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When using PAA® technology, the ignited plasma bridge can be used for electrical grounding of conductive substrates.

Paint stripping and cleaning with plasma is possible with the high performance system plasmabrush® PB3 of relyon plasma.

The objective of this study was to investigate the influences of non-thermal plasma on the shear bond strength of PAEKs to composite resin.

In this study, the effect of the application of atmospheric pressure plasma on the strength of the bonded joint of galvanised and non-galvanised steels was investigated.

In their study, Jungbauer et al. investigated the use of the cold-atmospheric plasma device piezobrush® PZ3 against periodontal and peri-implant diseases.

Summary of an interesting publication on basic research on the possible use of plasma as an adjuvant therapy for head and neck carcinomas.

Our cooperation partner Toshin Dental will be at the Dental Show in Tokyo on October 22nd and 23rd. Among other things, the piezobrush® PZ3 from relyon plasma will be presented.

Summary of an interesting publication on basic research on the possible use of plasma in dermatology with exemplary application of the piezobrush® PZ3. The applications of cold atmospheric plasma (KAP) have expanded in plasma medicine. As an emerging branch, plasma dermatology takes advantage of the beneficial complexity of plasma components, their technical versatility and practical feasibility.

The most important characteristic of dielectric barrier discharges technology is that non-equilibrium plasma conditions can be provided in a much simpler way than with other technologies.

The lifetime of the Standard Module for the piezobrush® PZ3 and the piezobrush® PZ3-i was verified for 6000 h using an endurance test.

A market-leading company in the development, production and distribution of surface treatment tooling solutions uses the new piezobrush® PZ3-i in conjunction with the KEYENCE MK-G1000SA continuous inkjet printer to safely and effectively mark PTFE fabrics.

In the webinar on the start of series production of the piezobrush® PZ3-i, you will receive information on easy handling and field reports from beta testers.

ZENSO is a contractor specializing in Medical Device design and development and has been using the piezobrush® PZ3 for this purpose for some time.

The Chair of Neuroelectronics at the TUM has investigated adhesive bonding between glass and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), surface activation of polyimide (PI) and etching of parylene-C with the piezobrush® PZ3.

The A250, A350 and A450 nozzles used in conjunction with the plasmabrush® PB3 have undergone a material change. As a minor product change for nozzle improvement, the copper nozzles will be nickel-plated from February 2022.

Instead of the usual gifts for our loyal customers and partners during the Christmas season, we decided to donate the budget for this purpose to a charitable organization this year. We issued the corresponding donation this week to “Rengschburger Herzen e.V.”, which supports people who are in need without any fault of their own.

The CEO of relyon plasma GmbH was a guest on the Fusion & Plasma Podcast last week and talked to Adam Kit (University of Helsinki) about the future of plasma technology in the medical industry, among other things.

As of 30.11.2021 we will discontinue the handheld piezobrush® PZ2. The successor model piezobrush® PZ3 with the associated interchangeable modules Standard and Nearfield is available immediately. The new product generation offers customers a lot of different advantages. 

The highlight of this year’s trade show appearance at Bondexpo is the presentation of the compact integration solution piezobrush® PZ3-i for the first time ever. The cold plasma device is designed for integration into existing production lines and is therefore compact, safe, and efficient. Thus, it is ideally suited for pre-treatment prior to gluing, printing, and laminating.

The Case Study of KIT describes the Fabrication of Elastic and Chemically Inert Gaskets Made of PTFE and PDMS Films with piezobrush® PZ3

Relyon plasma presents the piezobrush® PZ3 handheld plasma device for use in dental laboratories at IDS and the innovative implaPrep concept for plasma activation of dental implants.

Sihl GmbH uses the piezobrush PZ3 handheld plasma device for surface treatment before coating complex 3D bodies.

The SKZ conducted a study on the adhesion enhancement of a 2C epoxy adhesive on a low-energy and thus difficult-to-bond plastic polypropylene (PP) with the PDD-technology.

eyecre.at is producing detailed eye models for chriurgy training – plasma is used for joining of different plastics to ensure product quality.

GREENoneTEC uses atmospheric pressure plasma in solar thermal technology to increase surface tension and process-safe bonding.

Surface Energy Analysis of Dental Implants after Plasma Activation with the piezobrush® PZ3 with the DataPhysics Instruments OCA-PDDS

Relyon plasma presents the versatile application possibilities of atmospheric pressure plasma within the webinar series “Plasma in the medical sector”. Starting with the production of medical products, through the dental industry to direct use in medicine and skin treatment.

The dental practice Dr. Reichermeier & Dr. Hardt from Regen uses plasma in the dental practice on the one hand for the mounting of dental prostheses such as crowns, bridges and veneers and on the other hand for the treatment of implant surfaces.

relyon plasma is organizing webinars on plasma in the medical sector about plasma in medical production, dental industry and medicine.

Plasma treatment is used to activate the surfaces and thus optimally prepare them for the grafting process so that they become self-sterile.

Plasma treatment improves the adhesion of powder-coated aluminium profiles by surface activation and enables the bonding.

Plasma is used at in the dental laboratory Till-Jung to optimize and improve processes such as the glazing of ceramic or zirconium crowns or veneering with plastic.

KIOTO Photovoltaics GmbH from St. Veit in Austria has been using plasma in solar technology for years. Here, the plasma high-performance system plasmabrush® PB3 is integrated into the automated system for surface pre-treatment before bonding.

University of West Bohemian reports about the plasma treatment of gold and copper electrodes for environmental and biomedical applications.

Relyon plasma from Regensburg, a subsidiary of TDK Electronics, successfully obtained DIN EN ISO 13485 and DIN EN ISO 9001 certifications at the end of 2020. TÜV SÜD thus certifies the company’s quality management system for medical devices for the very first time.

By replacing chemicals through plasma the process of bonding optical fibers and aluminum components can be improved.

Due to the postponement of the IDS, the world’s leading international trade fair for the dental industry, relyon plasma will be hosting webinars to present all the latest plasma innovations in the dental industry.

At the University of Stuttgart the plasma handheld device piezobrush® PZ3 is used for plasma activation in 3D printing for microoptics.

Osnabrück University about the physicochemical characterization and bonding of plasma-modified polyetheretherketone for dental applications

Assembly of cables The Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde is using the plasma handheld device piezobrush® PZ3 for the assembly of cables. In the group for Marine Metrology of the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research the assembly of cables belongs to daily business. For this purpose, an optimal preparation of the cable […]

Since 2010, the non-profit association TfK has been realizing projects in which children deal with technical topics and become enthusiastic about technology and craftsmanship, especially by “doing it yourself”.

The Institute of Polymer Nanotechnology is investigating the functionalization of plastic films by plasma treatment with the piezobrush® PZ3.

In the beta test phase Oliver Beier and Andreas Pfuch of INNOVENT e.V. Technologieentwicklung in Jena have investigated the plasma activation of various plastics after treatment with the piezobrush® PZ3 and the module “Standard”.

The piezobrush® PZ2 is used at Rimkus Medizintechnik to guarantee secure adhesive joints between silicone and plastic.

Bonding of polypropylene (PP) in medical technology production is often of insufficient quality, therefore plasma is used for quality assurance at IKA Group.

Plasma treatment results in a significant improvement in adhesion in lightweight construction, especially for materials with low surface energy.

The plasma handheld device piezobrush is the easy, safe and environmentally friendly way to use plasmatechnology as start-ups and small businesses.

In the user report SITA Messtechnik has investigated the efficiency and effect of plasma cleaning of stainless steel by means of fluorescence measurement.

In order to optimally prepare the surfaces of various materials for adhesion processes, plasma is increasingly being used in electronics industry.

Students of the degree course in plastics and elastomer technology at the University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (FHWS) examined the effects of the plasma handheld device piezobrush® PZ2 on various plastics as part of the internship “Measurement of surface tension and pre-treatment” under the direction of Prof. Dr.-Ing. J. Leiber.

relyon plasma presents the smallest plasma handheld device piezobrush® PZ3 for simple, efficient and mobile use of cold atmospheric pressure plasma

Atmospheric pressure plasma is used to improve the wire bonding process and leads to significant improvements in ball and wedge bonding.

With low-energy surfaces such as silicone, polypropylene or Teflon, a strong increase in surface energy is achieved after surface activation with the piezobrush PZ2 handheld plasma device.

We are very happy that the Kunststoff-Zentrum SKZ extended their wide protfolio in surface pre-treatment with the plasma handheld piezobrush.

On March 5, 2020 the Arbeitskreis Hygiene Regensburg will organize the Innovation Day: Hygiene 4.0 in Regensburg. relyon plasma will be there as a trade exhibitor!

Relyon Plasma presents at MedtecLIVE how plasma technology can be used easily and efficiently in medical and dental technology.

From June 18 to 21, 2020 relyon plasma will be represented together with its Turkish partner FCB ARGE at the WIN EURASIA in Istanbul.

Ritzi Industriedrucktechnik GmbH uses the plasma handheld device piezobrush for the pre-treatment of PEI in industrial printing.

Atmospheric pressure plasma is used in wire bonding as a fine cleaning to achieve better connections and thus increase quality and productivity.

Gen-Plus uses the plasma handheld piezobrush PZ2 for the plasma treatment of films made of polyethylene and polypropylene.

The Max Planck Institute for Astronomy uses the piezobrush PZ2 for plasma activation of CFRP and glass/glass ceramic adhesive surfaces.

Sabine Schmidt from ISAT at Coburg University reports on the use of plasma in microfluidics to achieve a connection between PDMS and glass substrate.

Investigation of the adhesion of pressure sensitive adhesives on coated steel by plasma treatment.

TAZ Spiegelau is researching on the coating of glass beads with plasma from the plasmabrush PB3.

Dieter Braun GmbH reports about their expierience with plasma treatment of cables and wires before moulding and encapsulation.

The University of West Bohemia reports on the integration of the high performance plasma system plasmabrush PB3 into an aerosol jet system for 3D printing.

The Drive-4 plasma all-in-one plasma system can be easily integrated into an existing system and the plasma process can be started.

Industrial parts cleaning with plasma is an environmentally friendly and inline-capable cleaning technology that ensures high quality in downstream processes.

Surface activation, surface treatment and precision cleaning are processes now possible with plasma-based tools. Corinna Little of relyon plasma describes the applications and the potential of this modern technology

Plasma technology in 3D printing – Bonding individual parts with significantly improved adhesion

relyon plasma GmbH presents three new products for the use of plasma technology in the medical and cosmetics industry at MedtecLIVE.

The prospects of using a plasma source for conductivity studies are currently investigated by the Philipps-Universität Marburg

Professional adhesive joints are also possible without large investments by using the piezobrush PZ2. ACT in the field report.

During a visit to the laboratory of biofluid mechanics at OTH Regensburg, experiments to improve the adhesion of glass and PDMS with plasma took place.

Blickfeld GmbH from Munich reports on their experiences with plasma and semiconductor components with the piezobrush PZ2.

John P. Kummer GmbH gives an insight into the variety of applications and basics of adhesive technology in the training course on adhesive technology.

On February 21, 2019, relyon plasma was subjected to the scheduled monitoring audit according to rule 9001:2015.

How can you prepare glass for digital printing to create a durable product? We provide a brief overview of pre-treatment for glas printing.

Last week, our colleagues from software development attended the employee training Automation Studio Training at B&R Automation in Heilbronn.

At a sales partner training Relyon Plasma trained the participants to further expand their knowledge of plasma cleaning, plasma processes and bonding

Products from Relyon Plasma are equipped with a CANopen interface. In combination with Anybus gateways, they can be embedded into all network environments.

Roding Automobile GmbH is an internationally active technology company in the field of lightweight construction and electromobility. Read how they use plasmatechnology.

Relyon Plasma will be represented at the Electronica trade show in Munich together with TDK Group. This trade fair presents the world of electronics in the entire spectrum of technologies, trends, products and solutions in the electronics industry.

In cooperation with the Research Institute of Textile Chemistry and Textile Physics of the University of Innsbruck, relyon plasma GmbH has developed the Plasmacell P300 with Piezo Radial Source designed especially for the plasma treatment of textile fibres, yard goods and continuous material.

Surface energy  Determination of surface energy by means of test inks and contact angle measurement, enhancement through plasma treatment Wettability is of major importance for all kinds of surface treatments like printing, varnishing and gluing. It describes the behaviour of liquids on solid surfaces which is dependent on the surface tension of the liquid and […]

Beijing CSTS, our Sales Partner in China, presented Relyon Plasma´s products at the Productronica 2018 in Shanghai from 14th to 16th March at the International Exhibition Center.

The quality management system, valid for the entire Relyon Plasma company, has been re-certified by Deutsche Managementsystem Zertifizierungsgesellschaft mbH without objection, thus confirming that all structures, processes and procedures of the company are subject to constant control and therefore to continuous improvement.

Relyon Plasma GmbH expands market presence with new shareholder TDK subsidiary EPCOS AG

With the plasmabox, relyon plasma presents a compact solution based on state-of-the-art technology. It is simply integrated into the existing system and the plasma process can be started.

Bonding, dosing & moulding of parts and components in medical technology

Dr. Dariusz Korzec will attend a workshop on the treatment of polymer surfaces. He will talk about plasma treatment of polymers before coating.

Our sales partners ADL Prozesstechnik and Löhnert Industriebedarf presented our Piezobrush PZ2 at the Productronica 2017 in Munich.

Plasmatool, the high-efficient plasma handheld device for surface treatment. The perfect tool for flexible and easy surface treatment in industrial environments.

Relyon Plasma will be next week at the SMT Hybrid Packaging Fair which is celebrated in Nuremberg. It is the only event in Europe which takes a comprehensive view of system integration in microelectronics.

Relyon Plasma GmbH has already presented its products at the Productronica in Shanghai for the third time.

We invite you to visit our Sales Partner Ulbrich at the International Industrial Fair 2017 in Celje, which will take place from 4th to 7th April.

Relyon Plasma will be this year present at Productronica China 2017. This fair showcases the entire value chain in electronics production in all industrial sectors.

Relyon Plasma will be this year present at the JEC World 2017, the largest international gathering of composites professionals.

In order to strengthen our international presence, we have met this week our two new sales partners: Victor Santos, CEO from Victor Santos Lda. in Portugal, and Edvegny Medvedev, technical director in Partitech LCC, our sales partner in Russia.

We are glad to announce that in 2017 we will participate in two big events: Productronica China and JEC Composites.