Flame Treatment of Automotive Dashboard Improves Foam Adhesion Video

Enercon partnered with Midwest Engineering to develop a production ready flame treatment system for an automotive dashboard supplier. The goal of the system is to increase the receptiveness of the EVA dashboard surface to an adhesive which will hold foam padding in place. Enercon’s flame treater is integrated with a robot for precise treatment patterns…

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Robotic Integration of Flame Treatment for Automotive Assembly Video

Enercon’s Flame treater is used by automotive manufacturers for a variety of applications such as bumpers, dashboards, consoles, glove boxes and air bags. The flame treater cleans the surface of contaminates to improve adhesion prior to applying an adhesive, paint or coating. For this project, Enercon’s Flame treater was integrated by MWES with an ABB robot. It…

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Improving Folding Carton Bond Strength Video

Enercon folding carton customers are currently using the blow ion plasma technology to clean, etch and functionalize surfaces of folding cartons. These materials include: polycoated, polybacked, virgin kraft board, specially coated materials, UV lacquered surfaces and recyclable materials. As a result of surface treating folding cartions prior to applying the adhesive, manufacturers are able to improve bond strength, increase line…

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How Plasma & Flame Surface Treating Works – Explainer Video

Sam is a Quality Engineer at Stick-It Inc. and he is having trouble with the adhesive bonding and printing of his manufactured parts. The adhesives won’t stick and the ink rubs off! He needs to find a solution quick and decides to call Enercon for help. Follow Sam through his journey of discovering how plasma…

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Demonstration of Robotic Integration of Blown-ion Plasma Surface Treating

Enercon engineers integrated this multi axis robot for a plasma treating displayed at the KSHOW in Germany. The system treated plastic terminal connectors for ink jet printing, an automotive head lamp for bonding, and a gasket for adhesive assembly. Precise treatment paths and the ability to turn the treatment head on and off are all…

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