6. Light-curing resin applications

Two characteristics are mainly responsible for the industrial boom in light-curing systems:

the speed of the process that transforms the molecule into a polymer material in a fraction of a second;
Spatial selectivity, which enables polymerization of only the illuminated areas.

There are currently four main areas of application for photopolymers that take advantage of these two characteristics: graphic arts, coatings, adhesives and microelectronics.

6.1 Graphic arts

This is the most important application of UV-curing technology (40% of the market). It is used both in the manufacture of printing plates using a photolithographic process, the...

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References

(1) - UV-curing science and technology - . − Pappas (S.P.) (éd.). Technology Marketing Corporation. Stamford (C.T.). Vol. 1 (1978), vol. 2 (1985).
(2) - DECKER (C.) - Dans Handbook of polymer Science and Technology. Vol. 3 (éd. Cheremisinoff (N.P.)) Marcel...

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TOURÉ (M.L.) - Exposition UV spectrale [Texte imprimé] : instrumentation et modélisation. - Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble) (2003).
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Equipment

An industrial UV irradiation plant comprises three basic elements (figure 1 ):

a light source (S) fitted with a parabolic or elliptical reflector. This is usually a medium-pressure mercury vapor lamp, which can be doped with a...