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Plasma Treater Is Designed for Wide Coverage and High Speeds

The system can treat a path up to 1 inch wide.

October 3, 2025

GERMANTOWN, WI—The Blown-ion 250 from Enercon Industries Corp. is a high-powered plasma treater that provides uniform treatment at widths up to 1 inch in a single pass. It is ideal for cleaning, etching and functionalizing plastic, metal and composite surfaces to improve surface wettability and bonding with adhesives, form-in-place gaskets, paints, coatings and inks.

Effects of Plasma Treatment on Bonding CFRP

By removing surface contaminants, plasma treatment can improve the bondability of CFRP.

Chengcheng Sun

August 2, 2022

Thanks to their strength, corrosion resistance and formability, carbon fiber-reinforced polymers (CFRP) are increasingly being used for automotive and aerospace structures. Adhesives are ideal for assembling CFRP.

Surface Treatments Ensure Adhesion Consistency on Laminate Furniture

Jim Camillo

November 9, 2018

As a senior research scientist at Sauder Woodworking Co. in Archbold, OH, John Beck has dealt with many surface treatment challenges.

Surface Treatments Improve Adhesion to Composites

Mark Plantier

September 21, 2017

A variety of in-line surface treatment technologies are available to promote adhesion in thermoset and thermoplastic composites.

Improving Printability of Wire and Cable

By raising surface polarity, atmospheric plasma treatments optimize the adhesion properties of insulation materials.

Rory A. Wolf

April 1, 2013

Wire and cable insulation is typically made from thermoplastics, thermosets or fibrous coatings such as fiberglass and fiber-braiding. Unfortunately for manufacturers, inks and coatings do not print or bond well to most of these materials when using standard techniques.

Bonding Breakthrough for Polyolefins

John Sprovieri

August 1, 2012

A new adhesive can bond low-surface-energy plastics without the need for surface preparation.

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