Flame Treatment of Automotive Dashboard Improves Foam Adhesion Video
Enercon partnered with Midwest Engineering to develop a production ready flame treatment system for an automotive dashboard supplier. The goal of the system is to increase the receptiveness of the EVA dashboard surface to an adhesive which will hold foam padding in place. Enercon’s flame treater is integrated with a robot for precise treatment patterns…
Read MoreRobotic Integration of Flame Treatment for Automotive Assembly Video
Enercon’s Flame treater is used by automotive manufacturers for a variety of applications such as bumpers, dashboards, consoles, glove boxes and air bags. The flame treater cleans the surface of contaminates to improve adhesion prior to applying an adhesive, paint or coating. For this project, Enercon’s Flame treater was integrated by MWES with an ABB robot. It…
Read MorePlasma Treatment on Nylon66 Increases Ink Adhesion Video
Learn how WAGO uses atmospheric plasma to improve ink adhesion, product quality, and productivity with Enercon’s Blown-ion™ atmospheric plasma surface treating. Watch the video and read the complete application story.
Read MoreImproving Folding Carton Bond Strength Video
Enercon folding carton customers are currently using the blow ion plasma technology to clean, etch and functionalize surfaces of folding cartons. These materials include: polycoated, polybacked, virgin kraft board, specially coated materials, UV lacquered surfaces and recyclable materials. As a result of surface treating folding cartions prior to applying the adhesive, manufacturers are able to improve bond strength, increase line…
Read MoreHow Plasma & Flame Surface Treating Works – Explainer Video
Sam is a Quality Engineer at Stick-It Inc. and he is having trouble with the adhesive bonding and printing of his manufactured parts. The adhesives won’t stick and the ink rubs off! He needs to find a solution quick and decides to call Enercon for help. Follow Sam through his journey of discovering how plasma…
Read MoreDemonstration of Robotic Integration of Blown-ion Plasma Surface Treating
Enercon engineers integrated this multi axis robot for a plasma treating displayed at the KSHOW in Germany. The system treated plastic terminal connectors for ink jet printing, an automotive head lamp for bonding, and a gasket for adhesive assembly. Precise treatment paths and the ability to turn the treatment head on and off are all…
Read MorePlasma Treating Tubes Ensures Ink Adhesion and Increases Production Efficiency
Plastube is a Canadian manufacturer of innovative plastic tubes for the beauty, healthcare, food and pharmaceutical industries. The company produces and prints polyethylene tubes, tubes with an inner foil and exterior plastic and laminate tubes. Their mission is to make their customers’ brands shine. Package appearance for tubes sold in the retail marketplace is vitally…
Read MoreInkjet Printing on HDPE and PET Improves with Plasma Surface Treating
Best Formulations (City of Industry, CA) is a major contract packager with responsibility for thousands of branded nutritional supplements, probiotics, pharmaceuticals, food and teas. Best Formulations prints lot code information on the bottom of each HPDE and PET container. Printing was mostly successful with containers that had been pre-treated with flame by the container distributor. However,…
Read MoreAtmospheric Plasma Treater Increases Folder Gluer Production
When new technology can improve product quality, increase productivity and offer additional cost reductions at an affordable investment, it doesn’t take long for a company to incorporate it into their operation. Such is the case for Green Bay Packaging’s Folding Carton Division (De Pere, WI) and their new atmospheric plasma surface treater. Green Bay Packaging is an…
Read MoreFolding Carton Manufacturer Eliminates Solvent Adhesive
Folding carton manufacturer Evergo Packaging prides itself on being environmentally conscious and ahead of the curve when it comes to its printing and packaging technologies. The company is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) and Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI). And 70 percent of the paper Evergo buys…
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