Electrolytic Plasma Surface Cleaning of Industrial Metallic Components

Electrolytic plasma is an emerging, environmentally friendly surface engineering technology that can be used for cleaning of metal surfaces and removing several coating. The present work was concerned with cleaning of corrosion products (oxides and contamination) on steel surfaces for corrosion protection. The effects of processing parameters on cleaning steel surfaces were investigated. The results show that electrolytic plasma can effectively produce clean surfaces and remove iron oxides. Also the arc spray coatings deposited on steel was removed by electrolytic plasma.