Improving Process Efficiency Through Variable And Selectable Elements of High Peak Irradiance UV Lamps

摘要

A number of variables of a UV lamp system can be designed or selected to improve the efficiency of a UV curing process. The development of the target properties of UV curable materials themselves depends on how well these lamp factors are designed and managed. Variables which can be controlled are total UV power, UV spectral distribution, irradiance and peak-to-dose ratio, and infra-red energy. One of the latest developments is the introduction of the variable-power lamp. The ability to match all of these lamp characteristics to the optical and physical properties of a UV curable material widens the range of tools available to the process designer, and yields more efficient and stable UV curing processes in production.