Substances usually based on organic oils, grease or silicones, which are used for treating moulds for example for metall stamp moulding or plastic injection moulding. It enables to release the molded piece from the mould.
Usually pieces produced by use of release agents need to be cleaned from remains of the release agent prior to any further treatment such as coating or printing to achieve acceptable adhesion. This cleaning process can be perfectly performed by plasma cleaning by an oxygene process gas.