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
Theses
- - http://www.sudoc.abes.fr
- 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...
Manufacturers. Suppliers
Non-exhaustive list
EFOS: acquired by EXFO http://www.exfo.com
IST METZ GmbH : http://www.ist-uv.de
Fusion UV Systems Inc: http://www.fusionuv.com
...Main users
There are many areas of application for light-curing resins. Users include
for graphic arts: SICPA : http://www.sicpa.com
for UV adhesives: Loctite: http:// www.loctite.com
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