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Altus Multi-Nozzle Atmospheric Plasma System

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Altus Multi-Nozzle Atmospheric Plasma System for In-line Surface Treatment

Altus is Henniker's highest-capacity multi-nozzle atmospheric plasma system, built for the parts and lines that single and dual-nozzle systems cannot cover efficiently. An array of four to eight nozzles, each fed from a single controller, treats widths of up to 100mm in a single pass, raising surface energy for reliable bonding, coating, printing and sealing.

Altus is a component system, designed to be integrated directly into an existing production line rather than supplied as a stand-alone cell. The controller mounts alongside the line, the nozzle array sits over the moving substrate or indexing parts, and the line's own PLC drives the whole system.

Altus suits industries where wide substrates and high line speeds meet demanding adhesion requirements. Battery and EV manufacturers prepare aluminium housings, busbars and polyimide films for structural bonding in one in-line step, while aerospace and composite producers remove mould-release residue before painting. Automotive lines keep pace on bonding, sealing and coating, and medical device and electronics manufacturers gain repeatable activation before assembly, wire bonding and conformal coating.

Maximise Throughput

A single nozzle treating a wide web, a large moulded panel or a row of parts on an indexing line must make multiple sequential passes or follow a slow robot raster. Altus arrays its nozzles side by side, turning that job into a single parallel operation. Because every nozzle is individually controllable, the same system treats a small localised area, intricate parts with tight radii, or up to eight separate parts at once.

Plasma Environment

Plasma Environment 

Seven Altus atmospheric plasma nozzles arranged side by side, with the controller's power, trigger and error connections behind
 
 
 

 

Each Altus nozzle delivers a focused atmospheric plasma plume directly to the surface, approximately 10–12mm wide with the standard "mode" nozzle, or 8–10mm with the "finite" nozzle for narrow channels. The compressed air plasma microscopically "sandblasts" the surface while activating it at an atomic level.

The result is a sharp rise in surface energy on engineering polymers, metals, composites, glass and ceramics, all treated on the same line.

 

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