Electromagnetic radiation can interact with solids and substances in a variety of ways. This interaction can also be used to modify surfaces.
The irradiation of substrate surfaces can have various effects, ranging from cleaning, structuring and marking to gradual varnish removal or decoating and even activation or chemical modification of the surface.
One of the main aspects of our development work is aimed at improving adhesion for bonding and coating plastics, elastomers, fabric and fiber composites, silicones, ceramics and glass.
In addition to full-surface irradiation, highly spatially resolved irradiation can also be carried out using a laser, for example, which is important for structuring the surface. But also a targeted build-up of chemical structures (e. g. silicatization).

Examples of use/fields of application for/of modification, roughening and structuring
•  partial and full-surface cleaning → Laser cleaning
•  generation of adhesive structures → Laser silicatization
•  chemical functionalization → UVC treatment
•  precise and gentle removal of material → Layer-by-layer coating/material remova
•  structuring of surfaces → Microstructuring for hybrid injection molding

Light sources from the short-wave UVC (172 nm, 185 nm, 193 nm) to the infrared wavelength range (1064 nm, 10600-10800 nm) are available, which opens up a wide range of applications and allows the process control to be optimally adapted to the individual task.