Thursday, August 19, 2021

Film Width Measurement on R2R Process

 


In the field of electronic devices, Roll-to-Roll (R2R) processing is a method of producing flexible and large-area electronic devices on a roll of plastic film or metal foil.

R2R is a family of manufacturing techniques involving continuous processing of a flexible substrate that is transferred between two moving rolls of material in which additive processes can be used to build film structures in a continuous manner.

R2R is an important class of substrate-based manufacturing processes applied nowadays for EV market lithium-ion battery (LIB) such as:

  • Metal foil (aluminium and copper) manufacturing
  • Plastic film for separator production
  • Printed/Flexible thin-film batteries electrodes (cathode and anode)