E-beam crosslinking for plastics
provides all of crosslinking's advantages -- including tensile
and impact strength, creep resistance, durability, solvent
and chemical resistance, abrasion resistance, environmental
stress crack resistance and barrier properties - but none
of the disadvanages of chemical crosslinking.
E-beam crosslinking
does not require any additives nor does it generate hazardous
chemical by-products. This crosslinking method is energy
efficient and the minimal amount of exposure time to the
ebeam helps ensure high throughputs.
Electron beam crosslinking is most frequently used for polyethylene
and polyvinyl chloride products, but there is a growing
amount of ebeam crosslinking of fluoropolymers including
ETFE in molded parts and specialty wire and cable.
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