Abstract: Disclosed herein is a novel, sustainable and recyclable flexible packaging film used for the purpose of food and non-food packaging. The invention also relates to improved method of manufacturing the recyclable flexible packaging film which results in enhanced recyclability of the film.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a novel, sustainable and recyclable flexible packaging film used for the purpose of food and non-food packaging. The invention also relates to improved method of manufacturing the recyclable flexible packaging film which results in enhanced recyclability of the film.

Abstract: Window tiles for electron beam systems are provided. The window tiles can comprise a first surface and a second surface, and one or more features extending from the first surface to the second surface. The one or more features can have a non-uniform or tapered cross-section between the first surface and the second surface. The first surface can be configured to be exposed to vacuum conditions and can be configured to receive electrons accelerated from an electron beam generator. The second surface can be configured to allow electrons to pass through to a foil. The window tiles can improve electron beam processing systems for example by increasing electron throughput, lowering power consumption, reducing heat absorption to the foil, improving and increasing foil life, and potentially allowing for use of smaller and cheaper machines in electron beam processing.

Abstract: A novel parallel-filament type electron gun for electron beam irradiation accelerators or generators and the like having a plurality of longitudinally extending parallel transversely spaced substantially co-planar similar filaments for generating electrons and disposed between a lower co-extensive extractor grid and an upper co-extensive electrostatic lens surface for shaping the electron beam profile, and with constructional features that enable variable width and extremely wide guns to be achieved and with improved beam uniformity.

Abstract: A novel heatable filament wire support is provided embodying flexible and rigid support and current-providing bracket beams terminating in inherent resilient clip springs for accurately clamping the ends of the filament with mechanical and electrical reliability, enabling facile filament wire alignment and replacement, and accommodation for thermal displacement upon filament heating.

Abstract: A novel technique and apparatus for shielding electron beam and similar product irradiation zones with a separable shielding housing extending transversely of the longitudinal line of product flow and slidably openable in a transverse direction orthogonal to both the electron beam and the direction of product flow, both in passing the beam and along the line, resulting in substantial space saving, more facile accelerating to the irradiation and product feed zone and less costly and sizeable shielding apparatus.

Abstract: A novel electron beam apparatus and technique wherein a plurality of longitudinally extending heated filaments is employed, each similarly offset laterally of a central longitudinal axis, but with successive filaments alternately disposed on opposite sides of said axis and cooperating with a first low velocity accelerating stage comprising staggered grid slots and openings, and a high velocity second accelerating stage to provide long uniform longitudinal electron beams.

Abstract: A method of imbuing polymer films as of polyethylene and polypropylene with gas, aroma, fragrance, flavor, grease and oil impermeable surface characteristics involving coating the film with appropriate silane compounds and cross-linking the same while providing physical adsorption adherence to the film, and in sufficient coating micron thickness to produce gas and related barrier characteristics; with chemical grafting, including by eb techniques, further providing improved bonding. Preferred barrier-coated polymer films with reduced haze and clarity are formed by such method.

Abstract: A process is described for modifying the surface of polymers such as polyolefins and the like to improve the wetability by barrier and other coatings and to enhance interlayer adhesion by graft polymerization through initiation by electron-beam radiation, optionally with an added electron energy acceptor.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to the use of electron beam curing and bonding irradiation in an in-line process of laminating a decorative layer, such as printed paper, to an adhesive-coated particle board panel or the like, wherein an electron-curable top coating is adsorbed into the paper and, under the electron-beam irradiation, cures with the adhesive to produce a monolithically bonded paper-to-panel polymeric structure with a hard scratch and abrasion-proof surface imparted to the paper.

Abstract: A process is described for modifying the surface of polymers such as polyolefins and the like to improve the wetability by barrier and other coatings and to enhance interlayer adhesion by graft polymerization through initiation by electron-beam radiation, optionally with an added electron energy acceptor.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for coating non-woven and other porous webs and the like with controlled or negligible penetration into the pores by subjecting a coating carried by a surface to electron beam radiation before laminating the web to the surface carrying the coating and with a radiation dose that only partially cures the coating into a soft or tacky state such that the laminating will effect surface spreading adhesion to the web with controlled or substantially no penetration into the pores, and thereafter subjecting the laminated web and partially cured coating to greater electron beam radiation fully to cure the coating.

Abstract: This disclosure is concerned with the use of fine line converged electron beams of high aspect ratio for effecting physical, chemical, mechanical and other changes in the surface of objects, and also volume effects, including applications, for example, to semiconductor and other materials surface modification technology, annealing, welding, etching, polishing, cutting, curing and other surface and volume alteration.

Abstract: This disclosure is concerned with novel techniques for shielding electron-produced scattered radiation in systems wherein a web or sheet is passed longitudinally through an electron irradiation processing region or zone, through the use of a shielded enclosure comprising longitudinally extending shielded-wall collimator slots operating in conjunction with cavity shield traps and critical angles of web-guiding inlet and outlet feed that insure minimal irradiation escape while providing a minimal volume for oxygen-limiting in the irradiation processing zone.

Abstract: This disclosure deals with a new process and apparatus for using a critically adjusted electron beam to cure protective and decorative coatings, including opaque, heavily pigmented coatings, on paper, fabric and other thin substrates which are sensitive to heat or various forms of radiation. The process utilizes restricted dose, energy and process rates to obviate degradation of the substrate during curing and to achieve previously unattainable line speeds in the curing of coatings on products of web, sheet and filamentary geometry.

Abstract: A process is disclosed in which low energy electrons are used chemically to graft phosphorous or halogen-rich double bonded molecules and the like into natural and synthetic materials to render the same flame retarding.

Abstract: This disclosure deals with novel techniques for generating longitudinal strips of energetic electron beams through concentric slotted constructions, being quite adaptable for the generation of multiple beams in different directions that are of very narrow angular transverse extent, as for purposes of line irradiation of articles passing the beams, though the techniques herein disclosed are also useful in other applications of electron beam irradiation.

Abstract: The disclosure herein is concerned with critical electron-beam radiation parameters and beam-passage rates and adjustments that have been found to enable high-speed curing of adhesives used to bond flock and similar materials to heat-sensitive substrates that otherwise inherently limit the degree of thermal curing that may be employed as by other means, and consequently limit the speed of curing.