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Surface teratment depending on type of plastic and adhesive used - Sep 01, 2010
posted byRon Nefs, Technical Service/ Customer Assistance at Henkel
For the bonding of plastics we often tested plasma and corona treatment which have shown to be very usefull. In case you are working with cyanoacrylate adhesives however the plasma takes away the humidity of the surface. Therefore the adhesive will not cure or the curetime slows down dramatically. Furthermore it can be stated that plasma in general is a very good treatment if using epoxy adhesives. We have been running tests on a range of plastics and some of the results are reported in a brochure which can be obtained from DSM in the Netherlands. The title is:
Gluing of Engineering Plastics.
