Plug-in connector module for a modular industrial plug-in connector and method for producing such a plug-in connector module

A plug-in connector module for a modular industrial plug-in connector, the plug-in connector module comprising:

• a housing having a housing surface, wherein the housing substantially comprises plastics material;
• and
• at least one electrical contact element,
• wherein the housing has at least one contact chamber having a contact chamber surface, wherein the at least one electrical contact element is arranged in the contact chamber,
• wherein at least a portion of the contact chamber surface and/or at least a portion of the housing surface is plasma-modified, and
• wherein at least a portion of the contact chamber surface and/or at least a portion of the housing surface has a higher concentration of carbon double bonds than the underlying base material of the housing.

A plug-in connector module for a modular industrial plug-in connector, the plug-in connector module comprising:

• a housing having a housing surface, wherein the housing substantially comprises plastics material;
• and
• at least one electrical contact element,
• wherein the housing has at least one contact chamber having a contact chamber surface, wherein the at least one electrical contact element is arranged in the contact chamber,
• wherein at least a portion of the contact chamber surface and/or at least a portion of the housing surface is plasma-modified, and
• wherein at least a portion of the contact chamber surface and/or at least a portion of the housing surface has a lower concentration of oxygen compounds than the underlying base material of the housing.

A plug-in connector module for a modular industrial plug-in connector, the plug-in connector module comprising:

• a housing having a housing surface, wherein the housing substantially comprises plastics material;
• and
• at least one electrical contact element,
• wherein the housing has at least one contact chamber having a contact chamber surface, wherein the at least one electrical contact element is arranged in the contact chamber,
• wherein at least a portion of the contact chamber surface and/or at least a portion of the housing surface is plasma-modified, and
• wherein at least a portion of the contact chamber surface and/or at least a portion of the housing surface has a higher concentration of fluorine compounds than the underlying base material of the housing.

A plug-in connector module for a modular industrial plug-in connector, the plug-in connector module comprising:

• a housing having a housing surface, wherein the housing substantially comprises plastics material;
• and
• at least one electrical contact element,
• wherein the housing has at least one contact chamber having a contact chamber surface, wherein the at least one electrical contact element is arranged in the contact chamber,
• wherein at least a portion of the contact chamber surface and/or at least a portion of the housing surface is plasma-modified, and
• wherein the plug-in connector module comprises two plug-in connector module halves.

A method for producing a plug-in connector module of an industrial plug-in connector, the method comprising:

• producing a plastics material housing having a housing surface and at least one contact chamber for receiving a contact element;
• and
• modifying at least a portion of the housing surface and/or at least a portion of the contact chamber surface with an atmospheric pressure plasma with a working gas being supplied,
• wherein an inert gas or a fluorine-containing gas or a mixture thereof is used as the working gas.

A method for producing a plug-in connector module of an industrial plug-in connector, the method comprising:

• producing a plastics material housing having a housing surface and at least one contact chamber for receiving a contact element;
• and
• modifying at least a portion of the housing surface and/or at least a portion of the contact chamber surface with an atmospheric pressure plasma with a working gas being supplied,
• wherein argon is used as the inert gas and tetrafluoroethylene is used as the fluorine-containing gas.

A method for producing a plug-in connector module of an industrial plug-in connector, the method comprising:

• producing a plastics material housing having a housing surface and at least one contact chamber for receiving a contact element;
• and
• modifying at least a portion of the housing surface and/or at least a portion of the contact chamber surface with an atmospheric pressure plasma with a working gas being supplied,
• wherein the plug-in connector module is composed of two plug-in connector module halves.

A method for producing a plug-in connector module of an industrial plug-in connector, the method comprising:

• producing a plastics material housing having a housing surface and at least one contact chamber for receiving a contact element;
• and
• modifying at least a portion of the housing surface and/or at least a portion of the contact chamber surface with an atmospheric pressure plasma with a working gas being supplied,
• wherein the housing surface and/or the contact chamber is/are first wetted with a chemical solution and a plasma modification is subsequently carried out.