STFC Daresbury EBeam testing facility
STFC ASTeCWarrington
ASTeC identifies its EBeam Lab and EBeam Engine at STFC Daresbury Laboratory. The owner describes trying material and product processing in the compact Lab and discussing scale-up using the Engine on the same site. The numerical specifications below belong to the Lab. They are separate published limits, with exact operating combinations, access and delivery arrangements to agree.
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Key facts
- Exact facility and general campus context
- The owner says the EBeam capability was created at STFC Daresbury Laboratory, with Lab and Engine on one site. ASTeC’s general campus address is Daresbury Laboratory, Sci-Tech Daresbury, Keckwick Lane, Warrington WA4 4AD, United Kingdom. It is not a verified exact Lab or Engine sample-delivery address.
- Lab and Engine have distinct roles
- The facility and owner pages describe Lab product and material trials followed by potential scalable Engine processing. Numerical energy, sample size, speed, dose and nitrogen-inerting statements are expressly Lab specifications. They do not establish the Engine’s numerical capacity.
- Material modification and current enquiry route
- The owner describes electron processing that can modify materials through cross-linking, curing, grafting or sterilisation-related effects. It gives polymer cross-linking and surface sterilisation as major applications. Use the linked general ASTeC enquiry form or campus telephone to discuss the material and process. No specific regulatory approval or booking is established.
Testing capabilities
Electron-beam material and product processing trials
The EBeam Lab is described as a route to explore novel materials and processes. Published application contexts include polymer cross-linking, curing of inks, grafting of biocompatible materials on membranes and surface sterilisation. These are owner-described processing contexts, without a verified validated sterilisation standard, product approval or outcome guarantee. Agree the material, oxygen sensitivity, required dose and measurements.
Lab trials and Engine process scale-up
The owner describes combining compact Lab trials with scalable processing using the Engine on one Daresbury site. This supports a qualified process-development and scale-up enquiry. No Engine numerical specification, accepted product envelope, throughput or production availability was verified in the checked sources. Agree the proposed progression and exact arrangement with ASTeC.
Equipment and published limits
| Specification | Published value | Conditions |
|---|---|---|
| Published EBeam Lab energy | 80 keV to 200 keV | Owner specification for EBeam Lab. It is not an Engine range or a guarantee of simultaneous delivery with the maximum sample size, speed and dose. Confirm the selected material and operating configuration. |
| Published EBeam Lab sample dimensions | 216 mm × 297 mm × 50 mm | Exact dimensions published for Lab samples. The owner describes this as up to A4 size. The dimensions are retained as stated, without silently substituting a standard paper width. Confirm the usable sample and fixture envelope and material thickness, and do not transfer this limit to Engine. |
| Published EBeam Lab transport speed | Up to 30 m/min | Individual Lab specification. The checked source does not establish the simultaneous dose, sample size or energy at this speed, or an Engine throughput. Agree the required dose and number of passes. |
| Published EBeam Lab single-pass dose | Up to 150 kGy in a single pass | Individual Lab statement without a verified simultaneous maximum at the highest transport speed, every energy or full published sample dimensions. Confirm material, dose delivery and measurement for the proposed experiment. |
| Published EBeam Lab atmosphere provision | Nitrogen inerting system | The owner says the Lab is fitted with nitrogen inerting for oxygen-sensitive chemistry research. No oxygen threshold, flow rate, temperature envelope or Engine atmosphere specification was verified. |
Access and contact
The facility page directs all enquiries to ASTeC. Use its general contact form or Daresbury campus phone +44 1925 603000 to discuss the material, Lab trial or Engine scale-up, required conditions, preparation, measurements, reporting and dates. Current access conditions and booking availability are unverified. Agree an exact sample-delivery location before using the general campus address.
Facility contact
- Address
- Daresbury Laboratory, Sci-Tech Daresbury, Keckwick Lane
Warrington, WA4 4AD
United Kingdom - Telephone
- +44 1925 603000
- Website
- Official test house website
Standards and accreditation
Public information not available. Contact test facility provider for more information.
What to confirm with the facility
- Confirm the material and exact Lab or Engine arrangement. The Lab’s published limits do not establish Engine capacity, validated manufacturing scale-up, a guaranteed processing outcome or a current booking.
- Agree energy, sample and fixture dimensions, transport speed, dose and atmosphere as one proposed experiment. Each published Lab figure is separately qualified, without a simultaneous maximum or unverified temperature or oxygen limit. The sample dimensions remain exactly as published.
- Separate EBeam processing from other ASTeC facilities. The owner attributes solar-cell and electronics radiation-hardness work to the Linac Test Facility. That work, and CLARA, vacuum or shielded-enclosure services, are not allocated to this Lab/Engine guide. Surface sterilisation advertising does not establish a validated sterilisation standard.
- Provide the material and product, dimensions and thickness, process objective, dose and atmosphere needs, sample quantity and condition, measurement or reporting requirements and dates. Agree preparation, delivery, Lab or Engine setup, programme and costs with the provider.
Before requesting a test
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Frequently asked questions
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Related testing facilities
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Further reading
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Sources and review
Reviewed by Arc on 1 October 2026 in Europe/London using three fresh official ASTeC captures. The facility page identifies the Daresbury EBeam Lab and Engine on one site, with owner-described material-processing trials and scale-up context. Two qualified groups cover processing trials and Lab-to-Engine progression. Five specification entries retain the exact Lab-only energy, sample dimensions, speed, single-pass dose and nitrogen-inerting statements. These figures are separate, without simultaneous maxima, complete equipment inventory or transfer to the Engine. The published 216 mm by 297 mm by 50 mm sample dimensions are retained without silently correcting the owner’s A4 description. No temperature, oxygen threshold, Engine throughput or validated sterilisation requirement is inferred. Separate ASTeC radiation-hardness work is explicitly assigned to the Linac Test Facility, and the imported Radiation effects classification is cleared. General ASTeC phone, form and campus address are supported, with exact sample-delivery location, current access conditions and booking availability unverified. Standards and accreditation remain unverified. Original bodies, headers, titles, canonicals, article modification metadata, WebPage publication and modification dates, JSON-LD and absent visible time elements are preserved. Source dates and separate-facility context are distinct from actual review and retrieval. Complete directory overrides clear inherited coordinates.
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Electron Beam Testing Facilities | ASTeC
Owner identifies the Daresbury EBeam Lab and Engine on one site, material-processing trial context and the separate Lab numerical specifications. Exact published sample dimensions are retained, without silently replacing the source A4 description. No Lab limits are transferred to Engine or treated as simultaneous maxima.
ASTeC | UK Centre for Particle Accelerator Science | STFC
Owner lists Electron Beam Testing as compact Lab trials and scalable Engine processing on one site. Separate LTF, vacuum, shielded enclosures and CLARA entries are not transferred. Solar-cell and electronics radiation-hardness case-study context is explicitly attributed to the Linac Test Facility, not this EBeam processing guide.
Contact ASTeC | Accelerator Science & Facilities
General enquiry form and Daresbury Laboratory campus address at Sci-Tech Daresbury, Keckwick Lane, Warrington WA4 4AD with +44 (0)1925 603000. This does not verify an exact Lab or Engine delivery address or a current booking.