Integration Technology pushes performance of UV LED arrays with XT8

Integration Technology (ITL) has introduced XT8, a UV LED booster technology offering an increase in UV power of up to 30 percent whilst maintaining a higher efficiency as there is less input power required to run the LED chips.

UV LED booster technology offers an increase in UV power of up to 30 percent whilst maintaining a higher efficiency as there is less input power required to run the LED chips

XT8 reaches an extremely high output and dose, which greatly increases cure speeds so offering customers a wider choice in all applications, according to ITL. An extended service life is achieved since the semi-conductor chips are not being driven as hard when compared to other products on the market. The 30 percent boost in efficiency is available for systems fitted with 365, 385, 395 or 405nm or for systems with mixed wavelength arrays, which ITL first introduced in 2010.

ITL is now rolling out the technology as part of all UV LED systems, and arrays containing the XT8 UV LED Booster carry a warranty of five years on each LED module. The technology can be retrofitted into most existing models of ITL products, offering customers the chance to upgrade performance without totally changing the system.

Jason Smith, ITL chief technical officer, explained: ‘XT8 reflects the cutting edge in semi-conductor packaging combining the latest nano and phase-change materials, which when combined with the most advanced chip technology, offer a package of an exceptionally high efficiency.

‘We are achieving an increase in UV output more than 50 percent greater than one year ago without any increase to the electrical input current to the chips, which in turn has reduced the cooling requirements of high intensity products and will enable us to produce the highest output LED systems currently in the market place.’

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