Ion Beam Applications S.a.

Jean-Louis Bol

Frédéric Stichelbaut

Fréderic Stichelbaut

Glenn Nelson

Benoit Mullier

Method for irradiating in an irradiation chamber products being stored in the form of pallets or in the form of bulk material in appropriate containers by means of a high energy X-ray beam source including the following steps: placing and arranging the products onto two different levels of products, so that a first set of products is placed on an upper level and a second set of products is placed on a lower level; irradiating both sets of products during a first period of time; submitting the products arranged on the two levels to a switch or transposition, so that the set of products arranged on an upper level is arranged on the lower level and vice versa and irradiating during a second period of time the new arrangement formed of the two transposed sets of products.

Process and apparatus for irradiating product pallets or containers

The present invention is related to an apparatus for irradiating products conveyed on a pallet, comprising a beam source () for producing a radiation beam, a shielding wall () encompassing an irradiation chamber () and a revolving cylindrical door () having a recess () for holding said pallet, for bringing said pallet in and out of the irradiation chamber () wherein said high-energy radiation beam is directed towards a lateral side of said revolving door (), for irradiating said pallet in said recess (), or brought before said recess (). The present invention is also related to a process wherein a product pallet is brought into an irradiation chamber () through a revolving cylindrical door () having a recess (), and irradiated while in said recess () or in front of said recess ().

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Jean-Louis Bol