Innovation through combined applications of plasma technologies
Nowadays the success factors for companies are product innovation and efficient use of resources (energy, raw materials etc.). The surface treatments, in this contest, are strategically important because they allow to decorate, protect and give to the substrates the desired physical, chemical and mechanical properties. Many of the features required by a material depend on the characteristics of its surface: to be able to modify its properties saving resources and reducing waste and emissions is an important tool for companies of the program area. Plasma technologies allows to modify the surface characteristics with hi-tech and eco-friendly processes. There are obstacles to use those technologies given by unavailability of equipments, required know-how for their management and especially the cost of experimentation and testing. Thanks to this project it will be possible to put together the multi-disciplinary competences and hardware of each of the partners to overcome these barriers. _x000D_
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The main activities of this project will be: _x000D_
- Identification of the SME’s needs of the program area,_x000D_
- Performing experimentations,_x000D_
- Combination of the different plasma technologies,_x000D_
- Dissemination, information and advertising of studies and results.