| Today radiation curing is a well established industrial process to cure inks, laquer, paint, adhesives and for crosslinking of polymers (EB). More and more products are cured with this technology.
Especially the application of UV curing has increased in the last years. The main benefits are:
- Environmentally friendly, due to reduced use of solvents
- Low energy consumption and thus economical
- Compact plant size
Radiation curing under oxygen-reduced conditions improves the product properties and reduces the costs.
The main advantages are:
- Reduction of expensive photoinitiators (UV)
- Higher curing speed
- Lower energy costs
- Better scratch resistance
- Higher gloss
- Less ozone formation (EB)
In most cases nitrogen, sometimes carbon dioxide, is used to eliminate the oxygen in the curing chamber.
We offer:
- Optimal supply of nitrogen - based on the customer's specific needs, in consideration of economic and technical aspects
- Required purity
- Suitable equipment (metering panels) to supply and control the needed amount of nitrogen to the UV or EB unit just in time, including the measuring of the oxygen concentration
- Consulting services
- Carrying out tests
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