Seminars For Engineers is proud to present:
Web Coating & Drying
A Two Day Technical Seminar

 For registration information, please make a selection below:

May 14-15, 2008 - Chicago, IL
December 3-4, 2008 - Charlotte, NC

Web Coating & Drying is designed to further skills in selection and application of equipment for improving manufacturing processes and assuring efficient production of coated papers, films and other web substrates. Two major topics are featured: coating of webs by various means and, the drying or curing of these substrates. All major commercial coating processes used today are discussed along with their benefits for use in specific manufacturing applications, while considering the raw materials used to produce finished product. All major forms of convective and radiant methods of heat transfer for drying and/or curing are presented. Though theory is included, emphasis is placed on practical problem solving techniques for the plant engineer. This popular and informative course has been attended by hundreds of students.


Anyone working with web processing and converting machinery can benefit from this unique course. This includes product/process designers, process engineers, QA, sales/service, maintenance and lead operators. Those converters involved in the manufacture of release liners, pressure sensitive tapes and labels, presentation media and graphics arts films and papers, photo-based and resist films, and specialty and premium coated papers and laminates will find this course useful as to how to best coat, cure, handle and convey their base web materials from an unwind through the coater and dryer to the winder. The course is vital to manufacturers and converters of web products and also extremely useful for machine builders, component suppliers and material suppliers.

Guy Gooding consults on drying process and applications within the paper, converting and related industries. He has worked as senior applications engineer and technical director for Megtec Systems, Thermo Electron and other major dryer manufacturers. He graduated with a BS degree from Kettering University in industrial engineering and business. He has over twenty years experience in drying and has served on TAPPI's Coating Process Committee. His recent consulting work has included evaluating waste heat recovery from dryer exhaust for energy savings on paper mill dryers, facilitating operator training and dryer tuning on saturated medical products lines and designing integral web transport systems through high temperature adhesives ovens. Mr. Gooding has taught, co-directed and continually updated this course since 1995.

Chuck Lincoln is the North American sales manager for Mahlo America, a German based company that manufacturers Quality Control Systems – online, scanning and stationary coat weight, basis weight, moisture and thickness measurement and control equipment. He was formerly the Coating Systems Business Group Manager for Black Clawson’s Converting Machinery Division. He is a degreed mechanical engineer with a BSME from Syracuse University . His career has involved service as a project engineer, applications engineer and in project sales and management. He has also worked in the machine drive systems sales and applications at MagneTek and Electro-Flyte. Mr. Lincoln has authored several articles for industry magazines and journals and has taught, directed and continually updated this course since 1990.

For registration information, please make a selection below:

May 14-15, 2008 - Chicago, IL
December 3-4, 2008 - Charlotte, NC