Super Arc Plasma Unit

Plasma is the fourth state of matter and is a pack of ions in which the number of positive ions equals to the number of electrons. At normal pressure, plasmas are mostly hot (around several thousand degrees Celsius), so it is difficult to control them. In order to improve performance, researchers have succeeded to produce cold plasma at normal pressure and room temperature. Cold plasma is one of the effective methods for sterilization of different surfaces, preparation of polymers, fabrics and textiles surfaces, and generally surface activation. At present, the use of cold plasma has been developed to enhance the surface energy for supplementary processes such as coloring. Plasma increases the ability of surface color absorption and printing through the creation of nanostructures, polar groups and active chemical species on the surface. Other capabilities of plasma are generating mechanisms to break the genetic chains of microorganisms and remove the bacteria.

Generally, the surface modifications by plasma can create or improve characteristics such as hydrophilicity, antistatic properties, capillary, chemical absorption, color absorption, printability, increasing the effective surface, creating active sites, adhesion and many other cases in produced textiles.