Radiation Cross-linking of Polymers
Table of Contents:
Radiation curing
Heat-shrinkable tubing
Acrylic/wood flooring
Radiation curing
New coating technologies for wood products: An evaluation and review
- This is an excellent technical article, with a large number of print
references, covering the area of radiation curing of wood coatings for
commercial applications.
ISSUES CONCERNING USAGE AND HANDLING OF RADIATION CURABLE COATINGS
- This site contains several articles regarding aspects of curing of
thin coatings using ultraviolet radiation. These papers were
originally given at a conference in Baltimore during September,
1986.
UV Curing Technical Information Page
- This page, sponsored by UV Process Supply, Inc., contains
commercial information regarding use of UV curing of thin coatings and
printed materials.
Tongil
Industries Co., Ltd.
- Commercial plastics produced using irradiation to crosslink
ploymers.
Heat-shrinkable tubing
Program Technology Ltd Heatshrink technology
- This is a commercial site that contains the basic information
necessary for the manufacture of heat-shrinkable tubing. Of
course, they provide the details of the technology and sell the
necessary equipment.
- wcbookstore.com books on wire coating
- This is a commercial site selling books on wire extrusion and
coating using heat-shrink technology.
Acrylic/wood flooring
WoodFloorsOnline.com
- Industry association for wood flooring, including new polymerized
impregnated finishes: ACRYLIC/WOOD - The generic name for
wood-plastic-composites utilizing wood impregnated with acrylic monomers
and polymerized within the wood cells by gamma irradiation. Some versions
are cured by heat radiation. (In the case of acrylic/wood parquet, a
semi-built-in finish is developed.)
Gammapar
- Flooring company web site with descriptions of their
products.
The wallpaper on this page is a representation
of crosslinking of long thermoplastic molecules
by electron irradiation.