Cylinder cleaning

The cylinder is thoroughly cleaned using a range of solvents to remove all contaminants effectively.

Base coat

Multiple base coatings are applied to the cylinder within a controlled clean room environment to ensure precision and maintain quality.

Sub coat

Multiple layers of sub coat are applied to the cylinder within a controlled clean room environment.

Image Coat

A light-sensitive image coating is carefully applied to the cylinder. Multiple layers are added to achieve the required depth of the microstructure with precision.

Imaging

The micro/nano structure is precisely copied from the polymer master on to the cylinder

Curing

The cylinder goes through a curing cycle under the UV Light

Mass Production

The cylinder is mounted onto the UV casting machine, enabling mass production of micro/nano structures with precision and efficiency.

Re-Imaging

After producing 50,000 to 200,000 linear metres of output the cylinder is removed and prepared for a new imaging cycle

Grinding

A grinder is used to remove the existing coating. The cylinder is ready to go to step 1.