Custom Web Converting & Material Handling Solutions
Innovative Machine Corporation designs and builds high-performance coating, calendering, laminating, slitting, and material handling systems — custom-engineered for your process, your materials, and your production requirements.
Core Converting Equipment
From standalone machines to fully integrated production lines — every system custom-engineered at our facility in Birmingham, Alabama.
Coating machines
Slot die, comma, reverse roll, gravure, knife-over-roll, hot melt. Precision fluid coating for battery electrodes, pharmaceutical films, display coatings, and more.
Calender machines
High-compression precision calendering for battery electrodes, PTFE, filtration media, plastics, and paper processing. Tabletop to full production scale.
Laminating machines
Nip lamination, hot roll, and vacuum lamination for multi-layer film, foil, and functional material structures.
Slitting machines
Shear, razor, crush cut, and score slitting for film, foil, paper, and coated materials with precision web handling.
Dryers
Multi-zone convection, flotation, IR, and UV drying systems. Independent temperature control, HEPA filtration, NMP-rated options.
Winders
Turret, center, surface, and duplex winding. Auto splice, precision tension, and accumulator options.
Industries we serve
Every industry brings its own engineering challenges, and IMC has been solving them since 1948.
Battery & energy storage
Complete electrode manufacturing: coating, calendering, slitting, drying — integrated or standalone. NMP-rated. 24/7 production.
Medical & pharmaceutical
Transdermal patches, medical films, drug delivery systems. cGMP-ready, 21 CFR Part 11, cleanroom compatible.
Printed electronics
Conductive inks, functional films, sensors. Precision coating with contamination control.
Display & optical
Anti-reflection, hard coats, barrier films. Defect-free coating where every imperfection is visible.
Filtration & membranes
Polymer casting and coating where the coating process defines the membrane performance.
Packaging & converting
Adhesives, barriers, release coatings, laminates. Production-speed converting for film, foil, and paper.
Lab & pilot systems
Validate your process before committing to production. IMC offers lab and pilot-scale coaters, calenders, and slitters, built to production precision and incorporating the flexibility process development requires.
Our in-house laboratory in Birmingham is available for coating trials, calendering tests, and process optimization with your materials and formulations.
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Standard machines & products
Defined lab, pilot, and production models plus drop-in products — published specifications, built on our custom-engineering heritage, 100% US-made.
Standard calenders
Lab, pilot, and production models. Closed-loop gap to 1 µm, line loads to 418 metric tons.
See models →Lab powder mill
Solvent-free dry electrode process development — powder to free-standing film.
Explore →IMC EdgeSet™
Upstream edge pretreatment that mitigates electrode edge waviness at its source.
Explore →Material handling & conveyors
Efficient material handling is critical to productivity, safety, and consistency. IMC designs and builds custom conveyor systems, lift tables, turntables, transfer stations, and automated loading solutions — engineered for your facility layout and throughput requirements.
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Complete integrated manufacturing lines
Coating + drying + calendering + lamination + slitting + inspection + material handling — all engineered as a unified system with coordinated controls.
Explore integrated systems →Why IMC is different
100% US manufactured
Designed and built in Birmingham, AL. Engineering, machining, fabrication, assembly, and testing under one roof.
75+ years of experience
From magnetic tape in the 1950s to battery electrodes today. Decades solving the hardest converting problems.
Uncompromising accountability
We stand by our work. Proactive accountability to ensure every machine operates to the standard we engineered.
Lifetime partnership
Service and support for the entire operational life of your machine — not just the warranty period.