What Plasma Treating Does to a Surface Video Animation
Plasma Treatment cleaning, etching and functionalizing Atmospheric plasma treatment is used by manufacturers, converters and packagers to improve surface energy and adhesion. The animations below show how the process effectively functionalizes surfaces. These treatment systems diffuse reactive gases toward the surface under the influence of electrical fields. Low molecular weight materials such as water, absorbed…
Read MoreHow 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…
Read MoreChampion Plastics Adds Enercon Plasma Surface Treater & Helps GM Increase Fuel Efficiency
This remarkable project enabled Champion Plastics to improve operational efficiency and quality, optimize employee utilization and safety and significantly reduce operational costs. When Champion Plastics earned a high-volume program from GM, the company was ecstatic. At the time, they didn’t realize the project would lead them down a path of innovation culminating with a prestigious…
Read MoreClean & Remove Surface Contaminates with Atmospheric Plasma (Video Demonstration)
Atmospheric plasma surface treaters promote adhesion by removing organic and inorganic surface contaminants. This example demonstrates atmospheric plasma’s ability to micro-etch or clean without damaging the integrity of the surface. Enercon’s Blown-ion plasma treater treats both conductive and non-conductive surfaces. It can be mounted over the production line or integrated with a robot for more complex…
Read MoreDemonstration 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…
Read MoreBlown-arc Plasma Surface Treating Animation
Blown-arc air plasma is formed when atmospheric air is blown past two high voltage power electrodes. The electrical discharge positively charges the ion particles. Enercon’s Blown-arc plasma treaters clean surfaces by removing organic surface contaminates. This process increases surface energy and promotes adhesion for a wide variety inks, coatings and adhesives.
Read MoreBlown-ion Surface Treating Video Animation
Blown-ion air plasma pushes pressurized air past a single electrode which discharges inside the treater head. The electrode creates positively charged ions in the surrounding air particles. The air pressure then forces the air particles to accelerate of the tip of the head as a high velocity stream of charged ions directed toward the object’s…
Read MorePlasma and Flame Laboratory Surface Analysis
The best way to test the success of surface treatment is to immediately perform the next step in your process after treatment. If field evaluation is not possible, surface treating laboratory trials may be conducted with Enercon’s application engineers. They will test experiments with various plasma and flame treating technologies to determine which may be best for…
Read MoreBeyond Dyne Levels: New Surface Analyzer Provides Insights in Enercon’s Laboratory
Enercon’s laboratory now includes a a KRUSS Mobile Surface Analyzer (MSA) to measure the effects of surface treatment. The MSA measures surface free energy with two liquid. Two parallel drops receive direct analysis of the contact angles and the derived results of the surface free energy. All steps are automated. The results enable well-founded statements…
Read MoreCorona vs. Plasma
Enercon receives many questions about the differences and similarities between corona and plasma surface treating. In all cases, the context of the question is very important as some industries have adopted unique definitions of each term. Technically, plasma is the fourth state of matter produced by the ionization of a gas. And since corona ionizes…
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