ESTIMATED COATING COST FORMULAS (USE CHART BELOW FOR MILS)
ESTIMATED COATING USAGE FORMULAS (USE CHART BELOW FOR MILS)
Application Recommendation* | Thickness | Coat Weight (weight/area) | ||||||
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Flexo | Screen Mesh | mils | microns | lbs/1000 in2 | lbs/1000 ft2 | lbs/3000 ft2 | grm/meter2 | |
line count (lpi) | cell vol (BCM) | (plain weave) | (lbs/MSI) | (lbs/MSF) | (lbs/ream) | (gsm) | ||
400 - 600H | 2 - 4 | 0.05 | 1.27 | 0.0019 | 0.28 | 0.84 | 1.37 | |
200 - 400H | 4 - 8 | 0.1 | 2.54 | 0.0039 | 0.56 | 1.68 | 2.74 | |
120 - 200H | 8 - 15 | 0.15 | 3.81 | 0.0054 | 0.84 | 2.52 | 4.11 | |
100Q - 120H | 15 - 25 | 450 - 500 | 0.2 | 5.08 | 0.0078 | 1.12 | 3.37 | 5.48 |
85 - 100Q | 25 - 35 | 400 - 450 | 0.25 | 6.35 | 0.0097 | 1.4 | 4.21 | 6.85 |
65 - 85Q | 35 - 40 | 350 - 400 | 0.3 | 7.62 | 0.0117 | 1.68 | 5.05 | 8.22 |
50 - 65Q | 40 - 45 | 300 - 350 | 0.35 | 8.89 | 0.0136 | 1.96 | 5.89 | 9.59 |
45 - 50Q | 45 - 50 | 250 - 300 | 0.4 | 10.2 | 0.0156 | 2.24 | 6.73 | 11 |
60 - 70T | 50 - 55 | 220 - 270 | 0.45 | 11.4 | 0.0175 | 2.52 | 7.57 | 12.3 |
50 - 60T | 55 - 60 | 200 - 250 | 0.5 | 12.7 | 0.0194 | 2.81 | 8.42 | 13.7 |
40 - 60T | 60 - 70 | 180 - 230 | 0.6 | 15.2 | 0.0234 | 3.37 | 10.1 | 16.4 |
40 - 60T | > 70 | 160 - 210 | 0.7 | 17.9 | 0.0273 | 3.93 | 11.8 | 19.2 |
40 - 60T | > 70 | 140 - 190 | 0.8 | 20.3 | 0.0312 | 4.49 | 13.5 | 21.9 |
40 - 60T | > 70 | 120 - 170 | 0.9 | 22.9 | 0.0351 | 5.05 | 15.1 | 24.7 |
40 - 60T | > 70 | 100 - 150 | 1 | 25.4 | 0.039 | 5.61 | 16.8 | 27.4 |
Coverage | |||
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MSI/lb | MSI/gal | ft2/lb | ft2/gal |
513 | 4620 | 3560 | 32000 |
257 | 2310 | 1780 | 16000 |
171 | 1540 | 1190 | 10700 |
128 | 1150 | 893 | 8040 |
103 | 927 | 714 | 6430 |
85.5 | 770 | 595 | 5360 |
73.3 | 660 | 510 | 4590 |
64.2 | 578 | 446 | 4010 |
57 | 513 | 397 | 3570 |
51.3 | 462 | 356 | 3200 |
42.8 | 385 | 297 | 2670 |
36.7 | 330 | 254 | 2290 |
32.1 | 289 | 223 | 2010 |
28.5 | 257 | 198 | 1780 |
25.7 | 231 | 178 | 1600 |