Abstract
The innovative diagnostic system, PFI, records the radiation of the plasma jet as well as of the luminous particle flux. A desktop computer immediately converts these brightness distributions to a set of ellipses. The simple set-up of the system and the fast algorithm enables the utilization of the system in serial production. A statistical design of experiments (DOE) was applied for various process parameters to correlate the determined characteristic ellipses to the process parameters. Measurements of the process by DPV2000 and properties of the resultant coating were used to validate the established correlations. The results demonstrate the suitability of the diagnostic method PFI for quality control and quality assurance in serial production.
