New Functional Nanocoatings for the Filtration Industry

Belgium based Europlasma, a world leader in low pressure plasma technology, is proud to present during Filtech 2015 its growing family of innovative nanocoatings for the filtration industry under the Nanofics® brand name.

Nanofics® refers to nanoscaled functionalization into the core of complex shaped materials and products. It is Europlasma’s patented and patent pending nanocoating technology platform, first  applied on industrial scale in 1996.
Four innovative nanocoating solutions will be demonstrated for use on both gas and liquid filtration media.
Nanofics 10® coatings have very high affinity for water, resulting in water contact angles of lower than 10 degrees according to ASTM D5964. The Nanofics 10® coating is able to transform any filtration material – even PTFE – into a material with a permanently hydrophilic surface.
Nanofics 120® coatings on the other hand are highly water repellent (water contact angle of 120 degrees according to ASTM D5964) and highly oil repellent (oil repellency level 8 according to ISO 14419) fluoropolymer type of nanocoatings deposited by low pressure plasma technology.
Also Nanofics 110® coatings are highly water repellent (water contact angle of 110 degrees according to ASTM D5964) and highly oil repellent (oil repellency level 6 according to ISO 14419) fluoropolymer type of nanocoatings. The unique aspect of these coatings is that they are completely free from PFOA and PFOS.
Now Europlasma is leading the way to more environmentally friendly solutions with the development of a new family of water repellent nanocoatings which are completely free from halogens. Europlasma just received funding from IWT, the Flemish government agency for Innovation by Science and Technology, to boost this development.
The Nanofics® coatings are applied in Europlasma’s unique design of  roll-to-roll equipment.