INTEGRITY OF BONDED SYSTEMS DEPENDS ON OPTIMUM ADHESION. CHEMICAL SPECIES AFFECT STRENGTH UNDER ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES. CURRENT PROCEDURES REQUIRE ABRASION AND SOLVENT WIPING USING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES OFFER REPRODUCIBILITY WHILE MINIMIZING HAZARDS. GAS PLASMA INVOLVES THE CREATION OF EXCITED SPECIES BY ALTERNATING CURRENT. CORONA AND PLASMA JET PROCESSES IONIZE AN AIR GAP. THESE SPECIES BREAK MOLECULAR BONDS OF CONTAMINANTS ON THE SURFACE TO PROVIDE THE MOST DESIRABLE SURFACE CHEMISTRY. TAGUCHI METHODS ARE USED FOR COST-EFFECTIVE DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS. THE ARRAYS USED VARIABLES WHICH WOULD AFFECT THE QUALITY OF AN ADHESION- RELATED PROCESS, SURFACE PREPARATION, ADHESIVE, AND OUT- TIME PRIOR TO BONDING.
| Number of Pages : | 13 |
| Published : | 06/01/1991 |
