Will crosslinking increase my plastic part’s chemical resistance?
You might remember from high school chemistry class that solubility is increased by chemical similarity between solute and solvent. Plastics will be most vulnerable to chemicals in which it is soluble. Therefore, you can tailor your choice of plastics so that it is resistant to a specific class of chemicals, or –very efficiently — increase […]
How can I lower the cost per foot when processing reel-to-reel products?
Part 1: Why more material on a reel will result in a lower cost Sometimes more is better. More vacation days, more good weather, and, in my personal opinion, you can’t go wrong with more bacon cheesefries. The same principal also applies to the amount of material on a reel sent to us for e-beam […]
What is a dosemap and what does it tell me?
In electron beam processing, a dosemap measures the distribution of dose, typically within a case of medical devices to be sterilized. (The principles also apply to other types of electron beam processing.) We are usually looking to determine the maximum internal dose and the minimum internal dose.