Recent progress in curing techniques

Faster, more automated means for curing coatings as well as techniques in which the monomer polymerises to the polymer during curing readily captured the paint industry's imagination. Such concepts spell greater efficiency, greater automation and, in the long run, lower costs and greater profitability. Electron beam curing and ultra‐violet curing have emerged as the two most formidable contenders in this new area. Both methods make possible curing at near ambient temperature and both rely on high energy radiation — a highly effective form of energy for chemical reactions.