ABSTRACT
The key industry drivers are based mainly on cost reduction, reduced energy consumption, and environmental issues. The main components of economy where UV/EB technology has been growing are:
Vehicle building (automotive plastics and composites, wiring and • cable coatings, and paints, electronics, adhesives, and fuel cells) and automotive refinishing Aerospace (wiring and cables, composites, adhesives, repairs, and • marking) Housing and construction (wood structures, flooring, furniture, lam-• inates, composites, displays, wiring and cables, and optical fibers) Electronics and electrical (wires and cables, shrinkable tubing, dis-• plays, conformal coatings, adhesives, and battery separators) Medical (coatings, adhesives, sensors and probes, prosthetics and • biomedical products, and optical fibers) Consumer products (packaging, shrinkable films and sheets, labels, • displays, and CDs and DVDs) Other (protective coatings, adhesives, shrinkable tubings, displays, • and composites)
The main drivers for both equipment and chemistry are cost reduction, energy reduction, and environmental issues (sustainability, “green” raw materials, reduced volatile organic compound (VOC), reduced toxicity, lowering odor, reduced defects and manufacturing scrap).
