Radiometer enables consistent UV curing.
Press Release Summary:
Featuring one-button operation, ACCU-CAL(TM) 100 measures UV light up to 10 W/cm² emitted from stationary flood curing lamps or lamps used in conveyorized processes. Unit can measure both intensity and total energy. Since all UV bulbs degrade over time, radiometer will reveal optimal time for bulb replacement in UV curing device. To ensure effective curing process, radiometer can measure light intensity reaching resin below intervening substrate.
Original Press Release:
DYMAX Introduces New Radiometer For UV Light Curing Flood Lamps and Conveyor Systems
Consistent UV curing requires periodic monitoring of UV intensity or dose. The new ACCU-CAL(TM) 100 radiometer from DYMAX is simple to operate and offers repeatable measurement of UV light. The ACCU-CAL 100 can measure UV light up to 10 W/cm2 emitted from stationary flood curing lamps or lamps used in conveyorized processes. This radiometer measures both intensity (measured in mW/cm2) and total energy (measured in mJ/cm2), providing the operator with more information regarding their UV curing process.
The ACCU-CAL 100 radiometer, with its one-button operation, greatly simplifies both validating and monitoring a UV curing process. The fact that this radiometer can be used with both flood lamps and conveyor systems eliminates the need for two different radiometers. It also has a 12-month calibration period resulting in lower cost and less down-time than is typically associated with other radiometers requiring more frequent calibration.
There are two reasons to use a UV radiometer:
Validating and Maintaining a Light-Curing Process - A radiometer provides a quantifiable measurement that verifies if the UV curing process is operating within the qualified parameters. Since all UV bulbs degrade over time, the radiometer will reveal the optimal time for bulb replacement in the UV curing device. Radiometers provide the same monitoring control for light-curing processes that thermometers provide for thermal processes.
Measuring Transmission Rates Through Substrates - A radiometer can be used to measure the light transmission rates of various wavelengths through substrates that absorb UV and/or visible light. To ensure an effective curing process it is critical to measure the light intensity reaching the resin below the intervening substrate.
DYMAX Corporation is a technology-based company specializing in the formulation, manufacture and service of advanced assembly adhesives, coatings, epoxies, masking resins, and UV curing systems.
For more information, contact DYMAX Corp., 318 Industrial Lane, Torrington, CT 06790; Phone: 860-482-1010; Fax: 860-496-0608; Toll Free: 1-877-DYMAX-UV (1-877-396-2988); e-mail: info@dymax.com or visit our Web site at www.dymax.com.
