Gravure Coating and Imprinting in Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing Processes

Hewlett-Packard Company Global, 2006-07

Liaison(s): Albert Jeans, Carl Tausig
Advisor(s): Anthony Bright (HMC), Orlando Ruiz (UPRM University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez)
Students(s): Philip Cheung (HMC), Jakob Spjut (HMC), Christina Tang (HMC), Luis Acevedo (UPRM), Wilfredo Mercado (UPRM), Aisha Nieves (UPRM)

Hewlett Packard tasked the 2006 Global Clinic team with determining the feasibility of developing computational fluid dynamic (CFD) models of flows associated with an innovative roll-to-roll transistor production process. To aid optimization of the roll-to-roll process, simulations of coating and imprinting processes using Flow3D, a commercially available CFD modeling package, are desired. These models will facilitate stamp design for the imprinting process and assist in determining feasible throughput conditions for large-scale production.