Patents Assigned to Plasmametal
  • Process for metallizing a surface
    Patent number: 5236747
    Abstract: A workpiece having a surface to be metallised is placed in an enclosure. A plasma is produced in a plasma tube which extends into the enclosure, the plasma having a post-discharge zone in which the surface to be metallised is placed. Vapour of a metal carbonyl compound is injected into the enclosure, such compound dissociating in the post-discharge plasma to cause the metal to be deposited on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Assignee: Plasmametal
    Inventors: Odile Dessaux, Pierre W. N. Goudmand, Abdellah Ben Taleb, Catherine Cannesson