IAEA Consultants Endorse Low Energy Electron Beam Processing
Posted by Josh Epstein on Thu, Oct 09, 2008 @ 09:21 AM
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recently hosted an event at its headquarters in Vienna, Austria on low energy electron beams. Industry consultant Tony Berejka reports on the event in the most recent Radtech Report on the meeting, going into detail on topics reviewed by the team of of IAEA technical consultants, including:
- Curing of inks and coatings
- Surface grafting
- PET bottle sanitization
- Air treatment
- Soil and seed treatment to increase crop yields
- Remediation of waste fluids
- Sterilization of disposable medical products
The group also noted that with broader acceptance of the benefits offered by electron beam processing, there will bedeclining equipment costs, which in turn is key for wider adoption. In their conclusions the IAEA consultants acknowledged the environmental benefits and energy savings of low-energy EB use and that, while lower cost units have become available, increasing market demand might even further help in lowering costs.
Download the full article here.