Crosslinking & Polymer Modification E-Beam Property Improvements Increasing UHMWPE abrasion resistance with electron beam processing September 5, 2017 / October 21, 2019 by ebeam Are you looking for a tough material with high abrasion resistance? The e-beam process can greatly improve the abrasion resistance of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene. Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene is also known as UHMWPE. It’s pretty cool stuff. As the name implies, it is polyethylene with really long chains. In fact, its molecular weight […] Read more »
Crosslinking & Polymer Modification E-Beam Molded Parts Property Improvements Throwback Thursday: Long-lasting barrier-resistant properties June 8, 2017 / October 9, 2025 by ebeam With a show of hands, how many of you wear makeup on a daily basis? I myself never leave home (and actually rarely even walk around home by myself) without mascara and some form of gloss or lipstick. And in today’s world, a lot of us care a lot about what goes into our makeup. […] Read more »
Crosslinking & Polymer Modification E-Beam Long Chain Branching Rheology Control Long Chain Branching, Part 3 – Demonstrating Improved Drawability March 13, 2017 / June 2, 2021 by ebeam In Part 2, we irradiated three samples of LLDPE with the electron beam to impart long chain branching and we achieved the improvement in melt tension we were looking for. In Part 3, we irradiated one of the samples with a higher dose to produce LCB (long chain branched) LLDPE with a melt tension measurement […] Read more »
Crosslinking & Polymer Modification E-Beam Long Chain Branching Rheology Control Long Chain Branching, Part 2 – Experimental results March 10, 2017 / October 9, 2025 by ebeam Hypothesis: long chain branching of LLDPEs can improve melt strength in terms of drawability. We irradiated 3 LLDPE feedstocks with an electron beam and compared the properties of the 3 processed resins to a LDPE Control. The starting samples were: Radiation Processing We dosed the samples with a 150kW, 4.5 MeV electron beam accelerator. The […] Read more »
Crosslinking & Polymer Modification E-Beam Sterilization Welcome to the family! February 17, 2017 / October 6, 2021 by ebeam E-BEAM Services is proud to announce the newest member to their accelerator capacity family, a sweet little 1.5 MeV Dynamitron electron beam accelerator! Coming in at more than 10,000 pounds and measuring more than 20 feet, this newest addition will be upgraded and installed in a future location, becoming the 5th accelerator owned and operated […] Read more »
Crosslinking & Polymer Modification E-Beam Sterilization Innovation is a team sport December 5, 2016 / October 9, 2025 by ebeam The CEO of a plastics company visited E-BEAM Services to talk about ramping up production of the new crosslinked product they have created using electron beam. E-BEAM’s COO said that we enjoy working with nimble, innovative and entrepreneurial companies. The CEO responded, “If that is what you want to do, Dan Yasenchak has demonstrated every […] Read more »
Crosslinking & Polymer Modification E-Beam Sterilization E-BEAM attends the International Meeting on Radiation Processing (IMRP) 2016 November 18, 2016 / January 27, 2020 by ebeam This past week, E-BEAM’s President, COO, and Technology and Development Manager packed up their bags and headed to Vancouver for the 2016 International Meeting on Radiation Processing (IMRP). IMRP meetings are organized by the International Irradiation Association (iia), whose members consist of some of the brightest minds in the field of irradiation science from […] Read more »
Chain Scissioning Crosslinking & Polymer Modification Long Chain Branching Rheology Control Long Chain Branching – Background. Part I November 9, 2016 / June 2, 2021 by ebeam This is the first of a three part series highlighting the advantages of long chain branching and crosslinking – – valuable modifications made by electron beam treatment. History Linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) has been used in extrusion coating and blown film since the 1950s, where its excellent melt strength created new possibilities. Polypropylene (PP) […] Read more »
Crosslinking & Polymer Modification E-Beam Processing Capabilities Sterilization Sterilization Processing Capabilities Capacity vs Agility October 27, 2016 / March 24, 2020 by ebeam Last summer, my neighbor loaded up his RV for a two-week long family vacation. They were going out West to see the great national parks. I couldn’t help but think, though, that I would rather have my other neighbor’s speedy roadster when driving through the twisting mountain passes. It seems you give up agility and […] Read more »
Bioreduction Archive Chain Scissioning Crosslinking & Polymer Modification E-Beam Molded Parts Property Improvements Rheology Control Sheet Processing Sterilization Wire, Cable, & Tubing At home with electrons September 14, 2016 / March 30, 2020 by ebeam At this point, if you’ve read through a number of our blog entries you might be thinking, “Okay, this electron beam thing is REALLY cool, but I’m not a medical device manufacturer or a resin supplier, so it doesn’t really affect me.” In actuality, you might be surprised to learn that products modified by electron […] Read more »