Controlled lightning. From a machine you plug into the wall.
Electricity goes in. A beam of electrons comes out. Traveling near the speed of light. It catalyzes the same reactions that chemicals do, with the purity of electrons instead. In seconds. Turn it off, and nothing remains.
Think baggage scanner. On steroids.
A Pulse accelerator looks something like an airport baggage scanner. Products move through on a conveyor belt. As they pass through, a beam of high-energy electrons treats them. They come out the other side. Clean, sterile, safe. In seconds.
For liquids, water and oil are piped through instead of conveyed. Same beam. Same result. Same speed.
Medical devices pass through. Electrons shatter the DNA of bacteria and viruses on contact. Sterile.
Contaminated water flows through. Electrons break carbon-fluorine bonds in PFAS, the strongest bonds in organic chemistry, reducing them to simple salts. Destroyed permanently.
Food passes through. Electrons render pests sterile so they cannot reproduce, and eliminate pathogens. Safe to ship.
Nothing is added to the product. No gas. No chemical residue. No radioactive material. The beam is made of electrons, particles already present in every atom of the product being treated.
Two modes. One machine.
Electron beam is the primary mode. Electrons hit the product directly. Over 90% of the electricity transfers as treatment energy. Ten times more efficient than the alternative.
X-ray mode is for deep penetration. A metal target converts the electron beam into X-rays that pass through entire pallets of stacked product.
The tradeoff: only 7-12% of the energy converts to X-rays. That's not a design flaw. It's physics. For products that need deep penetration, it's worth it. For everything else, e-beam is the better tool.
Most facilities use both. Pulse designs hybrid installations with dedicated lines for each mode. The right tool for each job, under one roof.
Not all accelerators are created equal.
Precision that competitors can’t match.
Dose Uniformity Ratio measures how evenly the beam treats a product. A perfect score is 1.0. The industry standard is 2.0 to 2.5. Gamma radiation achieves 1.6 to 1.7. Pulse achieves 1.1 to 1.3.
We paint with radiation.
Pulse’s beam delivery system varies dose intensity across the treatment zone with real-time precision. We don’t blast everything equally. We paint each product with exactly the dose profile it needs.
Fully digital RF control.
Over 20% more energy-efficient than analog systems. Faster tuning. More consistent output.
Every product measured. Every product recorded.
Dose isn’t sampled or estimated. It’s measured for every unit processed. A complete digital treatment record. For medical device manufacturers, this means same-day product release instead of days of batch-and-hold testing.
The specs.
Energy
5 to 10 MeV
Higher MeV = deeper penetration
Beam Power
25 / 45 / 90 / 120 kW
Higher kW = more throughput
Modalities
E-beam and X-ray
Both from the same platform
Architecture
Modular, containerized
Standard shipping containers
The first assembly line for linear accelerators.
Industrial electron beam accelerators have operated globally for decades. The science is proven. The machines work. There were just never enough of them.
For 30 years, every industrial linac was handmade. Custom-engineered. One at a time.
Pulse built the world's first factory for mass-producing industrial accelerators. 278,000 square feet. Marianna, Florida.
Pulse production capacity
100+ per year
Others combined
~27 per year
Pulse delivery
Months
Their delivery
18-24+ months
Everything included. One vendor. One call.
Pulse delivers turnkey installations. Accelerator, conveyance, cooling, controls, safety systems, dosimetry, facility integration, training. One contract. One warranty.
The other approach: buy the accelerator from one vendor, source your own chiller, your own compressed air, your own electrical infrastructure, hire your own certified riggers, manage your own licensing. Expect 10-30% in hidden integration costs.
Pulse handles all of it.
How Pulse compares.
| Pulse | Legacy Manufacturers | |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | Assembly-line production | Handmade, small-batch |
| Annual capacity | 100+ units | Under 15 units each |
| Delivery | Months | 18-24+ months |
| System | Complete turnkey | Accelerator only |
| Dose precision (DUR) | 1.1-1.3 | 2.0-2.5 |
| Business model | Sales, leasing, JVs, TaaS | Equipment sales only |
E-beam vs. the alternatives.
Every industry Pulse serves currently depends on a legacy treatment method with significant drawbacks. Electron beam processing addresses each one.
Sterilization: E-beam vs. ethylene oxide (EtO)
| E-beam | Alternative | |
|---|---|---|
| Treatment time | Seconds per package | 12-72 hours gas exposure + days of aeration |
| Chemical residue | None | EtO residue remains on devices |
| Health risk | None | Known human carcinogen (EPA, IARC) |
| Emissions | Zero | Toxic emissions requiring scrubbers |
| Regulatory outlook | No restrictions | 90% emission reduction required by 2027 |
Sterilization: E-beam vs. gamma irradiation (cobalt-60)
| E-beam | Alternative | |
|---|---|---|
| Radiation source | Electricity (turn off, it is off) | Cobalt-60 radioactive isotope |
| Source decay | None | 12% per year (requires replenishment) |
| Dose uniformity (DUR) | 1.1-1.3 | 1.6-1.7 |
| Security requirements | Standard industrial | Nuclear security protocols |
| On/off control | Instant | Always emitting (shielded when not in use) |
Water: E-beam vs. activated carbon / ion exchange
| E-beam | Alternative | |
|---|---|---|
| PFAS outcome | Permanent molecular destruction | Capture in filter media (not destroyed) |
| Waste generated | None | Concentrated hazardous waste requiring disposal |
| Contaminant fate | Broken into harmless byproducts | Relocated to landfill or incinerator |
| Filter replacement | Not applicable | Regular media replacement required |
| Secondary contaminants | Also destroys VOCs, pharmaceuticals, microplastics | PFAS-specific only |
Food: E-beam vs. chemical fumigation
| E-beam | Alternative | |
|---|---|---|
| Treatment agent | Electrons (no chemical) | Methyl bromide (ozone-depleting) |
| Residue on food | None | Chemical residue |
| Cold chain | Never broken | May require temperature changes |
| Shelf life impact | Extended 14-60 days | No shelf life benefit |
| Regulatory trend | Encouraged | Increasingly restricted globally |
Service that matches the machine.
Twice a year, three factory-certified Pulse engineers arrive at your facility for up to a week. They service every subsystem.
Between visits, Pulse monitors your system remotely. IoT sensors. Predictive maintenance. If something needs attention, we often know before you do.
Performance guarantees. 98% uptime. Dose uniformity maintained. Processing speed targets.
Technology FAQ
An industrial linear accelerator (linac) converts electricity into a focused beam of high-energy electrons traveling near the speed of light. These electrons can sterilize, decontaminate, and treat materials in seconds. The machine plugs into standard industrial power. When turned off, no radiation remains. No radioactive materials are used or stored.
Both modalities come from the same Pulse accelerator platform. In e-beam mode, electrons hit the product directly with over 90% energy transfer efficiency. This is ideal for most products. In X-ray mode, the electron beam strikes a metal target that converts it to X-rays capable of penetrating entire pallets of stacked product. X-ray conversion efficiency is 7 to 12%, but it is necessary for dense or deeply stacked items. Most facilities use both modalities for different product types.
Pulse accelerators operate in the 5 to 10 MeV energy range with beam power from 25 to 120 kW. They are modular and can be containerized in standard shipping containers. The systems include fully digital RF control that is over 20% more energy-efficient than analog systems, with real-time dose measurement and recording for every unit processed.
DUR measures how evenly the beam treats a product. A perfect score is 1.0. The industry standard for conventional accelerators is 2.0 to 2.5. Gamma irradiation achieves 1.6 to 1.7. Pulse achieves 1.1 to 1.3. This precision means less overdosing, less material degradation, and the ability to treat products that cannot tolerate the dose variability of other systems.
Pulse delivers in months, not years. Legacy manufacturers produce fewer than 15 units per year each, with delivery times of 18 to 24 months or more. Pulse operates a 278,000 square foot factory in Marianna, Florida, the first facility in the world designed for mass production of industrial linear accelerators, with capacity to produce over 100 units per year.
Pulse is FDA registered, ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited with 6 A2LA scopes, UL certified including RoHS3, and is a licensed manufacturer in Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas. The company also holds ISO 9001:2015, 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, ASME NQA-1, and ANSI/NCSL Z540-1 certifications.