Applications
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Plastics
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Plasma cleaning and activation of plastic components
- Aim : ensure good adhesion of the subsequent process like gluing, painting,… by increasing the surface energy of the plastics
- Applications : Pretreatment before flocking of automotive parts and pretreatment before gluing of consumer electronics parts such as head sets, laptops, ….
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Activation and/or hydrophilic coating on medical plastics
- Aim : enhance culture growth
- Applications : Petri dishes, cell culture flasks,…
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Hydrophobic coating of medical plastics
- Aim : ensure perfect flow characteristics/emptying
- Applications : micro-pipet tips
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DLC/DLN coating on plastic injection mold components
- Aim : protect the parts from wearing, allow dry running (without lubricants) and improved cleaning of residue after use
- Applications : on mold components such as ejectors, sliders, blow mold halves, stampers, centering pins, thread cores and microfluidic molds, especially in food and medical industry
Electronics
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Dielectrical barrier coating on Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA)
- Aim : shortcut and corrosion protection of PCBA against moisture, sweat and submerging in water
Applied on PCBA used in :
- Consumer electronic devices like headsets, Bluetooth speakers, smartphones, smartwatches and other wearables
- Medical electronic devices like hearing aids, event recorders,…
- Automotive electronics, more specific in sensors exposed to the environment, Industrial electronics, for devices, especially sensors, working in harsh environments
- Electronics used in (corrosive) marine environments
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Hydrophobic overcoating of full electronic devices
- Aim : protect the device against liquid ingress, especially against water and sweat
- Applications: Used additionally as a first line of protection for all applications described in the point ‘Dielectrical barrier coating on Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA)’ or on other electronic devices requiring a moderate protection against liquid ingress (‘rain-proof’)
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Plasma cleaning of PCB’s
- Aim : clean/desmear multilayer PCB’s before metalizing in order to get good coverage in the via’s
- Applied on on multilayer PCB’s
Filtration, webcoating as well as finished products
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Oleophobic coating on non-woven filter material
- Provide oleophobicity as well as increase filter efficiency by providing a higher degree of charging capability.
Applied on electrets used in (HEPA & ULPA)-filters :
- Industrial : cleanrooms, gas turbines,half and full mask filters.
- Consumer : home air purification systems, pollen filters, vacuum cleaner filters
- Medical : respirators, FFP2 and FFP3 face masks
![](https://nanowatt.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/applications_oleo-e1704705255881-150x150.jpg)
Oleo- and hydrophobic coating on woven technical mesh and membrane
- Applied in : venting for exterior lighting, batteries and electronic devices, especially sensors.
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Hydrophilic coating on woven technical mesh and membrane
- Aim : change behaviour of intrinsic hydrophobic material
- Applied on : track edge membrane for blood plasma filtration and cell culture growths
![](https://nanowatt.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/applications_hydrophobicmembrame-150x150.jpg)
Hydrophobic & oleophilic coating on membrane
- Aim : different behaviour towards water and oil
- Applied in : oil/water separation filtersy
Textiles, webcoating, as well as finished products
Technical Textiles
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Hydrophobic and/or oleophobic coating on medical and industrial clothing
- Aim : provide a liquid (water and/or oil-based) repellent coating, possibly enhanced with other features (flame retarding, antimicrobial, UV protection, certain degree of conductivity,…)
- Applied on : medical protection garment
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Wear-resisting DLC and DLN coatings on technical textiles/mesh (R&D phase)
- Aim : provide increased wear-resistance to fabric, next to the common properties of hydrophobicity, oleophobicity or hydrophilicity
- Development phase, samples only
Consumer Textiles
![](https://nanowatt.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/applications_apparel-150x150.jpg)
Hydrophobic and/or oleophobic coating on apparel
- Aim : provide a DWR (durable water-repellent) coating while maintaining maximum breathability
- Applied on : finished goods like shoes, gloves, sports & outdoor wear
Precision mechanics
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Hard diamond-like carbon or diamond-like nanocomposites coating on precision mechanics components
- Aim : Provide an amorphous low-friction coating in combination with the high level of wear-protection offered by these range of hard coatings, besides other functionalities such as non-sticking, anti-corrosion,…
Applied on :
- Parts of injection molding systems (ejectors, sliders, blow mold halves, stampers, centering pins, thread cores and microfluidic molds)
- Semiconductor equipment components (chucks, pedestals, docking components)
- Compressor parts
- Metering pumps
- Non-ferro metal pressing tools
- Powder pressing tools (especially pharmaceutical)
- Food processing components
- Cutting tools (industrial paper knives,…)
- Engine and valve train components (pistons, tappets,…)
- Precision machinery components (shafts, cranks, pistons…)