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UV vs. LED nail lamps: Experts explain the subtle but very real difference between the two

Key Takeaways UV lamps require longer curing times and frequent bulb changes. In comparison, LED lamps are faster-curing and ...
Printing Impressions

In a New Light: UV-LED Curing Powers Sheetfed Offset Printing

And just like that, it’s dry. In mere milliseconds, UV ink, when exposed to intense UV light, transforms from a liquid to a solid state. With this reality comes opportunity for those using sheetfed ...
Printing Impressions

Insights and Innovations: LED-UV Curing in Offset Printing

LED-UV curing technology for offset printing can offer fast curing times, energy efficiency, and high-quality results. Transitioning to this technology has the potential to generate significant ...
Nature

Cure depths with LED light curing units

Advances in the power output of light emitting diodes (LEDS) have allowed a LED light curing unit (LCU) with an 8 mm diameter light guide tip to achieve a similar depth of cure in a camphorquinone ...
Machine Design

LED light-curing system - Dymax Corp.

The system uses a 385-nm-wavelength LED to cure resins with less energy and more consistency. BlueWave LED DX-1000, an LED light-curing system, has lower curing temperatures, energy consumption, and ...
MD&M East

Select the most effective wavelength for an LED system

Lower running costs: a properly designed UV LED curing system can provide over 20,000 hours of lamp life as compared to about 3000 hours for lamp systems, significantly reducing running costs of a ...
Design News

DYMAX BlueWave® LED Prime UVA Spot-Curing System

MATERIALS: DYMAX Corp.’s BlueWave® LED Prime UVA high-intensity spot-curing system offers many advantages over conventional spot-curing systems including no consumable bulbs to change, no warm-up, ...
Nature

Optical power outputs, spectra and dental composite depths of cure, obtained with blue light emitting diode (LED) and halogen light curing units (LCUs)

Advances in the power output of light emitting diodes (LEDS) have allowed a LED light curing unit (LCU) with an 8 mm diameter light guide tip to achieve a similar depth of cure in a camphorquinone ...

Green Science Alliance Developed Plant Based Glue for Nail Tips (UV, LED Curing Type)

Environmental problems caused by population explosion such as climate change, global warming, natural resource depletion, ...
Optics

UV/LED Curing Systems

UV curable and LED curable systems are fast curing adhesives, sealants, coatings, potting and encapsulation compounds that speed productivity and efficiency. They offer excellent adhesion to glass, ...
Machine Design

A new group of light-curing adhesives do not need UV light

A new group of adhesives have been developed that cure under visible light (405-nm wavelength). Traditional light-cure adhesives, by contrast, need ultraviolet (UV) light with wavelengths between 250 ...