Tuesday, 8 January 2013

The Basic Information About UV Curing System

By Dorothea Garner


UV curing system make use of a technology of instantaneous curing or drying. It normally lasts a couple of seconds to numerous hours and ultra-violet beams are applied on resins such as photo resists, ink, adhesives, and coatings to cause a photopolymerization reaction. The technology was initially used around forty years ago to cure ply-woods used in buildings. Since then, it has been developed and used in various fields.

There are several features and advantages of this technology as compared to others in the same category. This article outlines and discusses some. This technique has the benefit of taking seconds. This makes it highly time effective. The reaction transforms a liquid monomer compound into a solid polymer in seconds. The process is also very friendly to the environment because the entire material is chiefly cured by use of solvent-free photopolymerization. Most requirements imposed by environmental bodies are fulfilled.

The process takes a short time making it possible to regulate the temperature rises of the target item. This ability to regulate rise in temperature, renders this technology to get a lot of uses in heat-sensitive electronics. It can also be applied on many types of materials with different surface gloss and hardness.

The materials that are cured by this technology are known as ultra-violet curable resins. The resins comprise oligomers, photopolymerization initiators, monomers, and different additives such as stabilizers, pigments, and fillers. Monomers are organic matters that get polymerized and transformed into bigger polymer molecules to form plastic materials. Oligomers are matters that have already undergone a reaction into monomers. They react the same way as monomers and plastics are formed too.

Both monomers and oligomers do not generate a polymerization reaction with ease hence they need to be combined with photopolymerization initiators to initiate a reaction. The initiators get excited when they absorb the ultraviolet rays to start the reaction. The resulting product is a high level gloss finish like the one on vehicles, some pieces of furnishings, or guitars. The finish is tough and very durable. It cannot be peeled off easily.

Curing chambers are an effective technology to cure optical parts. The equipment has a door and a window. The safety door serves to guarantee user safety by stopping all functions of the chamber when the main door is opened. The viewing window filters any UV beams from reaching the operator. There are also turntables which allow for three and sixty degrees curing. The ultraviolet lamps and reflectors ensure the optical component is exposed fully for complete drying.

These systems could be grouped by mode or other ways. Major modes are separated solidifying dehumidification and solidifying dehumidification. The wind rate in the solidifying dehumidification is regulated by frequency converters. Humidity and temperature regulation is an automatic activity. This assists to decrease errors that might be introduced by inconsistencies by humans. The chambers are structurally designed to endure high airflow, humidity, and temperature.

Current UV curing system are very advanced. Their costs have gone down due to enhanced technology used to make them and reduced costs of production. They appear in a variety of sizes, shapes, colors, and are built from a number of materials.




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