Unilux to show LED inspection strobe line at Labelexpo

Unilux, a designer and manufacturer of stroboscopic inspection lights for the printing and converting industries, will present its expanded LED inspection strobe line on stand 1457 at Labelexpo Americas.  

Unilux will introduce the LED 2X2, a compact unit available with flood or spot capability, and show the LED 15X2 and LED 20X2, a pair of units, launched at Labelexpo Europe last year, that extend the capability of the LED 10X2. 

Unilux will also display the LED 1XF, equivalent in illumination to the Cricket; the LED 1XS, equivalent in illumination to the Scout; the LED 1X3, equivalent in illumination to the Tracker; the LED 5X2, which is similar to the LOL-20; and the Pocket Pixel – plus the LOL-5, LOL-20, LOL-40, Guardian, Cricket, Tracker and Miti-Lite.  

‘LEDs have really caught on for labelers and other printers and converters working with highly reflective materials, especially in Europe and Latin America,’ said Michael P. Simonis, president, Unilux. ‘Many of them like being innovators, but they have good business reasons for using our LEDs. Our customers with the LED 1X series tell us they simply like the coverage and price. With our LED 1X3, customers tell us they like the longer service life of their units. That appeals to our LED 1X3 users, who also like the smaller carbon footprint. Several of our LED 5X2 and 10X2 users switched to Unilux because of the high lamp replacement costs of other manufacturers’ lights they were using.’ 

LEDs’ softer light eliminates the need for operators to dial down inspection-light intensity or use frosted glass to avoid harsh reflections when working with foils, metalized substrates and other labels or packaging with highly reflective coatings on high-speed lines. Combining the lights with specific reflector designs provides even illumination across the entire web surface. 

‘LED technology is much more adaptable to new product development and product customization,’ Simonis said. ‘The LED 15X2 and 20X2 are perfect examples of this. When customers asked about a longer version of the LED 10X2, it was much easier to scale up the technology. And when customers requested LED capability of our smaller Lith-O-Light units, we were able to adapt the technology to create the LED 2X2 in both flood and spot patterns. We envision being able to do more of this as LED technology advances and as customers discover more applications for it.’ 

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