Reducing Adhesion Failures in the Automotive Industry

Plasma pre-treatment is a crucial step for improving the quality and durability of automotive assemblies and components. It enhances the adhesion and compatibility of different materials that are used for encapsulation, printing, or painting processes. By applying plasma to the surface of low-energy materials, it removes contaminants and creates functional groups that increase the surface energy and reactivity. This results in a stronger and more uniform bond between the materials, reducing the risk of failure and defects.


In the automotive industry, the utilization of advanced treatments like atmospheric and vacuum plasma holds immense potential in significantly improving the adhesion properties of bond lines and electrical connection posts of components prior to their assembly with other parts.

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Adam Fox
Marketing Assistant

Henniker 3 Berkeley Court, Manor Park, Runcorn, WA7 1TQ, UK

Henniker Plasma is a leading UK manufacturer of plasma treatment systems for cleaning, surface activation to improve adhesion, and functional nano-scale coating. Backed up by more than 20 years of experience, Henniker's innovative plasma treatment equipment is trusted globally in both critical industrial manufacturing settings, enabling leading manufacturers to solve key adhesion challenges with a wide range of reliable, robust equipment and innovative processes, and by leading academic research groups helping to support a wide range of fundamental research with inexpensive, fully automated bench-top plasma systems that require little or no expertise for operation. Henniker's advanced plasma systems are configurable tools that are both robust enough for reliable, repeatable industrial processing and at the same time flexible enough for the research into, and development of, leading-edge plasma processes. They transform materials by enabling a unique range of new properties, including hydrophobic, hydrophilic and biocompatibility, adding significant functionality and value.

For more information about Henniker Plasma visit: plasmatreatment.co.uk

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