Abstract: A method and device for degreasing of long products or endless materials such as metal, plastic or ceramic wires, bands, tapes, and tubes or any other materials surfaced with oil or other hydrocarbons. Long products are exposed to chemically reactive oxidative radical environment, wherein the degreasing is done at low pressure. Material coming from device, treated by this method, becomes clean, functionalized and more susceptible for any material deposition on its surface. The method for non contact cleaning of material is environmentally friendly and presents an alternative to classical wet degreasing or heat degreasing.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device (1) for the treatment of materials, in particular continuous materials such as wires, rods, tubes, etc. The device comprises a heating chamber (3) for heating a supplied material (8) during its movement through the heating chamber (3) and a plasma reactor (5) arranged downstream of the heating chamber and comprising at least one discharge chamber (10) through which the material (8) is conveyable continuously and in which the material can be subjected to plasma treatment while moving therethrough.