WCA May 2012

Industry news

New website with PV ribbon tinning line ▲ ▲ Spool ribbon from Plasmait

producers who strive to reduce their ongoing production costs. Plasma treatment will benefit most the applications with demanding surface needs or challenging annealing requirements. Such applications are usually found in sectors such as medical, precision mechanical, electronics, aerospace and energy sectors. Since the introduction of high-speed plasma heat and surface treatment process in the wire industry in 2003 Plasmait has continuously improved the technology and widened the scope of application of plasma heat and surface treatment in the ferrous and non-ferrous sectors.

and surface treatment on their specific materials are welcome to book their trial online. Plasmait runs client trials on three different test lines where plasma heat and surface treatment is performed to various requirements and for many different materials. The PlasmaPREPLATE process has so far received the most interest amongst clients. The process is used for continuous surface preparation and annealing (if necessary) prior to coating, such as hot dip tinning, electroplating, polymer extrusion, taping or cladding. Peter Ziger, Plasmait’s R&D director, explained that the trial facilities have been utilised by many manufacturers who strive to improve the quality of their wire or tube products or want to make the production chemical-free and operator-friendly and, above all, to the

Plasmait, a supplier of plasma heat and surface treatment lines for wire, tube and strip production, has updated its company website. Alongside the company overview and contact details visitors will be able to review short outlines of Plasmait’s products and applications. Newly presented on the website is the PV ribbon tinning line used for production of PV Ribbon. The line became the production process of choice for most producers of premium quality PV ribbon worldwide. Also updated is the overview of PlasmaANNEALER, which has been subject to successful installations in copper and copper alloy annealing as well as increasingly in the stainless steel and nickel alloy applications.

Plasmait GmbH – Austria Fax : +43 318 252 4754 Email : info@plasmait.com Website : www.plasmait.com

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