Abstract: The present invention provides a method with which a workpiece can be subjected to an atmospheric-pressure plasma treatment and/or plasma discharge on a side facing away from the high-voltage electrodes inducing the plasma discharge. This is a method for continuous atmospheric-pressure plasma treatment and/or plasma coating of electrically insulated workpieces, in particular boards or sheets of material in which a workpiece to be treated is arranged at a distance beneath at least one high-voltage electrode extending across the direction of movement over at least the width of the surface of the workpiece to be treated, and the electrode and the workpiece are set in motion in relation to one another in a direction of movement, a high voltage being applied to the high-voltage electrode, preferably in the form of an a.c.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for treating plasma under continuous atmospheric pressure of, in particular, electrically insulating workpieces, in particular material plates or strips. According to said method, the workpiece which is to be machined, is arranged at a distance below at least one electrode which is made of two barrier electrodes, which are arranged in a successive manner in the direction of displacement with a gap, and which extends in a manner which is transversal to the direction of displacement at least over the width of the surface of the workpiece which is to be machined. The electrode and the workpiece are mutually offset in the direction of displacement. High voltage, which is in the form of an alternating voltage, is applied to the barrier electrodes, in order to provoke at least plasma discharge in the gap. The plasma discharge is driven by the gas flow from the gap in the direction of the surface of the workpiece which is to be machined.