Three-Dimensional and Uniform UV Curing Using Integrating Sphere Technology
By Thomas Efsen, managing director, Efsen UV & EB Technology
An integrating sphere uses multiple diffuse reflections of light incident on the sphere inner surface...
Electron Beam Curing Properties of Waterborne Monomer and Polymer Materials
By Stephen C. Lapin and Kathryn E. Classon, PCT Engineered Systems, a division of ebeam Technologies, Comet Group
Abstract
The electron beam (EB) curing properties of...
X-Ray Cured Carbon Fiber Composites
By Liz Stevens, writer, UV+EB Technology
The RadTech 2021 RadLaunch Special Unique New Technology Award for Cutting Edge X-ray-cured Carbon Fiber Composite System was presented...
Regulatory News
Changes to Public Availability of TSCA Section 5 Submissions
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving to a real-time system of providing information to...
RadTech Hosts Inaugural Hands-On Surface Curing Workshop
By Melissa DeDonder, former managing editor, Peterson Publications, Inc.
RadTech International North America hosted a hands-on UV/EB Surface Curing Workshop on Sept. 10 at Georgia...
NIOSH Researching Emissions from UV-Curable Resins
By Aleksandr B. Stefaniak, Lauren N. Bowers, Elizabeth D. Arnold and Stephen B. Martin, Jr., NIOSH Respiratory Health Division
The repeated flashes of light and...
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...
Novel Approaches to Improve Scratch and Abrasion Resistance in UV Coatings
By Bob Lin, Marco Heuer, Roger Reinartz, Aline Skotarczak and Maria Nargiello, Evonik Corporation
As UV coatings are applied to a broader range of substrates,...
Association News: 2021 Quarter 2
Editorial Board Member Darryl Boyd Honored
Darryl Boyd, Ph.D., a US Naval Research Laboratory chemist with the Optical Sciences Division and Purdue University College of...
UV Q&A: What is a ‘Cure Ladder’ and How is it Used in UV...
by R.W. Stowe, Heraeus Noblelight America LLC
A cure ladder is the fundamental laboratory tool for the design or analysis of a UV-curing system. It...
