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1、AdvancesinLowEnergyElectronBeamEquipmentTechnologyKarIE.SWanSonPCTEngineeredSystems,LLC-USAKeywords:electronbeam,systems,equipment,technologyElectronbeam(EB)technologyhasbeenusedinindustrialapplicationsformorethan30years.TheuseofEBisdrivenbyanumberoffactorsincluding:improvedproductperformance,produc

2、tconsistency,highthroughput,energysavings,andenvironmentaladvantages.ThenatureofEBtechnologycanalsoenableuniqueapplicationsthatarenotpossiblebyothermeans.Recentadvancesinequipmenttechnologyarehelpingtoexpandtheapplicationsforelectronbeamsystemsthatnowrangefrom15kVto175kV. Mostoftherecentdevelopments

3、inEBequipmenthavefocusedon”lowenergy“systems.Thesesystemstypicallyoperateintherangeofabout70to150kV.Thisequipmentiswellsuitedforcuringofinksandcoatingsusedinpackageprintingapplicationsandcanalsoaddressavarietyofnon-printingconvertingapplications.However,usersandpotentialusersofEBtechnologycontinueto

4、askmorefromthesuppliersofthisequipment.Requestsinclude: 1.owercapitalcosts Improvedreliability 1.owercostofoperation Easyandinexpensivemaintenance Widerrangesofvoltages Customizationfornewapplications 1.argerrangeofwebwidths Non-webproducthandlingNewapplicationsaredemandingsmallermoreefficientsystem

5、sthatcanintegratedirectlyintoexistingandnewprocesslines.EquipmentprovidersarerespondingtotheserequestsandareintroducinginnovativenewdesignsthatleverageadvancesintechnologyandyearsofexperiencewithindustrialEBsystems.ThispapersummarizesnewlowenergyEBequipmentdevelopmentsandcomparesthesedevelopmentsagainsttheneedsofthemarket.