Station and precursor line
Deposition station
Activating a surface makes it receptive; depositing a layer gives it a property it did not have. A functional film of 1 to 300 nm, on the line, with no bath and no oven.
All specifications, further down ↓
- First reply within 48 working hours, from an engineer, not from an automated form.
- Rental available — test the assumption on your own site before committing to the investment.
- Laboratory in Québec City — your samples are treated and characterised here.
- Quoted to specification, with no commitment. We say so plainly if plasma is not the right answer.
Technical datasheet — 2 pages, PDF
Dimensioned footprint, required utilities, protocols. To pass on to your integrator.
To compare, or to complete
The machines our clients look at alongside this one, and the consumable that checks the result.
Whole surface
Surface source
A discharge spread across the whole electrode, treating flat parts and flexible films uniformly. No sweeping, so no over-treated band.
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Automated station
Turnkey cell
An enclosed cell with a Cartesian robot, plasma source and safety interlocks. You program a path, the station replays it identically.
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A treatment you do not measure is not a process. The calibrated ink tells you in seconds whether the surface has passed the target threshold.
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To specification
DBD reactor
No catalogue configuration fits? Our engineers design the reactor to your specification, dimensions and gases included.
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Millimetre precision
Precision torch
Cold plasma with a millimetre footprint, for small-area samples and sensitive substrates. It also accepts a precursor.
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Precise area
Compact torch
A nozzle that blows plasma straight onto the area to be treated, a few millimetres from the part. The most common way to activate a precise area.
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Wide web
Plasma curtain
A continuous curtain across a full width, for panels, sheets or webs on the move. Seven working widths from 60 to 500 mm.
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Your configuration is carried into the message. Add your part, your throughput and your material: you get the price, the lead time and the terms.
When this equipment is the right one
Activation prepares a surface to receive; it does not give it a new property. When the need is a barrier, resistance to corrosion or to scratching, a layer has to be deposited — and done without introducing a chemical bath or a drying step into the flow.
A metal part to protect
A barrier layer a few tens of nanometres thick, deposited in line, replaces a wet treatment and its drying cycle.
An optical surface to harden
Scratch resistance is achieved with a thin film that changes neither the geometry nor the optical properties of the part.
A particular surface chemistry
The precursor determines the function obtained. Chemistries other than anti-corrosion and anti-scratch are studied case by case.
How it works
What happens at the surface, and what that means for your line.
The plasma carries a precursor to the surface and fixes it there as a nanometric film. Deposition takes place at atmospheric pressure, directly on the line: no vacuum chamber, no bath, no oven.
The choice between the two configurations comes down to a single criterion: the air reactivity of the precursor your application requires. A low-reactivity precursor is handled in ambient air with an integrated line; a highly reactive precursor calls for a dedicated line, interchangeable by chemistry.
The figures
The values to check before quoting, plus the document to pass on to your integrator.
What to plan for on your side
The values an integrator asks for before quoting: footprint, utilities, extraction and protocols.
Equipment that does not talk to your PLC stays an isolated station. Before any order, we validate with you the real constraints of your line : protocol, footprint, available utilities and extraction.
These values are indicative and are confirmed at the process study stage, on the configuration actually retained.
- Floor footprint
- [x] mm
- Mass of the assembly
- [y] kg
- Extraction required
- [z] m³/h
- Protocols available
- [x]
- Cable lengths
- 3, 5 or 7 m
- Indicative lead time
- [y] weeks
What we have already treated
What is qualified in the laboratory, and what the machine costs once in service: consumables, maintenance, warranty.
Materials qualified in the laboratory : [x].
Your material is not on the list ? That is the most common case. Send us three samples : we treat them, we characterise them, and you receive a costed answer within 48 hours.
- Electrode service life
- [y] h
- Replacement cost
- [z] $
- Preventive maintenance
- [x]
- Warranty
- [y]
- Rental possible
- yes
Before you write to us
The questions we are asked most often, answered before you have to ask them.
How do I know whether this equipment suits my part ?
By sending it to us. We treat your samples in our Quebec City laboratory and you receive a costed answer within 48 hours : surface energy before and after, the parameters retained, and our frank opinion if plasma is not the right answer to your problem.
Can it be rented before buying ?
Yes. Rental serves to validate a production hypothesis on your site, with your parts and your operators, before committing to an investment. Terms : [x].
What documents do you provide for a customer audit ?
The corresponding process file : the plasma parameters retained, characterisation methods, validation results on your parts and operating procedures. For regulated markets, the level of documentation is adapted to your sector's requirements.
And if no configuration fits ?
Our engineers then design the reactor to specification : dimensions, gases, controllers, interface, sized on your material and your throughput. See the custom reactors →
What this equipment lets you do
Send us a part.
The quickest way to find out whether the thin-film deposition station suits your process is to let us treat your material. 48 hours for a first answer, no commitment.
Answer within 48 hours. No commitment. A technical discussion with an expert.