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Electron beam crosslinking is most frequently used for polyethylene and ethylene-based copolymers, but there is a growing amount of ebeam crosslinking of engineering polymers like polyamides and fluoropolymers, including PVDF and ETFE, in specialty wire and cable and molded parts.
E-beam crosslinking provides all of chemical crosslinking’s advantages of having a thermoplastic turn into a thermoset–without the use of harmful chemicals.
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Polymer long chain branching is used to modify the processability and melt properties of polymer pellets.
The e-beam irradiation creates side chains and often increases molecular weight. This is done without creating a 3D network, such as is created during the crosslinking process. The side chains often entangle, increasing the melt strength of the polymer, allowing for downgauging, long draw thermoforming, creation of lower density foams, and other applications.
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Do you have a different application that might benefit from electron beam irradiation?
At E-BEAM Services, we don’t have any products ourselves–we enable YOU to make new or improved products. E-BEAM has a long track record as a partner, trusted advisor, and service provider for the manufacturers of a wide variety of industrial products, consumer goods, and medical devices across the nation.
