Everything you wanted to know about UV Lamps
What They Think
The type of lamp used in printing applications is usually a medium pressure, linear (straight tubes), mercury vapor arc lamp. Medium pressure UV lamps cure inks and coatings instantly. It is a photochemical not a heat process. It allows the equipment ...



High efficient UV LEDs for curing applications
Global LEDs/OLEDs (press release)
Powerful UV LED special light sources can be used for different curing and drying applications. Heraeus Noblelight manufactures tailored UV LED systems for individual industrial processes. In conventional lighting, visible LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) ...

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Luminus Devices Now Shipping the World's Most Powerful UV LED Available for ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"The power density delivered by the CBT-120-UV, along with its capability for optimized coupling to high-performance DLP(R) micro-mirror systems, made this LED ideal for us. We have implemented the Luminus UV light source in our LED-OM DLP(R) ...

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Photonics.com

LumiBright FC Fiber-Coupled LED Light Engines
Photonics.com
They are suitable for illumination for borescopes, microscopes, machine vision, phototherapy, medical endoscopy and UV curing as well as for OEM life sciences instrumentation such as gel and blot imagers, real-time polymerase chain reaction systems, ...



3D Printers: Make Whatever You Want
BusinessWeek
An engineer and physicist by training, Hull helped steer the development of the company's ultraviolet-light curable resins, which were used to add protective coatings to furniture and other surfaces. Always a tinkerer, Hull began experimenting after ...



In search of natural solutions at JEC show
European Plastics News
Renuvo uses UV light from specially designed lamp equipment to achieve full cure in a few minutes. Renuvo WL has been formulated to behave like a traditional wet laminating system, and is suitable for infusion repairs and leading and trailing edge ...



Packaging Europe

Efficient, high-performance products from IST METZ at drupa
Packaging Europe
When compared to conventional UV systems, extraordinary progress has been made in drying performance here without any increase in UV lamp output. This means greater productivity with reduced operating costs. The intelligent IPS control system governs ...



Momentive Performance Materials Launches New SilTRUST* Silicone Encapsulant ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Because silicones do not absorb ultraviolet light, more sunlight reaches the surface of the solar cell where it becomes available for conversion to electricity. The refractive index of SilTRUST encapsulant closely matches the refractive index of glass, ...

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CBC.ca

Teen tanning-bed ban proposed under Ontario MPP's bill
CBC.ca
Once she started toasting her body under the ultraviolet lights of the tanning beds, as many of her friends did, "it quickly became an addiction for me ... People thought that tanning made them look skinnier. They actually call it 'tanorexia.

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Industry Today (press release)

Ultra Light-Weld® 3013 adhesive from Intertronics bonds dissimilar materials ...
Industry Today (press release)
This solvent-free, worker-friendly adhesive cures in seconds upon exposure to ultraviolet and visible light - even through UV-blocked plastics - allowing for increased production speed and lower processing costs. Ultra Light-Weld® 3013 is ideal for ...


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