TPT March 2014

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Continuous degreasing and surface oxide removal

the exhaust system, leaving the wire surface dry and free of lubricants. PlasmaCLEANER can also remove surface oxides on copper, nickel, stainless steel and various alloy tube. Plasma treatment is a dry process that requires no rinsing or drying. Plasma treated surfaces will exhibit a high degree of passivation, which will protect the surface by slowing down subsequent surface corrosion. PlasmaCLEANER can also be used for surface activation to assist better lubricant pick up in a drawing or rolling process or improvement in coating adhesion in a continuous coating process. PlasmaCLEANER can also be used as an efficient and accurate preheater.

plasma also found its place in tube production first in specialist applications such as precision tubing in medical applications, and increasingly also in mainstream applications. PlasmaCLEANER is a plasma surface treatment machine designed for surface cleaning, degreasing or oxide removal on ferrous and non-ferrous tubes. PlasmaCLEANER can be used in conjunction with tube forming, rolling, bending, drawing or surface coating applications to mention a few. Plasma cleaning

SURFACE cleaning and degreasing is an important part of the tube production process. Traditionally this involves wet, chemical processes that are potentially harmful to the operator and the environment. One way to turn production chemical-free is to use plasma surface cleaning, which is a dry surface treatment. Plasmait has been selling plasma heat and surface treatment machines in the wire industry for nearly a decade. In the last few years

and degreasing is conducted in low-pressure inert atmosphere at high temperatures, where lubricants evaporate and get removed through

Plasmait GmbH – Austria Email: info@plasmait.com Website: www.plasmait.com

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