The Waterborne Symposium

Abstract
Plasma - Plastic - UV Cured Powder Coating

This presentation will demonstrate how plasma treating plastic and composite substrates changes the surface conditions enabling the use of UV-cured powder coating to finish these heat-sensitive substrates.  The presentation will describe plasma treating, operating conditions, and surface condition measurements before and after plasma treating.  The second part of the presentation will describe adhesion results of UV-cured powder coating with and without plasma treatment on various plastics and composites.  The presentation will conclude with an evaluation of substrate material suitability for plasma treating, UV-cured powder coating, and UV-cured powder coating performance characteristics.