By Carla Brown, Manager, Corporate Communications – Circular Economy Specialist, Siegwerk Druckfarben AG & Co. A note from RadTech: The RadTech Sustainability Committee is embarking on our group’s sustainability journey, and we thank Carla Brown, manager, Corporate Communications – Circular Economy Specialist, Siegwerk Druckfarben AG & Co., for sharing her work in a … [Read more...] about Sustainability in Packaging: Biorenewable and Biodegradable
Safety & Compliance
New Classification for TPO Has Multinational Impacts
Prepared by RadTech Environmental Health and Safety Committee, Michael Gould, Rahn, Chair; and Shannon Gainey, TechCheck LLC, Consultant TPO, a widely used material in photopolymer additive manufacturing (Figure 1), had been classified as a Category 2 reproductive toxin when first registered under the European Union’s CLP regulation (Regulation (EC) 1272/2008). In June … [Read more...] about New Classification for TPO Has Multinational Impacts
Updated Poster Offers Safety Tips for UV-Curable AM
By Dianna Brodine, vice president, editorial, UV+EB Technology RadTech has updated its UV 3D Printing Safe Handling Guide. 3D-printing technology has decreased in cost, encouraging increased home use as well as implementation in other non-laboratory settings, such as libraries, schools or workshops. While many different technologies are used in 3D printing, UV-curable 3D … [Read more...] about Updated Poster Offers Safety Tips for UV-Curable AM
Profilers: Radiometers with Benefits
Imagine if a UV process generated a dating profile looking for a radiometer: UV process ISO of a committed, stable, long-term, quality relationship. Prefer a consistent and controlling partner that can point out changes, flaws and/or tell me when I need to change. Need to have a quick response and be good with numbers. Forget long walks on the beach! I want long periods of … [Read more...] about Profilers: Radiometers with Benefits
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 the steady rise of an intricate shape from a pool of resin inside a vat photopolymerization printer. The whirring of a print head carriage moving back and forth and the gradual appearance of an object on the … [Read more...] about NIOSH Researching Emissions from UV-Curable Resins