UV Curing System

A compact, table top UV dryer

Compact UV DryerOur table top UV dryer is made in the UK and has been developed for smaller print formats, curing up to A2 size graphics. This compact UV curing system is ideal for print shops that need a compact UV dryer to cure pad printed or screen printed UV inks.

The UV dryer is available in two compact formats - 30 and 60cm belt widths - and both use an ozone free medium pressure mercury vapour lamp, which produces high power UV curing of 131 watts per cm without the need for extraction.

Model 1 uses a single UV curing lamp, curing up to 30cm in width and Model uses 2 UV curing lamps curing up to 60cm.



Flexibility and ease of use

Flexibility is critical to any print shop so both UV dryer models have a vacuum hold down system as well as a separate cooling fan for the UV lamp(s). A lamp hour meter and high / low power switch are provided as standard and the variable belt speed is controlled by a 10 turn potentiometer. The model 2 system has independent control of each UV curing lamp. For safety, light guards are fitted at the inlet and outlet of the dryer chamber and this ensures that there is no UV light spillage.

Both models of UV dryer will accept products of up to 40mm in height, but as a special order, we can modify either of these two UV dryer models to accept taller items. All control gear, cooling fans and motors on the UV dryer are housed in an extremely compact, all- steel constructed chassis.

Please be aware that both the UV dryer Model 1 and Model 2 require a 400 volt, three phase mains supply and this will have to be installed at your premises by a qualified electrical contractor.




UV curing systems - standard specifications

  Model 1 Model 2
UV Curing width 30 cm 60 cm
Belt width 35 cm 65 cm
Height 58 cm 58 cm
Width 140 cm 173 cm
Depth 72 cm 110 cm
Weight 120 kg 225 kg
Belt speed 2 - 30 m/min 2 - 30 m/min
UV Lamp power (full) 131 watts/cm 131 watts/cm
UV Lamp power (low) 98 watts/cm 98 watts/cm
Voltage 400 volts, three phase 400 volts, three phase
Power 4.25 kW 8.5 kW
Current (full power) 15 amps 30 amps

The benefits of UV inks

UV Curable screen printing and pad printing inks contain virtually no solvents, which is why specialised UV curing equipment must be used to cure the ink. The UV ink is subjected to very high output UV light inside a UV dryer, usually a UV conveyor dryer or UV tunnel dryer. UV light or ultra violet light is dangerous to the eyes and the uv curing system must therefore be designed to ensure that users are adequately protected from the harmful UV rays. Our compact UV dryer has been designed with user safety in mind and poses no threats to users as previously mentioned.

Since UV inks contain little or no solvent, it is an ink system that has a wide ranging appeal. Companies that produce very high volumes of product using solvent based inks generally need to invest in a range of personal safety equipment for workers and there is also the environmental concerns of using solvent based inks. Moving to UV curable inks and the associated UV curing equipment, can offer great benefits.

UV dryers such as the compact unit we offer can be run at very high production rates. The curing of the UV ink takes place in a matter of seconds, depending upon the colour of the ink and the intensity of the UV light source. Such efficient curing rates naturally mean that production speed can be very high too.

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