Pilot Coaters

With two world-class pilot coaters in Midland, Michigan, and Samstagern, Switzerland, Trinseo is well equipped to study paper and board coating and finishing processes in a controlled environment. These state-of-the-art coating facilities also play a vital role in our customer-centric approach to product development.

At both the Midland and Samstagern pilot coaters, customers can design new products and test paper coating components and formulations. The opportunity to carry out tests on systems that emulate customer equipment, at machine-running conditions, reduces the risk of future production stoppages on the customer side and also sparks new ideas.

Our two strategically located pilot coater facilities ensure access to high-level and practical Trinseo technical support and technological innovation.

Midland, MI, USA Pilot Coater

The pilot coater in Midland, Michigan, which started operations in 1960, is the site of the first supplier-owned pilot facility. The current facility opened in 1987 and continues to provide decades of pilot coating knowledge as well as a thorough testing ground for new product development and troubleshooting.

Technical Specifications

Technical Specifications:
Air Knife Coater Station
Coating Preparation
Coater Operations - Quality Control Systems
Hot Soft Calendar
Pilot Coater
Quad Coater Station - Free Jet Applicator
Quad Coater Station - Roll Applicator
Quad Coater Station - Short Dwell Excel® Applicators
Pre-Metered Film Coater Station
Super Calendar

For more information about the Trinseo R&D facilities and how we can help you, please contact your local Trinseo sales representative.

Samstagern, Switzerland Pilot Coater

After operating a pilot coating facility in Horgen, Switzerland for close to four decades, we moved our pilot coater to upgraded facilities in Samstagern, Switzerland in October 2008. The pilot coating facility in Samstagern is located just outside Zurich – only hours by plane from almost anywhere in Europe.

Technical Specifications

Technical Specifications
Coating Color Kitchen
Pilot Coater
Coating Station 1 - Film Coater
Coating Station 2 - Flooded Nip
Coating Station 3 - Jet Coater + SDTA
Coating Station 4 - MLCC
Drying Systems - IR
Drying Systems - Air Dryers
Finishing - Super Calendar
Finishing - Soft Calendar
Finishing

For more information about the Trinseo R&D facilities and how we can help you, please contact your local Trinseo sales representative.

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