Patent ID: 6900445

Claim:
An apparatus to cross link polymeric materials, the apparatus comprising: a carousel, the carousel including a drive mechanism and a plurality of carriers configured to carry polymeric articles, each carrier being mounted on the carousel and adapted to rotate about a respective axis, the drive mechanism being adapted to cause the carousel to continuously rotate about a central axis and further adapted to cause each carrier to rotate about said respective axis during rotation of the carousel about said central axis so that each carrier follows an epicyclic path during rotation about the central; and a radiation source mounted in a fixed position relative to the carousel such that the radiation source is equidistant from the plurality carriers so that the polymeric articles in the plurality of carriers each receive a substantially equal amount of radiation from the radiation source, the radiation source further configured to simultaneously deliver a substantially equal radiation dosage to the polymeric articles sufficient to cause cross-linking of the articles during the rotation of the carriers rotating around their respective axes during the continuous rotation of the carousel around the central axis.