Performance Plasma Surface Treater Is Further Enhanced

Enercon’s second-generation plasma surface treater is now available for lab testing, consignments and for sale. Enercon’s original Blown-ion 500 plasma treater is said to have broken new barriers with its ability to provide wide, high and uniform treatment levels at process speeds never before possible with inline plasma technology. The company’s new generation has been designed to offer an expanded operating window.

The Blown-ion 500 uses a MultiPorT plasma head design which produces an intense blown ion plasma discharge up to two inches wide. The plasma cleans, etches and functionalizes surfaces to improve adhesion of adhesives, inks, paints and coatings. Explains Enercon business development director Wilson Lee, “Maintaining a consistent plasma simultaneously over six separate plasma discharge ports requires precision control with the ability to accommodate for variations in customer-supplied input power, compressed air and operating environments, all of which can all place stress on system components. Through a rigorous development process, we’ve identified new materials for system components which have proven to be more resilient in accommodating a wider variety of operating conditions.”

Enercon’s technology is often used to replace expensive and hazardous primers as well as inefficient mechanical and manual surface preparation techniques. Applications for the treatment of plastics, metals and glass can be found in a wide variety of industries (automotive, aerospace, consumer goods, electronics, medical, window/door) that require improved adhesion for assembly, printing and decorating applications.