Wire Bar Coaters allow users to quickly and easily fine-tune coating thickness without changing the chemical composition of the coating material or making time-consuming and costly changeovers.
Wet coating thickness can be accurately predicted to within tenths of a mil (0.0001"). Rod selection charts allow coaters to consider coating weight and percent solids when selecting the proper rod size for each production run.
The wire wound rod market has grown rapidly over the past few decades as they provide predictable, accurate coatings time after time at the lowest cost. While the technology dates back nearly a century, today's high-quality materials, multi-wire designs, and special wire surfaces make the system more popular than ever.
In the 1900s, a coater made by Charles Mayer was the first to use a wire-wound rod to make stencil and carbon paper. Many coaters still refer to them as "Mayer Bars".
