This week we will be in Dallas at the Wire Expo, talking about crosslinking and of course electrons (a favorite đ). The WAI Operations Summit & Wire Expo is held biennially in a different industry hub within the U.S. for the wire and cable manufacturing industry.
When wire and cable is irradiated by electron beam, the electrons crosslink the jacket, improving performance characteristics – such as higher tensile strength, chemical resistance, abrasion resistance, and improved thermal resistance at elevated temperatures –Â without changing the dimensional properties.
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?
At this point, if youâve read through a number of our blog entries you might be thinking, âOkay, this electron beam thing is REALLY cool, but Iâm not a medical device manufacturer or a resin supplier, so it doesnât really affect me.â In actuality, you might be surprised to learn that products modified by electron […]
What if you had a tool you could use to improve your existing plastic or polymer product? Or a tool that enables you to create a new specialty product? What if that tool could improve the temperature rating of your product or improve its chemical resistance or give it the low-temperature impact resistance your […]
We are E-BEAM Services, we are committed to the power of electrons, and we are crosslinking. In the video below, you will learn about the history of crosslinking at E-BEAM and how we are the industry leaders in the changing the material properties of polymers in order to create a superior product. Â Â Transcript […]
Polyethylene (PE) pipe goes through the e-beam process and becomes crosslinked (X). That is how we put the âXâ in PEX. Polyethylene is the most common polymer we electron beam crosslink every day. We see it in different forms, from injection molded and thermoformed parts, extruded sheet, tubing and wire and cable. While there are […]
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 âvery efficiently — increase […]
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 canât 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 […]