Abstract
Near-infrared (NIR) reflection spectroscopy was used for in-line analysis of the conversion and the coating thickness (5-20 μm) of UV-cured clear and pigmented acrylate coatings. The quantitative evaluation of the recorded spectra was carried out by partial least-squares (PLS) regression, in particular with the PLS2 algorithm, which allows simultaneous prediction of both parameters. The efficiency of this method was investigated in roll coating experiments at line speeds up to 100 m min(-1). It was shown that the method is able to compensate for the effect of accidental variations of the coating thickness, which inevitably occur upon changes of the line speed, on the prediction of the conversion. Accordingly, the conversion could be determined with a precision of ±2...3%, whereas the error in the measurement of the thickness was found to be about 0.5-1 μm.
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