Openair-Plasma®
in the International Press

A team of students from KU Leuven University in Belgium treated the CFRP components of their new solar racing car with Openair® plasma. This resulted not only in a faster bonding process but also in saving a great deal of weight. The leading German plastics journal KUNSTSTOFF MAGAZIN (10/2015) has the report.

www.kunststoff-magazin.de

Bonding instead of lamination - Plasma makes CFRP solar car lighter

At the plant of a South-German automotive supplier the instrument panel of the Audi Q5 is treated mask-free with Openair®plasma. You can read about this application and several other advantages of the plasma treatment in annual German magazine KUNSTSTOFFTECHNIK 2015.

Pin-point precision — true-to-contour, mask-free pretreatment in automobile construction

Whether for the pretreatment of electronic mini-contacts for LED lights or for large surfaces in the automotive and aviation industries – atmospheric pressure plasma has enormous potential for growth. Georg Schätzl, chief editor of the German specialist metal magazine BBR and Plasmatreat CEO Christian Buske met to discuss this topic for the BBR „FUTURE Special" (9/2015).

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‘We love lightweight construction’ – Openair® plasma for metals

Many aspects of UV coatings that provide attractive benefits to users also present formidable impediments to proper adhesion. The US magazine PLASTICS DECORATING (2015/7-8) examines the problems and reveals how they can be solved by using atmospheric pressure plasma.

www.plasticsdecorating.com

Improving the Adhesion of UV-Curable Coatings to Plastics

When the adhesive joint failed the climatic test, despite initially appearing to bond reliably, a South German automotive supplier decided to use atmospheric plasma for the bonding process of the sensitive PET touch foil applied to the new polycarbonate 3D control panel. The Swiss journal POLYSURFACES (3(5)/2015) has the full case study.

www.polymedia.ch/OP/index

Plasma ensures bubble-free foil adhesion in car manufacture

When it comes to achieving safe and stable adhesion of coatings and bondings on aircraft parts made of plastic, metal and composite, atmospheric pressure plasma has become the green and cost-saving pretreatment alternative to conventional methods. The American journal PRODUCTS FINISHING (2015/6) reports on the details.

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Sustainable Pretreatment with Atmospheric Pressure Plasma

A team of Italian researchers has developed and patented a revolutionary new impregnation process which uses atmospheric plasma technology to bring about a sixfold increase in the amount of adsorbable wax on the running surface of racing skis. ICT (IPCM / ICT Industrial Cleaning Technologies 6/2015) reports on all the details.
ipcm® Industrial Cleaning Technologies no. 7, pp. 36-41, May/June 2015, ©ipcm

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Plasma for spectacular results

To achieve the required corrosion protection and long-term stable adhesion on aircraft surfaces there is an environmentally friendly and process reliable method. Openair® atmospheric pressure plasma is currently undergoing intensive testing in the aircraft construction industry. IST (4/2015), the international journal for surface technology, reports on the different application possibilities.

The original publication is available at springerprofessional.de

www.jot-oberflaeche.de/International+Surface+Technology.html

Plasma for Aviation and Aerospace Industries

An innovative process brings about a sixfold increase in the amount of adsorbable wax on the sintered UHMWPE running surface of racing skis. In the "PlasmaSki" process, Openair®-Plasma is used in a first step on the running surface of the ski for fine-cleaning the molecular structure of the UHMWPE, and then in a second step for the nano-coating, which strengthens the walls of the cells. For more information visit PLASTICS TECHNOLGY – online (2015/02).
www.ptonline.com/articles/applications-plasma-ski-patent-a-game-changer-for-skiing

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Plasma Ski Patent: A Game Changer For Skiing

By using the Plasmatreat technologies Openair®-Plasma and PlasmaPlus the Italian science center Environment Park has succeeded in filing a patent application for a new sensational impregnation process for race skies. The German technical journal KUNSTSTOFFE-INTERNATIONAL („Plastics-International", 1/2015) reports on all the details.

www.kunststoffe-international.com

Plasma makes skis fly - New impregnation process for race skis