2019-11-04 - pro flex - Fraunhofer FEP

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Welcome

After a successful pro flex 2017, we are delighted to announce the date of pro flex 2019 and to invite you to a highly interesting conference!

November 4 – 6, 2019

Roll-to-roll processing of flexible materials by using wet chemical and vacuum coating technologies is a high growth industry with a wide variety of important industrial products like packaging films, solar control window films, batteries, capacitors, touch-screens, flexible OLED lighting and signage, RFIDs, anti-counterfeiting labels, solar cells, future flexible displays, building envelope components, and many more.

From November 5 – 6, 2019, a colorful conference program on current issues in research and practice of roll-to-roll technology awaits you. 2019, this program is complemented for the first time by an afternoon tutorial on roll-to-roll technologies on November 4.

For a deeper insight, we have prepared a list of presentations which were held at the previous pro flex conferences. Furthermore, you may find a review of pro flex 2017 by Dr. Charles Bishop in the Converting Quarterly 1/2018, on page 26.

If you have any questions, please contact proflex@fep.fraunhofer.de

We are looking forward to your participation in pro flex 2019.

Sincerely,

Nicolas Schiller Annett Arnold
Program Chair Conference Administration

Program

Monday, November 4 \| AFTERNOON TUTORIAL
13.00 – 14.00	Light Lunch and Registration
14.00 – 15.30	Tutorial Session 1
15.30 – 16.00	Coffee Break
16.00 – 17.00	Tutorial Session 2
Tuesday, November 5 \| DAY 1
starting 09.30	Registration
	Session 1
10.30 – 10.35	Welcome Address Dr. Nicolas Schiller, Fraunhofer FEP
10.35 – 10.55	Materials and surfaces - trends and challenges Dr. Ralf Fellenberg, VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH
10.55 – 11.15	Enhancing the sustainability of flexible packaging in the Circular Economy Vicente Martínez Sanz, AIMPLAS
11.15 – 11.35	Paper based sustainable food packaging Prof. Lorenzo Pastrana, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
11.35 – 11.55	High temperature processing of ultra thin glass Takayoshi Saitoh, Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
11.55 – 13.25	Lunch
	Session 2
13.25 – 13.45	[NEW] Quality factors in permeation barrier coatings on flexible polymer webs Dr. John Fahlteich, Fraunhofer FEP
13.45 – 14.05	Flexible electrochromic devices on metal mesh electrodes: from lab samples to R2R pilot production Dmitri Kossakovski, iGlass Technology, Inc.
14.05 – 14.25	A versatile and flexible roll-to-roll vacuum pilot line tailored to industrial needs Louise Samain, CRM Group
14.25 – 14.45	Unique Vacuum R2R Metallized Coloured Films without using Inks or Dyes Prof. Nadir Ahmed, Idvac Ltd.
14.45 – 15.30	Coffee Break
	Session 3
15.30 – 15.50	PET substrates for Flexible Electronic Applications Valentijn von Morgen, DuPont Teijin Films Ltd.
15.50 – 16.10	R2R processes for Wearables/Results of WAFT project Yu Shu, University Oxford
16.10 – 16.30	Gas monitoring for the enhanced control of web treatment and vacuum coating processes Dr. Dermot Monaghan, Gencoa Ltd
16.30 – 16.50	NOVION^®: In-line monitoring using a novel vacuum gauge Dr. Klaus Bergner, VACOM Vakuum Komponenten & Messtechnik GmbH
16.50 – 17.10	Trends in monitoring the integrity of transparent conductive coatings Marcus Klein, SURAGUS GmbH
17.10 – 17.15	Closing of Day 1
17.30 – 21.30	Get together and Dinner at Fraunhofer FEP
Wednesday, November 6 \| DAY 2
09.00 – 12.00	Registration
	Session 4
09.20 – 09.40	Fast and inline-capable determination of the water vapor transmission rate (WVTR) of barrier webs using hyperspectral imaging (HSI) Dr. Wulf Grählert, Fraunhofer IWS
09.40 – 10.00	A way of ‘Visualization of Force’ Kei Hyodo, Yuasa System Co., Ltd.
10.00 – 10.20	PVD on thin metal foils for battery applications Markus Piwko, Von Ardenne GmbH
10.20 – 10.40	R2R processes in battery production Dr. Stefan Koller, VARTA Micro Innovation GmbH
10.40 – 11.10	Coffee Break
	Session 5
11.10 – 11.30	Ferroelectric Polymer Sensors for Flexible Electronics Dr. Martin Zirkl, Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH
11.30 – 11.50	SmartMesh^® – A transparent metal mesh electrode for printed electronics fabricated on industrial scale Dr. Christoph Hunger, Papierfabrik Louisenthal GmbH
11.50 – 12.10	Manufacturing challenges for conformable OLED lighting Dr. Norman Bardsley, Bardsley Consulting
12.10 – 12.30	[NEW] Overcoming specific challenges on transparent OLEDs in Roll-to-Roll manufacturing Dongxiang Wang, Fraunhofer FEP
12.30 – 13.30	Lunch
	Session 6
13.30 – 13.50	Organic Photovoltaics Dr. Martin Pfeiffer, heliatek GmbH
13.50 – 14.10	Wet Roll to Roll improvement in OPV François Allais, ARMOR SAS
14.10 – 14.30	Late-stage customization of organic photovoltaics Dr. Sebastian Meier, OPVIUS GmbH
14.30 – 14.40	Closing Remarks Dr. Nicolas Schiller, Fraunhofer FEP
14.45 – 17.00	Lab Tours
	Material Characterization and Quality Control In-line process monitoring and thin film characterization are essential to provide reliable coating materials and high yield processes. This tour provides a sneak peek into the work done at Fraunhofer FEP and her partners. The lab tour includes a live demonstration of mechanical endurance testers for flexible materials including thin film glass as well as a live demonstration of a fast spatially resolved thin film inspection by Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) and laser-based device for ultra-high barrier measurements (HiBarSens) at Fraunhofer IWS. Process monitoring is demonstrated at our web-coater labFlex^® 200 using a novel plasma and vacuum monitor developed by VACOM
	Lightweight Engineering Lightweight Engineering is an important field of contemporary research and development. Achievements in this area have a strong effect on various industries like aerospace, automotive/transportation and construction. Lightweight constructions gain presently importance due to the need of energy savings in virtually all sectors of public life. The Fraunhofer institutes at the Campus Dresden Winterbergstraße work in various projects related to this topic. Those projects do not necessarily involve vacuum deposition steps. The Special Topic Tour “Lightweight Engineering” is intended to provide an impression of the variety of technical challenges in Lightweight Engineering which are presently tackled by Fraunhofer Researchers in Dresden.
	Battery Technologies Join the lab tour and visit our battery related labs ranging from deposition over to cell assembly and testing. Use your chance and get in contact with our specialists.

Tutorial

Tutorial on Roll-to-Roll Deposition: Basics, Technologies, Practical Advice, Latest Developments

The aim of the tutorial is to give you an overview of important aspects and technologies of the field of work "roll-to-roll" technologies. The scheduled topics are:

1 Introduction and overview of the tutorial

2 Vacuum Roll-to-Roll coating- what is worth knowing

2.1 Historical perspective

2.2 General setup

2.3 The quest of high vacuum

2.4 The quest of layer adhesion

2.5 The quest of layer stress

2.6 The quest of heat load

3 Types and properties of flexible substrates for vacuum coating

3.1 Polymers

3.2 Flexible glass

3.3 Others (metal foils, textiles)

4 Practical questions for projects in vacuum roll-to roll processes

4.1 Important substrate parameters

4.2 Transport

4.3 Handling in the lab

4.4 How to denote samples

5 Sputter deposition in vacuum web coating

5.1 Methods

5.1.1 Sputtering

5.1.2 Reactive sputtering

5.1.3 Planar or rotatable magnetrons?

5.1.4 Side remark: PECVD

5.2 Markets and application

5.2.1 Transparent conductors

5.2.2 Radiation management coatings

5.2.3 High barriers coatings

5.2.4 Anti-Reflective coatings

5.3 Challenges for future developments

5.4 Special focus of FEP

5.4.1 Deposition processes

5.4.2 coFlex 600 – a pilot tool for advanced R&D projects

6 Evaporation technologies for roll-to-roll web coating

6.1 Principal Set up and and overview

6.2 Thermal evaporation

6.3 Electron beam evaporation

6.4 Evaporation from radiant heated sources

6.5 Evaporation from induction heated sources

6.6 Evaporation: reactive mode

6.7 Plasmaactivated mode

7 R2R OLED manufacturing

8 Electron beam curing – a renewed technology

- to be completed and subject to change -

Sponsors / Exhibitors

Be part of the conference!

Benefits of sponsorship start when you sign up and last until long after the pro flex! Every sponsor is acknowledged during their sponsored event with prominent signage, on the pro flex web site and in all pro flex publications throughout the year. Participate in our Sponsor Program to reinforce your name recognition and demonstrate your commitment to the industry.

Use the chance to take part in our tabletop exhibition if you would like to present your products and services to local and international experts in the roll-to-roll industry.

Ask for sponsorship and exhibition possibilities by email: proflex@fep.fraunhofer.de

See our Sponsorship Options for detailed information:

Exhibitors

	YUASA SYSTEM CO., LTD. www.yuasa-system.jp
	robeko GmbH & Co. KG www.robeko.de
Your logo here!	Your company name here!

Sponsorship Options [ PDF 0.16 MB ]

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Accomodation

MOTEL ONE DRESDEN AM ZWINGER
Postplatz 5 | 01067 Dresden, Germany
Phone +49 351 43838-0
Motel One Dresden am Zwinger

Steigenberger Hotel de Saxe
Neumarkt 9 | 01067 Dresden, Germany
Phone +49 351 4386-0
Steigenberger Hotel de Saxe

Program Board


Dr. Nicolas Schiller Program Chair

Dr. Matthias Fahland	Dr. John Fahlteich	Dr. Steffen Günther	Dr. Manuela Junghähnel

Claus Luber	Dr. Christian May	Steffen Straach	Dr. Michiel Top

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Presentations

Click below to download the presentations of pro flex 2019!

Please remind that access is limited to the participants. The password is printed in the abstract booklet.

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Conference / 11/04/2019 - 11/06/2019

pro flex

Roll-to-roll coating of flexible materials

Event details

Costs

Early-registration fee (valid until August 19, 2019): 375,- €
Regular registration fee: 445,- €
Student registration fee: 99,- € (with valid student card)
Tutorial: 75,- €

Speakers will benefit from a registration free of charge.

Location

Winterbergstraße 28 | 01277 Dresden, Germany

Date

11/04/2019 - 11/06/2019

Organization

Fraunhofer-Institut für Organische Elektronik, Elektronenstrahl- und Plasmatechnik FEP

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