Evaporation apparatus for depositing material on a flexible substrate and method therefore

An evaporation system comprising an evaporation apparatus and an oil printing module configured for printing a patterned oil layer on a flexible substrate, the evaporation apparatus being an evaporation apparatus for depositing material on a flexible substrate supported by a processing drum, the evaporation apparatus comprising:

• a first set of evaporation crucibles aligned in a first line along a first direction for generating a cloud of evaporated material to be deposited on the flexible substrate;
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• a gas supply pipe coupled to an actuator, the gas supply pipe extending in the first direction and being arranged between an evaporation crucible of the first set of evaporation crucibles and the processing drum,
• wherein the gas supply pipe comprises a plurality of outlets for providing a gas supply directed into the cloud of evaporated material, and
• wherein a position of the plurality of outlets is adjustable for changing a position of the gas supply directed into the cloud of evaporated material,
• wherein the position of the gas supply is adjustable by relocating the gas supply pipe within a plane being perpendicular to the first direction relative to an initial position of the gas supply pipe and by rotating the gas supply pipe around a longitudinal axis of the gas supply pipe.

An evaporation apparatus for depositing material on a substrate, comprising:

• a first set of evaporation crucibles aligned in a first line along a first direction for generating evaporated material;
• and
• a gas supply pipe coupled to an actuator configured to move the gas supply pipe, the gas supply pipe being arranged between an evaporation crucible of the first set of evaporation crucibles and a substrate,
• the actuator being configured to relocated the gas supply pipe within a plane perpendicular to the first direction and configured to rotate the gas supply pipe about a longitudinal axis of the gas supply pipe.