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Electron Beam Technology for Converting Applications

Stephen C. Lapin, Ph.D.

PCT Engineered Systems, LLC

Davenport, IA

Electron beam (EB) technology has been used in converting applications for more than

30 years. The use of EB is driven by a number of factors including: product

performance, product consistency, high throughput, energy savings, and the absence of

solvent. The nature of EB technology can also enable unique converting applications that

are not possible by other means.

A new generation of lower cost, more compact EB equipment has been recently

introduced (Figure 1). This equipment operates in the range of about 70 to 125 kV. This

equipment is well suited for curing of inks and coatings used in package printing

applications. A number of articles have been written focusing on these printing

applications. It is perhaps somewhat less well known that this same new generation EB

equipment is also well suited for a variety of non-printing converting applications. For

the purpose of this discussion, converting applications are grouped into seven basic

processes which are described below.

Figure 1. New generation EB equipment compared to original industrial equipment.

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Electron Beam Technology for Converting Applications Stephen C. Lapin, Ph.D. PCT Engineered Systems, LLC Davenport, IA Electron beam (EB) technology

ELECTRON BEAMUNWIND(or direct from film production)REWINDTREATED FILMFigure 2. Film Crosslinking Film Crosslinking Film crosslinking is the largest

ELECTRON BEAMUNWINDREWINDOPTIONALRELEASELINEREXTRUDERFigure 3. Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Crosslinking Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Crosslinking Mo

ELECTRON BEAMUNWINDCOATERREWINDFigure 4. Direct Coating Direct Coating There is a large variety of functional coatings that may be cured using EB t

ELECTRON BEAMPRIMARYUNWINDCOATERREWINDSECONDARYUNWINDFigure 5. Adhesive Laminating Adhesive Laminating The advantages of EB adhesive laminating ha

ELECTRON BEAMPRIMARYUNWINDTRANSFERADHESIVEPRECOATEDCARRIERCARRIERREWINDTRANSFERCOATEDREWINDSECONDARYUNWINDFigure 6. Transfer Coating Transfer Coatin

ELECTRON BEAMEMBOSSEDDRUMCOATERREWINDUNWINDEMBOSSEDPATTERN Figure 7. Backside Embossing Backside Embossing The process of EB backside embossing is

ELECTRON BEAMUNWINDCOATEREMBOSSED FILM LOOPREWINDEMBOSSED PRODUCT Figure 8. Topside Embossing Topside Embossing Topside embossing is similar to bac

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