APPLICATIONS

PLASMA CLEANING

Remove or reduce organic contamination and prepare sensitive surfaces without conventional wet chemical processes.

WHAT IS PLASMA CLEANING?

Plasma cleaning removes organic contamination — processing oils, mold release agents, handling residues, fingerprints — from a surface using reactive plasma species instead of liquid solvents. Contaminants are broken down into volatile byproducts and removed, leaving a clean, chemically active surface without introducing wet chemistry, drying steps or hazardous waste into the process.

How it Works

Parts are exposed to plasma generated from a process gas — often air, oxygen or an inert gas depending on the material and contaminant. Reactive species oxidize and break down organic residues at the surface, which are then carried away as gas. Because the process is dry, it avoids the residue, drying time and disposal considerations of solvent-based cleaning.