Improving Ink & Adhesive Bonding for Packaging Applications

Enercon plasma & flame surface treaters are used by packagers to improve surface adhesion of plastics for a number of applications including: In this 30-minute webinar, plasma surface treating expert Wilson Lee shares insights on how these in-line treatment technologies are being implemented to solve adhesion challenges in the packaging world. A wide variety of…

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How to Eliminate Liquid Adhesion Promoters & Save Labor Costs, Improve Quality & Output

Case Study with Award-Winning Champion Plastics Champion Plastics’ President, Jeff Ignatowski, shares first hand insights on implementing a plasma surface treater for a high-volume pressure-sensitive tape application. The plasma treater plays a key role in their ability to supply General Motors with a TPV seal, which ensures fuel efficiency. His company’s efforts earned a prestigious…

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How to Optimize Composite Bonding with Breakthrough Surface Preparation Technologies

Automotive, aerospace & consumer goods designers incorporate lightweight composite materials for strength & durability. Manufacturers of these products are challenged with optimizing adhesive bonding processes with these engineered surfaces. In this new webinar, composite experts from Abaris Training join the surface preparation experts of Enercon to share insights on the future of composite bonding processes with atmospheric…

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What Plasma Actually Does to a Surface to Improve Adhesion

Air plasma surface treating is an emerging green technology for leading manufacturers tasked with assembling and decorating plastics, composites, glass and metals. It is a powerful, yet relatively inexpensive technology that is used by both Fortune 100 companies and small operations to improve bond strength, product quality and throughput. You can see the effects of…

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Don’t Blame the Adhesive, It Never Had a Chance!

Adhesive failure illustration

When adhesion fails it must be the adhesive’s fault, right? Well, not exactly. Your adhesive is dependent on a number of factors for successful bonding including joint design, surface prep, & application methodology. (Not to mention if it’s even the right adhesive for the application.) In this new webinar, experts from Ellsworth Adhesives & Enercon unpack the…

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Improve Adhesion Consistency with a Practical Understanding of Surface Energy

Whether you are researching and developing a new adhesion process or solving a current bonding challenge, understanding the role of free surface energy is critical. With this knowledge, you can implement a quality control program to ensure consistent results. In this webinar, surface energy experts from KRÜSS & Enercon share their expertise with practical advice…

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How Plasma Treating is Your Best Adhesion Insurance Against Disruptive Supply Chains

When supply chain issues force you to use alternate suppliers and/or replacement materials, you may end up opening a Pandora’s Box of hydrophobic production issues. Water-based and UV inks and adhesives need hydrophilic surfaces for successful bonding. Subtle changes in surfaces and chemistries can quickly disrupt assembly and decorating operations. In this new webinar, learn…

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Top 3 Strategies to Improve Your Adhesive Bonding Operations

Production & design engineers are challenged with developing manufacturing processes that yield optimal results for quality and throughput. Since many do not fully understand the chemistry aspects of interfacial surface adhesion, they rely on conventional production methodologies, which ultimately undermines the repeatability of their success. In this new webinar, industry experts Wilson Lee (Enercon Industries)…

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Is Plasma Treating the Missing Link in Your Adhesive Bonding Operations?

To enable adhesive bonding, manufacturers rely on primers, cleaners, chemical etching & mechanical roughening. However, these traditional surface preparation methods are notorious for limiting productivity & product quality for the following reasons: Use of in-line plasma & flame surface treating is on the rise because it solves these challenges by cleaning, etching & functionalizing surfaces…

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Technology Demos: Plasma & Flame Surface Treating for Improved Adhesion

See how surface treating technologies work in this new webinar featuring equipment in action. Watch how Blow-ion™, Blown-arc™ and Power Flame™ surface treatment is created through narrated animations and videos. In this webinar, hosted by surface treating expert Wilson Lee, attendees gain insights on the reasons manufacturers rely on each of these technologies to improve…

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