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The UV/EB curing platform is a dynamic partner for today’s technology base across many manufacturing industries and geographies.

Using a UV 3D cell, however, fully assembled products, such as chairs, or desks, can be completely cured using minimal labor in as little as five to eight minutes.

With increased awareness of sustainability, efficiency and safety, UV-curable powder coatings offer numerous opportunities for future growth.

Today’s coatings market expects more from its white pigments than brightness and opacity. White pigments, such as titanium dioxide (TiO2), barium sulfate (BaSO4) and zinc sulphide, are just examples of many ingredients possible in a complex coatings formulation.

SR217 is a monofunctional monomer for UV/EB applications with very low viscosity and surface tension.

This article reports on the performance results of acrylated monomers and oligomers when subjected to typical end-use tests designed to measure the flexibility and adhesion characteristics of coatings.

Emulsion polymerization is a useful technique for preparing waterborne latexes used in coatings and inks.

A mixture of proteins, available as GRAS (generally regarded as safe) foodstuffs, has been identified for a variety of uses in UV-curable coatings.

Curing with UV light is like baking a cake. The cake mix doesn’t care whether it’s in a gas or an electric oven, or whether the oven is made by GE or Amana. As long as the temperature is right and the batter is cooked long enough you can produce a quality cake.

Radiation-cured coatings offer great advantages; numerous applications in the wood, paper, overprint varnish, optics, electronics, plastics and inks markets realize benefits from the reduced energy consumption, environmental impact, waste generation, smaller footprint, and faster cure times offered by this technology.