PlasmaANNEALER is a heat treatment machine for stainless steel and nickel alloy wire, rod, tube, rope, and strip. Plasma heat treatment can be used for annealing, stress relieving or hardening applications.

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Finished material benefits:

• Bright annealing with superior surface finish
• Scratch-free and pile-free surface finish
• Small and uniform grain size in the transversal and longitudinal direction
• Easily adjustable rate of annealing
• Simultaneous degreasing of wet lubricants
• Less die wear and fewer wire breaks in subsequent drawing

Process features:

• Up to 20 times greater process speed than conventional tube furnace
• Fewer take-up and payoffs for the same output as per tube furnace
• Lowest production costs in class
• Low energy and gas consumption
• Low maintenance costs
• No warming-up/cooling-down time
• Short installation and commissioning times
• Up to 3 times smaller floor space and 3 times smaller power connection for the same kg/h output when compared to conventional tube furnace
• Computer controls with integrated production and quality control features

PV ribbon is a tinned copper ribbon installed in photovoltaic solar panels. The interconnect ribbon is soldered directly onto silicon crystal to interconnect solar cells in a solar panel. The PV bus bar is installed around the perimeter of the solar panel and connects the interconnect ribbons to the junction box.

PV Ribbon Line is used for production of PV Ribbon. The production includes annealing and cleaning of copper ribbon prior to hot-dip tinning and spooling. This is an acid-free, flux-free, environmentally friendly process. It provides the operator with safe and clean working conditions. The production is fully automated utilizing an easy-to-use operator interface with integrated quality control features.

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PV Ribbon Line components:

• Payoff or integrated with rolling mill
• Annealing and surface preparation
• Tinning and wiping
• Cooling
• Takeup with accumulator

Process Type: Continuous
Inlet Material: Rolled copper ribbon copper on 500kg spools
Size Range: Interconnect ribbon and bus bar
Finished Material: Tinned flat copper wire / PV ribbon on various spool sizes

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PlasmaPREPLATE process was designed for surface cleaning, surface oxide removal and annealing prior to plating for wires, strip or tube. PlasmaPREPLATE is a chemical-free alternative to chemical cleaning and fluxing. PlasmaPREPLATE can be installed in-line with electroplating or hot dip plating.

Vertical PlasmaPREPLATE for hot-dip plating:

• High plating speed
• Acid-free surface preparation
• Flux-free hot dip plating
• Strong intermetallic layer
• Low cost of operation
• Integrated surface quality control

Horizontal PlasmaPREPLATE for electroplating:

• High-speed surface preparation
• Simultaneous heat treatment
• No acid pre-cleaning, no rinsing
• Improved plating performance
• Reduced cost of electroplating

Process type: Continuous
Material form: wire, rod, tube, strip, flat wire

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PlasmaCLEANER is a plasma treatment machine designed for surface cleaning and oxide removal on ferrous and non-ferrous wires, ropes, tubes or strip.

PlasmaCLEANER can be used as an alternative to acid cleaning, brushing, sand or shot blasting.

Process features:

• Dry, chemical-free surface cleaning and oxide removal in air or inert atmosphere
• Surface activation/passivation as necessary
• Can be used as a preheater in extrusion and cladding applications
• Low process and maintenance costs
• Computer based controls with integrated quality control features

Process type: Continuous, batch
Material form: Wire, rod, tube, strip, flat wire

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PlasmaGRAPH is a machine designed to remove graphite lubricants from the material surface. PlasmaGRAPH is a cost effective alternative to electro-polishing, used for the cleaning of hot drawn materials such as molybdenum or tantalum or other material contaminated with graphite. Unlike electrochemical polishing, plasma process results in no loss of base material.

Process type: Continuous
Material form: Wire, rod, tube, strip, flat wire
Materials: Molybdenum and tantalum/wolfram and other high temperature alloys

PlasmaOX is a batch heat and surface treatment machine for metallic components, as well as semi-finished products such as plates, bars, ingots, tubes etc. PlasmaOX is custom made for a variety of different applications such as bright annealing, solution annealing, stress relieving or hardening. It allows rapid yet uniform heating and cooling rates to meet the temperature profiles for the most demanding applications.

Finished product quality benefits:

• Superior, bright surface finish
• Uniform mechanical properties throughout the charge
• Homogenous grain size in cross-section
• No loss of material that occurs with mechanical or chemical treatment
• Uncompromised surface composition

PlasmaACT is a plasma treatment machine designed for improvements of lubricant or carrier adhesion in-line with rod drawingmachine

Process features:

• Surface activation for lubricant or carrier adhesion
• Can be used as a preheater
• Low process and maintenance costs

Process type: Continuous, in-line with rod drawing
Material form: Wire rod

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