Quick-Cure UV Putty for Wood Flooring
By Dr. Gary Sigel, Senior Principal Scientist for Armstrong Flooring
UV putty compositions were prepared from a mixture of an epoxy acrylate oligomer and flexible...
Introducing RadTech’s Sustainability Committee
By Cara Bommarito, RadTech
UV/EB technology is known for many environmental positives, offering users a great opportunity to transform their systems to more efficient and...
Enabling Energy-Curable Adhesion Through Polymer Design
By Namgoo Kang, Ph.D.; Ken Myers; Mark Adams; Andrew Sandt and William C. Miles, Ph.D., Penn Color, Inc.
The adhesion of energy-curable coatings is a...
Mighty Buildings’ 3D-Printed Sustainable Homes
By Liz Stevens, writer, UV+EB Technology
Oakland, California-based construction company Mighty Buildings is a cutting-edge builder using 3D printing, robotics and automation to create stylish,...
LED Measurement Solutions for Adhesive Applications
UV LEDs with peak spectral outputs between 365-405 nanometers (nm) are increasingly being used to cure adhesives, but converting a process from mercury to...
A Long-Lived EB: Machine Function and Maintenance, Part 1
Did you know there still are electron beams in operation that were manufactured over 30 years ago? With relatively few moving parts and a...
Intermolecular Attractive Forces: The Key to Understanding Polymer Properties, Part 2
In this edition of “Professor’s Corner,” a discussion of Intermolecular Attractive Forces is continued. In Part 11, the subject was introduced, and London Dispersion...
Regulatory News: 2021 Quarter 4
US EPA Updates TSCA Inventory
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the availability of the latest Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Inventory. The...
UVC LED Technology Eliminates RNase A from COVID-19 rt-PCR Test Kits
By Theresa Thompson, PhD Application Scientist; Mark Oesterle, Produce Line Manager; and Cristina Ortiz-Mateos, Life Science Marketing Specialist, Phoseon Technology
The germicidal effect of UVC...
Improvements of 3D Printed Parts via Bio-Based Modification of Photocurable Resins
By Nathan Noyes and Wouter Vogel, Ph.D., Croda
Within polymer-based additive manufacturing, photocurable resin-based processes have gained acceptance due to advantages in printing time, surface...
