The Facilitation Centre for Industrial Plasma Technologies links the Institute for Plasma Research with the industry. The knowledge base in plasma sciences and associated technologies is exploited to generate advanced plasma based technologies for material processing and environmental remediation.

Advanced plasma process development is realized by validation experiments, scale-up and setting up pilot plants. A number of prototype reactors are available to develop a new idea rapidly from concept to products. Incubation and demonstration of a new technology is carried out in the jobshop to promote the industrial acceptance of plasma based technologies and to generate techno-commercial data relevant to entrepreneurs. The job shop executes job work for surface and material treatment on an industrial scale. The material characterization facility, consisting of advanced instruments is open to users from industry, research establishments and universities. Manufacturing of advanced plasma reactors is another activity crucial to successful commercial transfer of technologies.

FCIPT has a multi-disciplinary team of scientists and engineers with expertise in plasma physics, plasma chemistry, metallurgy, material science, power electronics and instrumentation.

All the above activities under a single roof provide an ideal environment for the centre to offer a complete package of industrial technologies and facilitation services to industries interested in the adoption of indigenous technologies.