Q&A: Is there a technique to evaluate the performance of low-voltage electron beam processors?
By Im Rangwalla, Market Development Manager, Energy Sciences, Inc.
Yes.
Radiation-induced in situ polymerization reactions offer significant advantages over conventional thermal processes. The biggest advantage is...
Total Measured Optic Response: A New Approach to UV LED Measurement
By Jim Raymont, Joe May, Mark Lawrence and Paul Mills, EIT Instrument Markets
The Fundamental Paradox of Measurement
Measurement is important to set process parameters and...
Photoinitiator Selection for LED-Cured Coatings
By Michael Wyrostek, director of sales and marketing, and Matthew Salvi, Hampford Research
Background
LED sources are rapidly gaining in popularity in the UV-cured coatings market...
Microfabrication of Riblets for Drag Reduction: A Novel UV Approach Utilizing Photolithographic Methods
By H. Bilinsky, CEO, MicroTau Pty Ltd.
I. Introduction
Although drag-reducing riblet microstructures have been researched for over two decades and reliably demonstrate up to 10...
Regulatory News
EHS Committee Update
The RadTech Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Committee, led by chairman Michael Gould of RAHN, met in San Francisco, California, on March...
uv.eb WEST 2017 Celebrates Record Attendance
With several standing-room-only conference presentations on 3D printing materials, UV LED, UV technology for touch displays, food packaging, disinfection and UV inkjet, uv.eb WEST...
Q&A: Which is more important irradiance or exposure?
By R.W. Stowe, UV Applications Engineering Consultant, Heraeus Noblelight America LLC
They are both important, but the relative effectiveness depends on the physical chemistry of...
Floor Coatings with UV LED Curing: A Focus on Performance and Properties
By Gary Sigel, Ph.D., senior principal scientist, Armstrong Flooring
Floor coating compositions were prepared from monofunctional, difunctional and trifunctional acrylates, as well as urethane acrylates...
Association News
RadTech Offers Free UV/EB E-Course
In an effort to continue the mission to develop educational opportunities for UV+EB, RadTech has launched the first course in...
