Plasma Coatings Performance:
Abrasion Protection

INTER Materials hard coatings protect components that are exposed to extreme environmental conditions including aircraft windscreens, vehicle windshields, pilot visors, face shields, etc. The table below displays the coating performance for polycarbonate and acrylics, two of the most common optical grade polymers in the market.

INTER Materials Plasma coatings provide 10 times the durability of commercial grade products.

After tests of 20x standard number of cycles, INTER Materials plasma films continue to perform under a 2% haze, far below the ANSI standard of 4% at 100 cycles.

Haze % ASTM D-1044 TABER Abrader Longevity enhanced by an order of magnitude even at 2000 Taber cycles
Tested at 500 gr Load		100 cycles	1000 cycles	2000 cycles
Non-Coated	Polycarbonate	31.8
	Acrylic	25
Silica Coated	Polycarbonate	3.8	13.5	22
	Acrylic	2.7	12.5	17
Plasma Coated	Polycarbonate	0.4	1.7	2.5
	Acrylic	0.2	1.3	1.6

Hardness (GPa) and % Transmission Plasma Coatings on Polycarbonate and Acrylic
	Non Coated		Plasma Coated
	Hardness (GPa)	% Transmission	Hardness (GPa)	% Transmission
Polycarbonate	0.25 - 0.30	95	3.8 - 4.0	91
Acrylic	0.20 - 0.25	91	3.8 - 4.0	87