab facilitates straightforward process switching forreduced downtime.

• Wide range of processes - OptiLab runs the full range of Sputtering (both Planar and Rotatablecathodes) and PECVD barrier processes,with allowance for a variety of different web treatment techniques including medium frequency a.c. plasma pre-treatment.

• Repeatable - Using simple operator and maintenance guidelines, OptiLab generates repeatable, reliable results for production and production scale-up.

• Compact - OptiLab’s compact design takes up minimal space making it suitable for installation in a wide variety of locations.

• Simple to operate - An intuitive software interface enables easy interaction with the control system for fast data input, retrieval and process monitoring.

• High accuracy drive system - Incorporating General Vacuum Equipment’s extensive web handling experience, OptiLab’s high accuracy drive system enables precise process monitoring and control for superior uniformity and product quality throughout the run.

Applications

Range of Sputter CoatersOPTILAB up to 0.5m web

OPTICOAT 0.5 to 2.0m +

• Optical & Conductive Coatings

• Anti Reflective / Anti Static

• TCOs (Transparent Conductive Coatings)

• Flex Circuit Board

• Barrier Coatings

• Photo Voltaic

• Many other applications