How can you quickly determine if you are achieving the dyne levels you need? The quickest method is through the use of dyne pens. Dyne pens can be used prior to plasma treating and again after treating to determine the effectiveness of your surface treating solution.

How do you determine which pretreatment technology is best for your application? It begins with a proper definition of your application.

Plasma treating is effective at treating a wide range of polymers, elastomers, glass, metals, rubber, foams, non wovens and other composite Pretreatment of extruded, pultruded, molded, thermoformed and thermoset plastics.

In-line plasma treatment improves adhesion for a variety of plasma treatment applications. It increases productivity by eliminating the need for batch processes and eliminates the need for costly and sometimes hazardous chemical primers.

Atmospheric plasma systems are available in a variety of delivery systems for every conceivable application. Surfaces without contour that are processed on roll to roll webs and spools generally have wide (6” to several feet) treatment requirements and are treated with atmospheric plasma and flame plasma systems specifically designed for these applications.

Enercon’s new Dyne-A-Mite™ IT Elite etches, cleans, activates, sterilizes and functionalizes a wide variety of difficult to treat conductive and non conductive material surfaces. Its advanced blown-ion plasma surface treatment is ideal for promoting adhesion for painting, bonding, casting, flocking, labeling, coating, marking, extruding and overmolding applications.

A plasma field is formed when flammable gas and air are combined and combusted to form an intense blue flame.

The ability to produce long lasting treatment results on materials that would be otherwise unresponsive is one of the major advantages of variable chemistry atmospheric plasma.

Air plasma surface treaters use either blown ion or blown arc discharge technology. A key difference between the two atmospheric plasma systems is that blown ion treatment is effective with both conductive and non-conductive surfaces.

If you’ve ever watched ink rub off a printed surface, witnessed the failure of an adhesive to hold two surfaces together, or observed inconsistency in the application of a coating then you’ve seen evidence of low surface energy at work.