Packaging market

Industrial packaging is an important part of the surface treatment market. Packaging applications can be found everywhere in everybody's life :

• cosmetics
• food
• household products

Commonly used materials are :

• glass
• plastics
• metals
• paper
• cardboard

For product manufacturing, people work with printing processes using products like inks, varnishes, metals and glue. Common processes are pad printing, screen-printing, heliography, electroplating, vacuum metallization.

Packaging issues and traditionnal surface preparations

During these processes, they often meet bonding problems on materials, surface contamination and wettability issues.

For solving these issues, traditionnal preparation processes can be used :

• solvants, which are quite expensive, polluting and harmful
• corona treaters. They can damage surfaces because of their high power density. Energy dispertion is not homogeneous. Moreover, they are limited to thin films and small 3D objects.
• flame treaters. They are dangerous because they use explosive gases (butane, propane). They can make products melt because of the high flame temperature. Adjustments time are very long an need skilled operators.

Packaging industry is very competitive. People want to find processes that are: fitted, money-saving, not polluting and not dangerous, reliable, fast and without deterioration risks.

A new technology by AcXys technologies

We offer a surface treatment solution by atmospheric plasma, that can clean nearly all surfaces. It can change material properties in order to improve their adhesion capabilities. It can also enhance their wettability. Our technology is affordable and environment-friendly, because it work with air or nitrogen.

Advantages

• use air and nitrogen (respect of the health and the environment)
• a homogeneous treatment
• a low temperature plasma
• no substrate damage
• reproducible treatment