By Michael J. Dvorchak and Melanie L. Clouser, Dvorchak Enterprises LLC, and A. David Harbourne, Harbourne Consulting LLC Over the past three decades suppliers to the aerospace coatings industry, paint companies, the USAF, US Army, US Navy, US Coast Guard and civil aviation entities have – with limited success – tried to implement the use of UV cure coatings. The benefits of … [Read more...] about Aerospace UV Cured Coatings: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
High-Energy Discussions at RadTech UV+EB Conference
Reprinted with permission from Richard Romano, WhatTheyThink.com At what may well have been the last in-person industry event for a while, professionals in the world of energy-curing technology gathered in Orlando in early March for RadTech’s 2020 UV+EB Technology Conference, three days of sessions devoted to ultraviolet (UV) and electron beam (EB) technologies. UV and EB … [Read more...] about High-Energy Discussions at RadTech UV+EB Conference
UV Curing Advances Printed and Novel Electronics at PARC
By Liz Stevens, contributing editor, UV+EB Technology Researcher Janos Veres and his colleagues at the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) are shaping the future with their research and development – and with a helping hand from UV technology. Across projects as diverse as a “smart” mouth guard for athletes, a printed and embedded circuit with its own NFC antenna, and a … [Read more...] about UV Curing Advances Printed and Novel Electronics at PARC
Understanding Glass Transition Temperature: Part 2
In the last edition of Professor’s Corner, we began a discussion of the glass transition temperature (Tg).1 In this issue, we will continue that discussion by investigating three methods for experimental measurement of this all-important polymer property: 1) Dilatometry; 2) Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC); 3) Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA). These three methods are … [Read more...] about Understanding Glass Transition Temperature: Part 2
HARP Changes the Game in 3D Printing
By Liz Stevens, contributing editor, UV+EB Technology Amid the wide range of 3D printers these days – for everything from chocolate to human skin to bridges to rockets – a promising new technology is coming into view, one that overcomes the limitations of its predecessors, such as materials and applications, size and speed. High Area Rapid Printing (HARP™), pioneered by … [Read more...] about HARP Changes the Game in 3D Printing