Mini UV laboratory unit from GEW

GEW (EC) Ltd. has announced the development of a new mini laboratory unit for curing UV inks, coatings or adhesives that provides the ability to work away from the production line to produce or test small lots or sample preparations on a variety of substrates.

With a working width of 150mm (6”) the mini lab unit is a stand-alone, bench top UV curing system for laboratory or low volume production environments and features the new XC cassette ‘extreme cure’ focused reflector from GEW with 80W/cm (200W/in) or 120W/cm UV lamp (300W/in). Using constant UV lamp power, the curing dosage is simply controlled by varying the belt speed. An effective air cooling system keeps the whole unit cool to permit many hours of continuous operation at speeds from 5m/min up to 30m/min (16fpm up to 100fpm). No exhausts ducting is necessary since only ozone free lamps are fitted.

The 220/240 V 50/60 Hz single phase, 13 amp power supply means it can be connected in most areas of the workplace. Options include different power levels and speeds, spare UV cassettes and an inert gas, nitrogen atmosphere capsule for inert curing applications.