| 摘要 |
There is provided a coating apparatus in which the path lines of a portion of, or the entire coating apparatus can be flexibly changed to address changes of the raw material of the product, the number of coatings applied, the web surface to be coated, or the like. A coating apparatus 1 according to the present invention comprises: a supply zone 3 having a supply roll 11 that feeds out a web T; a coating zone 5 having a coating part 12 that applies a coating liquid; a drying zone 7 that dries the coating liquid; and a winding zone 9 having a winding roll 17 that takes up the web T by winding. In the coating zone 5, at least one feed roll 18 and the coating part 12 are arranged in a rectangular-cuboidally delimited space 21 in order to form a single entire coating unit 6. The coating unit 6 is configured so that the exit or entry of the web T is enabled through any of four imaginary planes 21a to 21d surrounding the peripheral surface of the feed roll 18. |
