Europlasma Launches New Nanocoating Solution to Waterproof Electronic Devices at CES 2016 in Las Vegas

January 6, 2015 – Oudenaarde, Belgium:
Belgium based Europlasma, a global leader in low pressure plasma technology, is excited to launch at CES 2016 its next generation of plasma coating solutions for the electronics industry under the Nanofics® 120 S brand name.

Nanofics® refers to nanoscaled functionalization into the core of complex shaped materials and products. It is Europlasma’s patented and patent pending plasma coating technology platform, used since 20 years by a worldwide renowned customer base for the coating of filtration products, functional textiles, medical devices and consumer electronics.

The Nanofics® 120 family of coatings are highly liquid repellent and have proven to be the ideal technology to splashproof and corrosion protect wearable and portable electronics, used in an active lifestyle. The Nanofics® 120 can be applied on component level, PCB or even the whole device, and is typically used to reach water ingress protection levels up to  IPX4, and salt mist corrosion protection for at least 48 hours.

Building further on the same Nanofics® 120 platform Europlasma scientists and engineers have now developed and patented a new ultra-thin coating system which allows electronics to survive full water submersion while powered on. Devices with their internal electronics protected by Nanofics® 120 S now can reach IPX7 or higher.

Europlasma’s CTO Eva Rogge comments: “experiments have shown that ultra-thin Nanofics® 120 S performs more than 10.000 times better than traditional Nanofics 120® during water submersion. The Nanofics® 120 S performs even better than parylene during water submersion. Compared to parylene the 120 S coatings have much lower wettability, and the 120 S coatings will not easily crack because they are flexible, and they adhere well to different substrates.”

The Nanofics® 120 S is applied in industrial type of Europlasma equipment, similar to the Nanofics® 120 system. These machines are fit for mass production, with cycle times typically less than 50% of parylene.

Europlasma’s CEO Filip Legein concludes: “with Nanofics® 120 and Nanofics® 120 S we are now able to offer our clients plasma coating technology for any level of protection, from improving resistance to high humidity and corrosive environments, to making devices fully waterproof. We look forward to work with each customer individually to develop the best possible solution for his or her specific electronic device, and to implement it on industrial scale.”