Hands free on-line UV monitoring and cure test kit from GEW

GEW has announced the development of SEEcure, an on-line monitoring system that measures output within the UV lamphead. Launched at Labelexpo Europe 2007, SEEcure is a fully integrated measuring device that runs with the latest generation of the company’s e-Brick controls and allows continuous monitoring of all lamps in a system simultaneously. 

Information from the SEEcure system is displayed on a color touch screen making operation simple and reliable for the operator. An electronic sensor is built into the UV lamphead which receives a combined output of the UV light from the reflector and directly from the lamp, thus ensuring the UV incident on the web is monitored.  An alarm function is incorporated to signal under performing UV lamps and reflectors. 

GEW’s managing director Malcolm Rae said: ‘Hand held devices are difficult to use repeatedly and SEEcure is a cost effective option that can be used in conjunction with any lamp head configuration.’

The company also launched QuantiCure, a chemical test kit that gives quantitative and reliable UV cure measurements at the substrate that are simple to calibrate and operate on the press. The system enables the user to measure cross-linking, easily configure UV power levels, monitor UV lamp and reflector operation, control energy consumption and permits jobs to be accurately repeated at any time.

QuantiCure is sensitive both to the UV intensity impinging on the web surface and variations in press speed so the operator can obtain a true analytical picture of the curing performance when matched against established standards such as rub and tape adhesion tests.