*Correspondence: Benjamin C. Church, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, 3200 North Cramer Street, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA e-mail: [email protected] Controlling the wettability between the porous electrode and the electrolyte in lithium-ion batteries can improve both the manufacturing process and the electrochemical performance of the cell. The wetting rate, which is the electrolyte transport ra...

Compressibility of liquid flame spray-deposited porous TiO2 nanoparticle coating was studied on paperboard samples using a traditional calendering technique in which the paperboard is compressed between a metal and polymer roll. Surface superhydrophobicity is lost due to a smoothening effect when the number of successive calendering cycles is increased. Field emission scanning electron microsco...

This study investigated ink penetration through imaging technology, first by gray and contour mapping and then calculating the ink penetration depth by programing. Next, a series of further analyses were carried out, including average ink permeability, ink distributions, and printability of different uncoated inkjet paper with different parameters. The impact on ink penetration of the microstru...

In this study calendering is used as a downstream technique to shape monolithic co-extruded fixed-dose combination products in a continuous way. Co-extrudates with a metoprolol tartrate-loaded sustained-release core and a hydrochlorothiazide-loaded immediate-release coat were produced and immediately shaped into a monolithic drug delivery system via calendering, using chilled rolls with tablet-...

Through tensile tests of uniaxial and planar type, was proceeded to the mechanical characterization of SBR rubber sheets filled with particles of carbon black. The analysis has allowed defining the elastic features, the storage modulus, the transversal contraction coefficient (both obtained from uniaxial testing) and the shear modulus (from the planar/pure shear tests). Due to the calendering p...

Battery cell production is a complex process chain with interlinked manufacturing processes. Calendering in particular has an enormous influence on the subsequent steps and final performance. However, effects mechanical properties of electrode, particular, have been insufficiently investigated. For this reason, impact different densification rates during calendering electrochemical performance ...