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Articles Tagged with ''surface treatment''

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Nordson MARCH Receives New Product Introduction Award

The system is used for plasma applications.
March 9, 2018

Nordson MARCH has received a 2018 New Product Introduction (NPI) award in the Surface Treatment category for its RollVIA™ plasma system.


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Solving Complex Adhesion Problems with Plasma

When traditional chemical adhesives fail to sufficiently bond dissimilar types of materials, engineers often turn to plasma treatments to solve complex adhesion problems
Jeff Elliott
January 1, 2018
Whether bonding metal to plastic, silicon to glass, polymers to other polymers of different durometers, biological content to polymeric microtiter plates or even bonding to polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), plasma can be used to promote adhesion. Adhesion promotion can be achieved by increasing the surface free energy through several mechanisms, including precision cleaning, chemically or physically modifying the surface, increasing surface area by roughening, and primer coatings, according to Michael Barden of PVA TePla, a company that designs and manufactures plasma systems.
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ChemQuest, Plasmatreat Announce Surface Conditioning Collaboration

The ChemQuest Group Inc. and Plasmatreat North America recently announced they have entered into an agreement.
February 1, 2017
Plasmatreat will supply plasma surface conditioning equipment to the ChemQuest Technology Institute.
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RadTech Announces Curable Coatings Webinar

RadTech, in partnership with SUNY-ESF, recently announced it has scheduled a curable coatings webinar.
June 8, 2016
The webinar will be presented by Ryan Schuelke, vice president of Enercon Industries, from 2-3 p.m. EDT on June 22.
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Strategic Solutions: Surface Treatment - A Formulator's Friend for Adhesives, Sealants and Coatings

A well-chosen and implemented solution allows manufacturers—and their customers—to focus on the next challenge.
James (Jim) E. Swope
September 2, 2014

As a supplier, imagine knowing that almost any material was bondable. How much more productive would your work be if you could focus on such factors as environmental resistance, structural strength or cure speed?


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Enercon Sponsors Free Surface Treatment Webinar

July 18, 2014

Adhesives & Sealants Industry and Enercon have partnered to present “Best Practices for Improving Adhesion with Plasma and Flame Surface Treatment.”


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Nordson Reports Improved Adhesion through Plasma Treating

July 11, 2014
Nordson MARCH, a Nordson® company, recently announced that recent studies have shown that plasma treatment of printed circuit boards (PCBs) prior to conformal coating improves the adhesion of the coatings.
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ENERCON: Plasma Treater

April 17, 2014
A new universal atmospheric plasma treater reportedly enables hand-held surface treatment on a variety of materials and applications.
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HENKEL CORP.: Auto-deposition Coating

February 10, 2014
A new water-based reactive auto-deposition coating is now available from this company.
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Surface Treatment Effects

Surface treatments can affect bond strength on hard-to-bond substrates.
Rory Wolf Ann Forcum
October 1, 2013
Although five major bonding mechanisms are associated with adhesion promotion, two primary factors predominately influence the adhesion of any type of polymer to another substrate: chemical surface-to-surface interaction at the molecular level, and the wettability of the adhesive so as to enable surface spreading. Adhesion values can also be influenced by the matrix, or vehicle, that enables surface wet-out.
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