Are you an organized traveler? Do you know how to pack your business pants to minimize creases? Or are you more likely to be throwing things in a bag at the last minute? And what in the world do these questions have to do with crosslinkable polymers? Read More
Electron beam crosslinking can enhance different polymer properties such as tensile strength, impact strength, high-heat properties, abrasion and chemical resistance, and environmental stress crack resistance. But not all polymers crosslink.
So how can you tell if your polymer is a good fit for e-beam crosslinking? One of the factors that help us know if a polymer is likely to crosslink or not is its glass transition temperature (Tg). Read More
This week, E-BEAM Services is once again heading to New York City for the MD&M East trade show. We’re looking forward to meeting new people, and exploring new applications for e-beam sterilization. Read More
Though the show doesn’t officially start until Monday, the E-BEAM team has made their way down to the sunshine state to start prepping the booth (and do a little fishing while they can…).
Located at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, the NPE officially goes into full swing on Monday morning and will continue throughout the week. This year, the show boasts 65,000+ professionals from 128 different countries and covers the full spectrum of the plastics industry. Read More
This April will find the E-BEAM team enjoying all Boston has to offer: walking the Freedom Trail, checking out Fenway Park, and of course too many (is there such a thing?) cannoli at Mike’s Pastry.
And one more thing: the BIOMEDevice Boston show, on April 18th-19th.
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Recently, E-BEAM Services posted their latest Crash Course: The Top 5 Things You Need To Know About E-beam Sterilization. This latest foray into the world of electron beam processing gave us a beginner level look at–you guessed it!–the top five important things to know about e-beam sterilization. Here’s a brief run-down: Read More
A dose map, or dose distribution study, helps us determine if all of the product within your case is receiving the necessary sterilization dose. In this study, we take a measurement of the internal doses throughout a case of product.
The case of product is opened by E-BEAM Services, and our trained lab technicians place dosimeters at multiple locations, based on guidance provided in ISO 11137-3. We then run the case through the accelerator in a simulated production scenario, taking an additional measurement of the surface (or surfaces, in two-sided processing) of the case that faces the beam. Once the processing is complete, we read the dosimeters, using the surface reading as a reference dose. We identify the location of the minimum and maximum internal doses within the case, and then relate those to the surface dose using simple ratios. Read More
