Paint and Coating Curing Topic

UV/EB Curing Equipment

Ovens, lamps and other systems to cure or dry coatings.

ARTICLES

The UV/EB Curing World Meets at RadTech

Kristin Johansson

May 10, 2024

No Comments

The 2024 RadTech UV&EB Technology & Conference, the world’s largest event dedicated to the educational, technical, and scientific advancement of ultraviolet (UV) and electron beam (EB) technologies, will take place May 20-22 at the Hyatt Regency in Orlando, Florida. This year’s theme is “Today’s Choices, Tomorrow’s Future: UV+EB for Sustainable & Responsible Manufacturing.”

UV-Curing Sources

Jennifer Heathcote

May 10, 2024

One Comment

Mercury vapor, light-emitting diode (LED), and excimer are distinct UV-curing lamp technologies. All three are used in various photopolymerization processes, but understanding the differences between them is instrumental in application and formulation development, UV-curing source selection, and integration.

a handshake over a horizon with individuals superimposed over the hands

Excelitas Technologies Acquires Phoseon Technology

February 20, 2023

2 Comments

Phoseon is a designer and manufacturer of world-class LED-based industrial curing and scientific illumination solutions that delivers field-proven reliability and enables significant efficiency gains for a wide range of global customers.

Poor Cure? It's Not Always the Coating

Bob Blandford

May 9, 2022

No Comments

By keeping all the components of your UV curing system clean, cool and maintained, you can expect uniform and consistent cures, fewer issues, reduced scrap and happy customers.

The Impact of Different Intensities on the Performance of LED-Cured Coatings

David Ivarsson

March 16, 2021

No Comments

To prevent problems with insufficient cure, a technology has been developed to continuously monitor the output of a UV lamp during production.

Breakthrough in Furniture Coating with UV LED Curing

David Ivarsson Matthias Robisch Thomas Efsen

May 6, 2020

No Comments

With the help of EFSEN and AkzoNobel, furniture maker SC Freda was able to transform the majority of its coating line to a UV-LED system, maintaining a stable, robust production method that ensures a high-quality end product that meets the target requirements.

Monitoring Paint Curing Oven Temperature

May 1, 2020

No Comments

CAS DataLoggers supplied a temperature monitoring solution for an industrial paint curing oven used by a manufacturer of commercial snow removal equipment. This customer was experiencing periodic problems with the quality of their powder-coated parts.

RadTech 2020 Features Advancements in UV/EB Curing

RadTech 2020 Featured Many Advancements in UV/EB Curing

May 1, 2020

No Comments

A brief overview of RadTech 2020, as well as insights from JP Masson, Director of Sales and Marketing, Nagase America, Chemicals Division, on trends in the curing market.

Using Plasma Treatment to Prepare Plastics and Composites

for UV-Cured Powder Coating

Michael Knoblauch Kevin M. Otto

October 2, 2019

No Comments

The results of this study demonstrate that heat-sensitive substrates like plastics and composites can be prepared with plasma treatment and successfully coated with UV-cured powder without degrading or deforming the integrity of the substrate.

Innovative Car Body Curing from the Inside-Out

Jim Pakkala

November 5, 2018

No Comments

This new heating technique is achieved by using a transverse conveyance system in which the car bodies are processed sideways through heating zones, which allows for large convection nozzles to be positioned to direct heated air through the windshield opening of the car into the inner cabin areas as well as directly into the engine compartment areas.

More Articles Tagged with 'UV/EB Curing Equipment'