Determination of WUBHS speed range for electron beam irradiation of wire and cable

The electron beam machine was installed in 1991 at Nuclear Malaysia Agency. There are about one million meters of wire and cable irradiated in the facility every year. Electron beam irradiation introduces to crosslink the polymer material for high-performance wire and cable for the automobile indust...

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Published inIOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering Vol. 785; no. 1; pp. 12032 - 12037
Main Authors Hairaldin, Siti Zulaiha, Baharin, Ruzalina, Mansur, Shahrina Akma, Jusoh @ Yusoff, Mohd Suhaimi, Mohd Zainal, Mohamad Zulhailmee, Ali, Azmi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.04.2020
Subjects
Electron beams
Electron irradiation
Electrons
Polyethylenes
Polyvinyl chloride
Quality control
Wire
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Summary:The electron beam machine was installed in 1991 at Nuclear Malaysia Agency. There are about one million meters of wire and cable irradiated in the facility every year. Electron beam irradiation introduces to crosslink the polymer material for high-performance wire and cable for the automobile industry. ALURTRON is facing few challenges while of irradiating wire and cable to determine the speed and to comply with the product quality (QC) test. The uncertainty of Wire Under Beam Handling System (WUBHS) speeds while irradiating wire and cable due to different situations. In this study, Polyethylene (PE) and Polyvinylchloride (PVC) wire and cable irradiated with electron beam irradiation at suitable speed based on the material, size and calculation etc. The sample analyse with hot set and gel content test. The speed decided at range 220-232, 180-196 and 180-194 m/min for 6.4 mm tube, 9.5 mm tube and PVC wire respectively.
ISSN:1757-8981
1757-899X
DOI:10.1088/1757-899X/785/1/012032