Radiation Curing: Ultraviolet Light and Electron Beam Technology
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Who Should Attend
This course covers a broad spectrum of general, practical and
scientific knowledge and is designed for production and manufacturing
managers, material scientists, chemists, new product specialists,
design engineers and other technologists involved in efficiently
producing quality finished products and in new process/product
developments. The course should be beneficial to chemists,
formulators, R&D scientists, technical service specialists,
manufacturing managers, production, product managers, planning,
marketing, sales and other professionals in the following industries:
automotive and transportation, building and construction, composites,
cosmetics, electrical insulation, fiber optics, graphic arts, packaging,
flooring, adhesives, industrial coatings, ink, bottle and can
manufacturing, dental and medical, metallizing, converting of
paper/film/foil/textiles, communications media, plastics decoration
and wood finishing.
Description
Radiation curing (ultraviolet light and electron beam technology) is a
chemical manufacturing process for products and product finishing
including adhesives, coatings, inks and other systems which use
radiant (ultraviolet-UV and electron beam-EB) energy for
polymerization, crosslinking or degradation of a formulated chemical
product or material. High energy radiation applications in sterilization
and plastics/rubber modification will not be presented in this course.
This comprehensive course will cover both basic concepts and new
developments in this new, high-growth technology. Generally, radiation
curing provides the following advantages: 100% reactive, solventless,
one-component formulations, energy conservation, pollution
abatement and compliance with governmental regulations, low
substrate heating, increased productivity, reasonable capital
investment, improved product quality and unique product performance
capabilities. Detailed presentations will provide information on
applications and markets, chemistry/photoinitiation technology,
additives, equipment, formulations, synthesis methods, manufacturing,
application techniques, evaluation and testing, health and safety,
government regulations and new developments/markets. The course
will provide comprehensive knowledge of this new technology to
managers, scientists/technologists and other professionals to
stimulate creativity and innovation for new process and product
developments. Particular emphasis is placed on encouraging individual
interaction with the faculty throughout the course. Specific
participants’ interests are also addressed in the popular open forum
panel discussion.