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Plasma Treatment Station with Automated, Inline Validation - The Surface Analyst XA

Automating the world's most powerful and reliable surface quality inspection technology has opened the doors for exciting collaborations. Our partners at PVA have integrated surface cleanliness measurement via the Surface Analyst XA, before and after using Plasmatreat's atmospheric plasma system,...

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Webinar: Uncovering and Controlling Non-obvious Variables in Surface Preparation of Polymers to Maximize Adhesion

Updated April 2023 Preparation of polymers for adhesion includes processes like corona, flame and plasma treatment. These can be very effective if implemented with proper process control feedbacks. However, they don’t always translate into reliable manufacturing processes. Failure analysis has...

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Webinar: Additive Blooming - Origins, Detection, and Control in Polymer Processing

Updated April 2023 Most polymers contain many non-polymeric components intended to stabilize, toughen, color and lubricate the final product. Certain classes of these additives are capable of migrating to the surface. This additive migration can create a surface that has a composition very...

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Materials Library: Flame Treatment on Polymers

Watch how flame treatment of polymers affects how ready your polymer surface is for additional processing. When it comes to preparing polymers for painting, printing, coating, sealing or bonding, there's an optimal level of treatment, and the Surface Analyst shows how overtreatment can negatively...

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Materials Library: Corona Treatment on Polypropylene Film

Welcome to the Brighton Science Materials Library series. In this series, we use the Surface Analyst to demonstrate how the surface quality of material changes based on common surface preparation processes. We also give typical contact angle measurements before and after processing to give a...

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Webinar: How to Control the Surface Properties of Thermoplastics to Maximize Adhesion

Updated April 2023 The success of bonding and printing to thermoplastics depends on effective control of a remarkably thin zone on the surface of a polymer.

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