Why use Radiation Curing?

UV/EB radecure technology is a proven technology used worldwide for a broad range of applications. Its success is due to three main benefits:

1. The UV/EB technology allows to improve productivity: the curing mechanism, when exposed to UV or EB radiation, is a lot faster than drying times involved with conventional solvent or water-based coatings. So the product is immediately ready for testing and shipment. Moreover the rapid cure speed allows one continuous process instead a multi-step process including intermediate drying.
2. It is also an environmentally-friendly technology without any VOC emissions and no flammability. And the energy consumption of the process is lower.
3. UV/EB coatings can be used for heat-sensitive substrates (wood, plastics...).

Even with the above mentioned advantages, radiation curing technology presents also limits:

1. Certain formulations are chemically limited by oxygen inhibition or by enduse instability when exposed to sunlight.
2. Some raw materials are skin irritants until they are fully cured.
3. Complex geometries, thick or opaque coatings face problems to be cured.

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