The electron beam sterilization process
begins with an electron beam accelerator
E-Beam Services uses high power state of
the art accelerators to create a
powerful beam of electrons the bean is
scanned back and forth to create a
curtain of fast electrons which shower
and safely ionize the materials that
they strike there is no radioactivity
involved in electron beam sterilization
boxes of medical devices are put on a
conveyor in a single layer and as they
pass through the beam electrons
penetrate the cardboard box and all the
medical devices in their individual
packages inside the carton
harmful microorganisms are completely
inactivated with minimal effect on the
medical devices as the electrons
penetrate the products the radiation
dose diminishes so less radiation leads
the box then entered medical devices are
usually turned over an irradiated from
the opposite side in order to get a relatively uniform dose
electron-beam
machines are highly reliable and provide
consistent radiation sterilization
because the dosing they provide is
precisely repeatable gamma sterilization
unlike electron beam sterilization uses
a radioactive cobalt source in the form
of pencils there's a complicated
conveyor system that slowly most the
product around the cobalt source several
hours are required to deliver the
radiation dose because E-BEAM Services
uses the highest power accelerators for
maximum throughput boxes are dosed in a
matter of seconds in a four-hour period
even services can sterilize multiple
truckloads where the typical gamma plant
can process less than a truckload
E-BEAM Services provides the most
cost-effective radiation sterilization
for low to medium density medical
devices for example
boxes with low or low to medium density
could be successfully sterilized however
a tall medium density box might not
receive good enough dose distribution
within the box if you were to repackage
in a shorter box a medium-density box
could then be successfully sterilized
take a look at the price calculator on
our website and figure the prize to
sterilize your product
we know that the conversion from
your current sterilization method to
electron beam takes effort and can cost
$10,000 or more
calculate your cost savings and
determine how quickly you will recoup
your costs we can help you with those
calculations and help enable your
conversion to high-quality reliable cost
effective electron beam sterilization
