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Update on Mercury Regulation for UV Curing Lamps

(News | New Products)

March 05, 2023, ... meant for replacement are commonly referred to as substances of very high concern (SVHC). Mercury is an example of an SVHC. The SVHC designation drives legislation and policy that regulates how mercury ...

Reducing Energy Use and Optimizing Performance Through UV LED Printing

(White Paper)

September 29, 2024, ...  This conversion in the printing market from standard UV mercury lamps to UV LED-curing systems is growing. Suppliers like Sun Chemical are working to ensure that their products are compatible across ...

Baldwin Technology: A Leader in UV Curing Systems for Converters

(Equipment/Machines - Printing)

February 11, 2024, ...  The use of conventional UV technology (medium pressure mercury lamps) has been used by the converting industry for over 50 years. Baldwin’s QuadCure arc system utilized CFD software to minimize air impingement ...

Flint Group puts EkoCure® Dual Cure technology in the spotlight at Labelexpo Asia 2023

(News | New Products)

November 29, 2023, ... as mercury-based UV lamps become more challenging to acquire and maintain, EkoCure™ offers a fantastic bridge between the two curing technologies, ultimately minimising waste, simplifying ink inventory ...

EkoCure® Dual Cure ink puts Flint Group and All4Labels on shared path to success

(News | New Products)

November 27, 2023, ... processes at a pace that suits their business, as UV LED lamps require significantly less power to run than traditional Mercury UV lamps. All4Labels’ use of EkoCure® Dual Cure and the Evolution series ...

Flint Group’s EkoCure® Dual Cure Inks Enable Energy Reduction for Ingogroup in Spain

(News | New Products)

November 13, 2023, ... its ambition of reducing energy costs and agilely transitioning from traditional UV to UV-LED-based printing. LED curing stations require only half the installed power of incumbent UV mercury systems, ...

Flint Group’s EkoCure® Dual Cure Ink Range Spells Success for Etimark

(News | New Products)

October 22, 2023, Etimark, a label and package printer based in Switzerland, has made the switch from mercury to UV LED curing for its presses after adopting Flint Group’s EkoCure® Dual Cure ink range. Etimark, a ...

Fujifilm launches new LED UV curing system: LuXtreme

(News | New Products)

September 11, 2023, ... with both material usage and waste also significantly reduced, enhancing overall productivity and making the system a highly sustainable mercury-free solution. Due to the reductions in power required ...

Italian Printer Is Europe’s First Flexible Film Converter to Offer All-UV LED Curing in Narrow to Mid-Web Format

(Flexpack)

September 06, 2023, ... after years of printing on a 7-color Omet VariFlex 530 with conventional (mercury) UV curing press, Raffaele and La Franceschina sought ways to eliminate some of the speed bottlenecks with traditional ...

Advancing Curing/Drying Trends: A Pathway to Sustainable Bio-based Coating Solutions

(Coating/Laminating)

August 27, 2023, ... of LED lamps has provided an opportunity to move away from more energy intensive mercury arc lamps4. These techniques significantly accelerate the curing/drying process, enhancing productivity while minimizing ...

Protecting People and the Planet: Why Screen Printers Should Invest in LED Exposure Units

(News | New Products)

July 09, 2023, ... units, as UV LED technology is ultimately better for their business, their employees and the planet than legacy ink curing methods such as UV curing with mercury bulbs. Not only is the ROI ultimately advantageous ...

Phoseon Technology Exhibits the Latest UV LED Curing Systems for Wood Coatings at Ligna 2023

(News | New Products)

May 02, 2023, ... costs, enhanced system capabilities due to being a solid-state device, and significant environmental benefits. Traditional mercury UV lamps generate a tremendous amount of heat, requiring both a significant ...

LED Curing Set to Take Spotlight for 2023, According to Flint Group

(News | New Products)

April 09, 2023, ... cumulative benefits of LED, we’re clearly looking at the tipping point of real market-wide change. This is likely to intensify with global sustainability legislation limiting the use of mercury, which ...

Flint Group revolutionises food label and packaging printing with launch of sustainable UV LED Dual Cure ink

(News | New Products)

February 01, 2023, ... still using traditional mercury-based UV lamps to smoothly transition to more sustainable UV curing processes at their own pace. With optimized curing speed, improved rheology, and lower viscosity, EkoCure ...

The Versatility of UV Curing

(News | New Products)

December 15, 2022, ...  UV Curing Sources UV curing systems include mercury vapor, light emitting diode (LED) and excimer lamps. While each of these technologies emit ultraviolet energy, the mechanisms that generate UV energy, ...

Why LED is the Only Sustainable Choice for UV Curing

(Equipment/Machines - Printing)

September 25, 2022, ... savings, reduces waste and prevents pollution for users all over the world. With traditional UV curing processes, the tremendous heat associated with mercury UV lamps required a lot of electricity to ...

Phoseon Technology Showcases Nexus ONE™ UV LED Curing Systems at Labelexpo Americas 2022

(Upcoming Conference News)

September 06, 2022, ... With traditional UV curing processes, the tremendous heat associated with mercury UV lamps require a significant amount of electricity to operate. Phoseon UV LED technologies provide energy savings up ...

Phoseon Introduces Nexus ONE Sustainable UV LED Curing Products for Flexographic Printing

(News | New Products)

September 07, 2021, ... mercury UV curing: Pollution Prevention: 50 percent less CO2 emissions; Energy Savings: Up to 85 percent; Waste Reduction: No spare parts/replacement bulbs; Eco-friendly: Environmentally sustainable ...

Flint Group Narrow Web Brings Innovations to Labelexpo 2019

(Upcoming Conference News)

September 15, 2019, ... products for food packaging. Additionally, our Dual-Cure offering means that converters who have presses with both mercury and LED lamps need only one ink series for both kinds of cure. This simplifies ...

LED UV & Electron Beam Curing Combine to Offer The Perfect Solution

(Case Studies)

June 05, 2019, ... is still in operation there today. The most recent mercury arc installation was the retrofitting of 11 E2C lampheads to the company’s Omet Varyflex 420 Press in 2014. After investigating a wide range of ...