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Cleaning and activating surfaces with Openair-Plasma® for high-performance electronic products

Explore the remarkable capabilities of Cleaning and activating surfaces with Openair-Plasma for high-performance electronic products live at SMTconnect 

Visit us at our booth 351 in hall 4 in Munich and be impressed by the potential of plasma treatment as a pretreatment for a large range of products, from the electronic industry. Find out how our innovative Openair-Plasma® and PlasmaPlus® is a safe and effective way forcleaning of components and reduction of oxide layers, e.g. in semiconductor production or IGBT power modules, is essential for the electronics industry. Plasmatreat has developed a market innovation in the form of the inline REDOX-Tool.

Why should you take a closer look at plasma technology?

Openair-Plasma and PlasmaPlus technology is a real game changer for the electronics industry when it comes to potential-free surface treatment for high-performance products and minimizing waste in production.

Plasma, as the fourth state of matter -besides solid, liquid, and gas-, offers numerous advantages:

  • Miniaturization: The drive towards smaller and more powerful electronic assemblies, influenced by 5G and beyond technologies, presents technical hurdles in component size and pitch.
  • Reduced bump pitch: Shrinking component sizes require tighter ball lead spacing, increasing soldering and assembly complexity.
  • Flux Usage Issues: Fluxes are used to improve surface wettability and remove oxides, but as component sizes shrink, managing residual flux becomes a challenge.
  • Residue issues: Flux residue left behind can interfere with underfill adhesion, affecting performance, reliability, and thermal conductivity.
  • Outgassing and Voids: Flux residues can outgas and form voids in solder joints, affecting electrical performance and long-term reliability.
  • Cleaning Challenges: Traditional cleaning methods struggle to effectively remove flux residues from smaller components and ball joints, risking damage to delicate parts.

 

Learn more at our booth. Visit us at booth 351 in hall 4 and see for yourself!

Or read on and find out what exactly happens during plasma treatment, and how is it applied in the industry.

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Discover the effectiveness of Openair-Plasma® live in Munich

Get a deeper look on the insights of our brand-new tool for oxide reduction!

Plasmatreat GmbH has developed a market innovation in the form of the inline REDOX-Tool. Our new inline REDOX-Tool is particularly reliable when processing semiconductors or IGBT power modules. For example, this system is an efficient and environmentally friendly alternative to the use of flux in the soldering process for thermal compression bonding in semiconductor production.
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Plasma technology improves process in the semiconductor industry

For selective plasma surface treatment during the production of semiconductor components, theOpenair-Plasma® technology supplies a fully automated inline system set up according to customer requirements. The technology involved in plasma surface treatment can be used in many ways in the field of semiconductor manufacturing.

The surfaces of metal parts naturally oxidize under the influence of oxygen - but for components and processing steps in the electronics industry, these oxide layers must be thoroughly removed to ensure high product quality and low reject rates in the end products

- Nico Coenen, Plasmatreat GmbH / Global Director Electronics Market

Plasma: How Does this Exactly Work?

Openair-Plasma® is generated with electricity and compressed air and is even CO2-neutral when green energy is used. All plasma processes are solvent-free, contribute to the environmental balance, can be used site-selectively and can be seamlessly integrated into existing production lines.

Innovative control and monitoring systems from Plasmatreat ensure high process reproducibility. Dry surface treatment with Openair-Plasma® can be carried out in a fully automated process, as an environmentally friendly alternative to harmful chemical processes. Here, the need for additional pre-treatments with chemical primers is eliminated during the activation and fine cleaning of various surfaces prior to bonding, coating, painting, or sealing. Modern, solvent-free or water-based adhesives, paints, and varnishes can then be used. This significantly reduces the emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in production.

Plasma Instead of Chemicals

Using Openair-Plasma® means protecting the environment. Adhesion is really all about surface energy and surface polarity. Since nonpolar materials, and recycled materials, too, in many cases, are often difficult to wet, solvent based adhesion promoters are used to activate the surface. Consequently, adhesion promoters are frequently responsible for over 80% of the VOC-emitting substances used to achieve a reliable bond. Plasma based surface pretreatments achieve clean, highly activated surfaces which can be readily wetted with water, thereby dispensing with the need for VOCs and the associated drying and waste water disposal.

The high surface energy generated by Openair-Plasma® ensures even paint distribution and optimal adhesion. Surface contamination resulting from organic impurities is safely removed. Plasma overwhelmingly reduces the reject rate in countless installations.

Our Special for You: Win a whole day of plasma testing for your material

No matter for which application  – we develop solutions for the pretreatment of any surface and optimize it aligned to your process.

Our atmospheric plasma technology can be a game changer with regards to adhesion characteristics, substrate substitutes or functionalization of surfaces. Find out for yourself easily online: With our worldwide "material test" service you can explore the possibilities of the Openair-Plasma® process first hand.

Give it a try: Our experienced application engineers are looking forward to working with you and find the best solution for your use case. In our well-equipped laboratories, we will pretreat your individual parts with our plasma technology and analyze the results. By clicking the button you automatically accept the conditions of participation.

We are Ready for Your Challenges

Thanks to our global network of sales, service and partners, we can support you wherever you are. Thanks to our expertise and experience, we are ready to help you meet your needs in the field of specialized surface treatment.

Do you have further questions that require a detailed explanation? Book your live appointment at SMT 2024 now, or use our contact form at the bottom to get in touch directly with our surface treatment experts.

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