Plasma & Flame Treating Buyers Guide for Plastics

Learn how to successfully evaluate and integrate the best surface treatment technology for your unique applications. Our expert panel reveals industry best practices: See what Enercon customers are saying “Enercon has provided us with some great tools to help us improve our operations. They are very dedicated to ensuring our success and supporting the quality…

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Creating Strong Bonds using UV Curing & Plasma Treatment

UV curing experts OmniCure® by Excelitas Technologies and the plasma treating pros from Enercon Industries share an insightful webinar on the best practices when using curable coatings, inks and adhesives. As applications continue to expand for these technologies in the assembly, microelectronics, medical, optics and plastics industries, it is imperative to gain an understanding of…

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Pretreatment Solutions for Improving Adhesion in Electronics Applications

Tech Paper Electronics Pretreatment

Blown ion plasma and flame plasma are effective and repeatable treatment methods that take the guesswork out of electronics manufacturing bonding processes. It is imperative that manufacturers protect these electronics from moisture, corrosion, contamination, static, and mechanical shock. To prevent damage, electronics such as printed circuit boards (PCBs) are typically protected with coatings. Additional protection…

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Analysis of New Flame Treatment Technology for Surface Modification and Adhesion Promotion

ABSTRACT Surface treatment technologies are commonly used to enhance the adhesion potential of base flexible packaging substrates for the application of performance adhesives, coatings and inks. The relationship between ribbon burner flame treatment technology and enhanced velocity (EV) port burner technology, and the degree of surface modification for adhesion promotion, is compared. Results showed that…

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Dyne Level Does Not Guarantee Surface Adhesion

Adhesive failure illustration

Dyne levels are a great indicator of your chance for adhesion success. But dyne level does not guarantee adhesion. Let’s look at a few factors that affect adhesion results. These include coating and material compatibility, surface energy, process variables, material variables and ultimately bonding requirements such as entanglement. Coating (ink, adhesive, paint, etc…) and material…

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How Flame Control Systems Optimize Treatment

flame burner close up

Flame is the world’s original surface treater and is commonly used on extrusion coating lines, paperboard processing and foil cleaning applications. If you haven’t considered a flame treater in some time you will be surprised at today’s advanced combustion control options and new high velocity burners that deliver effective and repeatable treatment. Managing the chemistry…

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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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Surface Treating Lab Samples Frequently Asked Questions Video

lab technician recording surface treating lab results

This video explains how easy it is to have Enercon test samples in our surface treating laboratory. Atmospheric plasma and flame treatment technologies are used to help you determine which solution is best for your application. Lab testing is a free service offered by Enercon. Surface Treaters are widely used to clean, etch and functionalize…

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