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Liquid transfer from single cavities to rotating rolls

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 April 2014

Diego M. Campana  and
Marcio S. Carvalho
Diego M. Campana
Affiliation:
Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Química (INTEC-CONICET), Güemes 3450, Santa Fe (3000), República Argentina Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RIO), Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22453-900, Brazil
Marcio S. Carvalho*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RIO), Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22453-900, Brazil
*
†Email address for correspondence: msc@puc-rio.br
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Abstract

In this work we study computationally the dynamics of a liquid bridge formed between a two-dimensional trapezoidal cavity, which represents an axisymmetric cell or a plane groove engraved in a roll, and a moving plate. The flow is a model of the liquid transfer process in gravure printing systems. The considered plate kinematics represents the actual motion of a roll-to-roll system, which includes extension, shear and rotation relative to the cavity. The fluid flow is modelled by solving the Stokes equations, discretized with the finite element method; the evolving free surfaces are accommodated by employing a pseudosolid mesh deforming algorithm. The results show that as the roll radius is reduced, thus increasing the lateral and rotational motions of the top plate relative to the cavity, a larger volume of liquid is transferred to the plate. However, due to lateral displacement of the contact lines, special care must be taken concerning the wettability properties of the substrate to avoid errors in the pattern fidelity. The predictions also show a strong nonlinear behaviour of the liquid fraction extracted from a cavity as a function of the capillary number. At high capillary numbers the fluid dynamics is mainly controlled by the extensional motion due to the strong contact line pinning. However, at low values of the capillary number, the contact lines have higher mobility and the liquid fraction primarily depends on the lateral and rotational plate velocity. These mechanisms tend to drag the fluid outside the cavity and increase the liquid fraction transferred to the plate, as has been observed in experiments.

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Interfacial Flows (free surface): Contact lines Interfacial Flows (free surface): Liquid bridges
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 747 , 25 May 2014 , pp. 545 - 571
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© 2014 Cambridge University Press 

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