SURFACE TREATMENTS WITH PLASMA TECHNOLOGY' APPLICATIONS
Plasma, also called the "fourth state of matter", is the transformation of the state of matter through the introduction of energy,
is obtained by the solicitation of Gas, applied in the processes, it allows to modify surface properties.
Plasma technology is an innovative and effective solution for the treatment of materials and surfaces.It is divided into the two main process' application: the Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Technology and the Vacuum Plasma Technology.
There are a lot of applications in several industrial sectors:
the automotive metalworking industry, the purposes to improve the adhesion of paints, decorations and other coating materials, the textile industry, traditional and specialist, even in the isothermal industry, in the production of filter materials, in the device industry doctors, in the production of optical devices, in the cosmetics and jewelry industry, but even more generally where it is necessary to provide extraordinary surface capacities, including nanometric cleaning operations to improving high resistance to atmospheric agents.
Mainly are:
Modulation of the friction coefficient
Surface cleaning with nano and micro particles
Surface treatment and activation of plastic parts before other applications
Coating of components with PTFE type coatings, barrier coatings, hydrophobic and hydrophilic coatings, friction reducing coatings, etc.
Anti-limestone and unfouling
Protection
Deep Cleaning
Reinforcing and colored coating
Anti-counterfeiting strategies
Smoke and antipollution treatment
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE Plasma Technology is implemented in a system where the process takes place in a normal atmosphere.
The gas, excited by the high voltage,
creating the Plasma.
The reactive particles that composing Plasma jet are expelled from the compressed air by a nozzle system.
In this case, the acceleration of the flow, resulting from the pressure of the compressed air, generates the desired function on the surface being treated.
The effects of this treatment are: activation and precision cleaning, polarization and coating.
Application performance can be influenced in various ways by varying the power and combination of the nozzles, or the parameters of the process such as the speed of the treatment and the distance from the surface of the substrate.
Vacuum Plasma Technology occurs in a system where a vacuum is created in the order of 0.01mBar and,
through a generator, the gas molecules
entered in the process are solicited in order to
create the plasma.
Exposure to the treatment creates chemical-physical reactions on the surface and causes a variation in the material's properties and surface features.
The vacuum system can engage different gases and mixtures (air, oxygen, argon, argon-hydrogen, oxygen-tetrafluoromethane etc.) or surface coatings based of silica or fluorinated polymers.
The effect obtained by the plasma applications
depends by changing the parameters of the process
such as the composition of the mixture
and the flow of gas, the vacuum,
the power of the generator, or the exposure time.
Plasma applications never have limits in terms of size, shape and consistency of the materials but, above all, we can claim that: "any surface is ideal for being subjected to a plasma treatment".
GS-PLASMATECH technology offers a wide range of solutions for the Plasma treatment of surfaces and for several kind of materials.
The industrial applications are endless and most are still and always being tested.
Plasma technology is mainly used to treat the materials before further applications, on the surface or for infinitesimal processing operations.
Being clean so eco-friendly, cheap and versatile technology,
the application to Plasma has allowed multiple developments in all known industrial fields that require the treatment of various materials, even in the state of dust or granules.
Ecology, environmental sustainability, green economy, industry 4.0 are appellations that
GS-PLASMATECH has set as owns global visions and characteristics of its mission.
The use of plasma technologies allows us to carry on this philosophy considering that Plasma Application is a clean technological process and without any kind of waste or dangerous emissions.
Our industrial arrangement favors the sustainable economy and the industrialization of processes in the name of respect for the environment and the recycling of materials.
