Case Study
Plasma Instead of Flame
Plasma In?stead of Flame Pegu?form GmbH based in south ?ern Ger ?many, one of the world's lead ?ing plastic parts man ?u?fac ?tur ?ers for the auto?mot?ive in?dustry, treats the in ?stru?ment pan ?els for the Audi Q5 sports util ?ity vehicles with Openair® plasma be?fore ap ?ply ?ing a PUR foam layer. The panel is com ?posed of three dif ?fer?ent ma?ter ?ial lay ?ers: a long glass ?ber-re ?in?- forced plastic struc ?tural mem ?ber, a PUR foam layer and a so-called slush skin which is a moul ?ded PVC skin. The struc?tural mem ?bers, made of polypro ?pyl?ene, are formed by in ?jec?tion mold?ing. This type of non-po ?lar plastic ma?ter ?ial must un ?dergo a pre-treat ?ment pro?cess to en?hance its ad ?he?sion prop?er?ties. The con?ven ?tional ?ame treat ?ment ne?ces ?sit ?ates that all sur?fa