A die for coating an insulating liquid may include a die body configured to be positioned on a current collector with a certain space and discharge an insulating liquid; and a discharge portion configured to be formed on one surface where the insulating liquid of the die body is discharged, and form a discharge path and a discharge port where the insulating liquid is discharged, wherein the discharge portion includes a first discharge portion positioned at a front region side of a coating direction of the insulating liquid, and a second discharge portion positioned at a rear region side of the coating direction of the insulating liquid, an insulating liquid discharge path is formed between the first discharge portion and the second discharge portion, and an insulating liquid discharge port is formed between an end of the first discharge portion and an end of the second discharge portion.

A slot die shim for use with a slot die, the slot die shim including a first channel configured to receive a first coating, a second channel configured to receive a second coating, and a third channel configured to receive a third coating. The slot die shim simultaneously dispenses the first coating through the first channel, the second coating through the second channel, and the third coating through the third channel onto a substrate. The coatings can be applied at different flow rates and include different test reagents. A vacuum force is applied to the first, second, and third coatings to control a width and a thickness of each of the coatings and a gap or distance between the coatings. The first, second, and third coatings are placed near one another or directly in contact with one another to minimize the area required for the coatings.

A method of coating an active material for a secondary battery according to one embodiment of the present disclosure is a method of coating an active material on an electrode current collector of a secondary battery, the method comprising the steps of: disposing a guide member on each of the left and right sides based on a moving direction of the electrode current collector, and coating the active material onto the electrode current collector between the two guide members.

Provided is a multi-slot die coater with reduced structural vulnerability to deformation and twist in the multi-slot die coater basically including three die blocks. The multi-slot die coater according to the present disclosure is a multi-slot die coater including a first slot and a second slot to extrude and coat a coating solution on a surface of a continuously moving substrate through at least one of the first slot or the second slot, and includes a first outer die block, an intermediate die block and a second outer die block. The multi-slot die coater includes a bolt fastened at contact surfaces between the first outer die block, the intermediate die block and the second outer die block, the bolt being at such an angle that a bolt head faces a first exit port and a second exit port.

A roll map of an electrode coating process includes a roll map bar and a representation part. The roll map bar is displayed on a screen in synchronization with movement of an electrode between an unwinder and a rewinder while being coated with an electrode slurry in a roll-to-roll state. The roll map bar is displayed in the form of a bar by simulating the electrode in the roll-to-roll state. The representation part is configured to visually show either one of or both quality-related and defect-related acquired data associated with the electrode coating process. The acquired data is shown at a certain location on the roll map bar corresponding to a location in the electrode at which the data is measured. A roll map of an electrode coating process is generated by a process. A roll map of an electrode coating process is generated by a system.

A method for manufacturing an electrode for secondary battery, including a pressing process in which a load is applied to an electrode active material slurry when the solid content of the electrode active material slurry is 70 wt % to 98 wt % during the process of drying the electrode active material slurry coated as one or more layers on a current collector. An apparatus for manufacturing the same is also provided.

Provided are a cleaning cavity series for extrusion type coating, and a cleaning method. The cleaning cavity series for extrusion type coating includes a plurality of cleaning cavities, where the plurality of cleaning cavities form the cleaning cavity series, each of the plurality of cleaning cavities is provided with an inner cavity body, a cleaning cavity opening portion in communication with the inner cavity body is disposed on a side portion of each of the plurality of cleaning cavities, and cross-section outlines of the inner cavity bodies of the plurality of cleaning cavities are a series of curves with an equal chord length. The cleaning method includes: S1: evaluating an envelope line of a slurry that overflows from a lip portion of a coating head, and selecting one cleaning cavity from a cleaning cavity series to ensure that an enveloped area of the envelope line accounts for 30%-70% of the sectional area of an inner cavity body of the selected cleaning cavity; and S2: selecting a static cleaning method or a dynamic cleaning method to perform a cleaning operation on the coating head using the selected cleaning cavity from the cleaning cavity series. The cleaning cavity series for extrusion type coating, and the cleaning method using same have the advantages of having a simple structure, being convenient to apply, being low in implementation cost, and improving the cleaning effect, the coating quality and the production efficiency.

A method of manufacturing a formed body for an electrode includes: preparing an electrode material; placing a shape retaining member having an rectangular tubular shape with one opening portion L thereof facing down, and supplying the electrode material into the shape retaining member from the other opening portion M thereof, and discharging the electrode material onto a support from the opening portion L while relatively moving the opening portion L and the support, to form a film, a bulk density D.sub.1 of the electrode material in the first step and a bulk density D.sub.2 of the electrode material at the opening portion L satisfying a relationship of D.sub.2/D.sub.1=1.1 to 30, and a width T.sub.1 of the opening portion L in a short side direction and a distance T.sub.2 between the end portion X of the opening portion L and the support satisfying a relationship of width T.sub.1>distance T.sub.2.

Disclosed is a coating apparatus for producing an electrode, which has a reduced defect rate in the coating process. The coating apparatus includes a die unit having an inlet through which the electrode slurry is introduced and an inner space for accommodating the introduced electrode slurry; a shim unit mounted in the die unit and configured to form an outlet together with the die unit so that the electrode slurry is discharged therethrough; and a cover member configured to surround an outer surface of the die unit and the shim unit so that the electrode slurry is not leaked at the outer surface, except for the outlet.

The present invention provides a preform coating device (5) provided with: a rotating and holding part (9) that holds a preform (1) in a horizontal direction, and rotates the preform (1) about an axis (A) of the preform (1); and a dispenser (6) that has a slot (62) and discharges a coating liquid in a plane form from the slot (62) to the preform (1), wherein the discharge direction of the coating liquid is the direction of the normal to an outer peripheral surface of the preform (1).