Most polymeric materials have a low surface energy and therefore poor wettability. In addition to appropriate cleaning and adhesive or coating selection, pretreatment to increase the surface energy and the associated improvement in wettability is absolutely necessary for durable bonding or coating. In addition to a UV/ozone system and low-pressure plasma, the IPF also has an atmospheric pressure plasma system available as a pre-treatment process.

Contact:

Dr. Anett Müller
Andre Knapp
Tino Riske

• Openair®-Plasma unit from Plasmatreat GmbH
• System FG 5001 with rotating nozzle, flat nozzles, plasma polymerisation nozzle and a 3-axis robot
• Pretreatment options by cleaning and activating surfaces for coating and bonding
• Deposition of organosilicon plasma polymer layers (hydrophobic, hydrophilic) as adhesion promoter or as barrier layer for different applications

Plasma rotary nozzle and plasma flat nozzle

Different nozzles for layer deposition

• Low-pressure plasma system SmartPlasma from plasma technology GmbH
• For cleaning and etching of small plastic and metal surfaces
• Pretreatment and activation of plastic and metal surfaces for subsequent coating, bonding or other further processing

SmartPlasma from plasma technology GmbH

• Ultra-Violet/Ozone Cleaner from Novascan Technologies, Inc., PSD Pro Series
• Cleaning and activation of surfaces
• Powerful mercury vapour lamp for UV generation
• Use of ambient air or ozone enriched air from an additional external ozone generator

UV/Ozon Cleaner from Novascan Technologies