AcXys technology is based on an electric discharge managed between coaxial electrodes.

The gas, mainly nitrogen, is injected in the upper slot.

Plasma forms around the electrodes and expels out of the source through the lower slot.

The visible curtain is called post- discharge plasma. It transports reactive species to the surface. Chemical reactions instantaneously change surface physical properties.

The source geometry generates a plasma curtain of any length offering flexibility to adapt the plasma source to a custom product.

AcXys Technologies atmospheric plasma sources instantaneously generate a tremendous amount of highly reactive chemical species and convey it to a surface.

Choice of chemical reagents can result in different surface reactions ranging from etching to deposition.

For example, oxygen plasmas quickly remove surface contamination and change a material’s surface energy. Plasma technology achieves this result more efficiently than other methods of surface preparation, including the use of organic solvents. Because of this, bonding, gluing, painting or printing on resistant surfaces becomes a simple, low-cost and environmentally friendly process.

Adding precursors to the plasma is a recent development in the field of plasma technology.

One application of this development is improving the anti-scratch properties of plastic parts by using plasma to deposit a glass film on their surfaces.