Forced wetting with hydrodynamic assist on gravure print cylinders (C01)

• Subject Area: Engineering Design, Machine Elements, Product Development
• Term: since 2016
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 265191195

The project investigates wetting and dewetting in gravure printing. Building on the previous results, the use of data-driven modeling approaches will be intensified in funding period 3 in order to achieve an even better under-standing of pattern formation in the printing gap. In particular, the various classes of fluid splitting are to be described using specific physical models in order to enable even more precise predictions of pattern formation in the printed layer. This will enable the technical optimization of the gravure printing process for special applications and new possibilities for process control.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1194: Interaction between Transport and Wetting Processes
• Applicant Institution: Technische Universität Darmstadt
• Project Heads: Professor Dr.-Ing. Edgar Dörsam, until 6/2024; Pauline Rothmann-Brumm