Promotion Fritz Pesendorfer, Managing Director Inocon Technologie GmbH Innovative plasma technology Plasma is not only used in Science Fiction or for atscreen TVs but also for functional surface layers for everyday or industrial applications. JUNE 2016 81 © Inocon Technologie GmbH Inocon Technologie GmbH is highly experienced, successful, and has numerous patents for plasma hardening, plasma welding and brazing as well as plasma preheaters for the silicon industry. Competence through technological progress A new kind of plasma coating technology further expands the company’s competence in plasma technology. This is still a very young and little researched technology sector that works with the fi nest metallic powders and atmospheric vapours. Powder or vapour is fed into a plasma stream and applied as a functional layer. In the course of this new technology development Inocon developed several coating heads as well as a new powder feed technology for the fi nest powders. Inocon’s plasma technology with powders and vapours can be used to apply functional coatings, particularly on sensitive substrates. For example, conductor tracks made of copper or zinc can be applied on paper and practically all plastics without damaging the respective substrates. This is a remarkable property, considering the high melting points of powders. Leading providers of mobile phone antennas and LED structures are currently testing this kind of conductor tracks. Further application areas are friction enhancing and wear-resistant coatings. A wide range of possible applications The application of thin silicate and silicone fi lms with vapours results in transparent layers which are only a few nanometres thick and can be used in many application areas. This method is mainly used to apply hydrophilic and hydrophobic layers, and add barrier, adhesion or anti-adhesion properties to paper, foils and virtually all other surfaces. Specifi c applications currently include coatings for glass and ceramics – for 6 to 7 times more adhesive properties, as well as anti-adhesion coatings for production rollers or biocide coatings for various applications (anti-fouling for roofs, facades and bodys of ships), and for the elimination of microbes in kitchen areas, hospitals, medical practices, public bathrooms, etc. Market leader in effi ciency Inocon’s atmospheric plasma is by far the most efficient on the market to replace today’s coatings made with PVD (physical vacuumbased vapour deposition), CVD (chemical vacuum-based vapour deposition) processes. These coatings require relatively low investments to achieve at least equivalent properties, and they can be integrated into automated processes. Using atmospheric pressure makes vacuum chambers obsolete. This results in shorter process times and allows the coating of larger workpieces as well. QUERIES & CONTACT Inocon Technologie GmbH 4800 Attnang-Puchheim • Wienerstraße 3 Phone: +43-7674-62526 inocon@inocon.at www.inocon.at
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