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Unilux demonstrated new LED strobes for the inspection of surface and print quality at the recently concluded ICE USA show. Visitors to the Unilux booth were able to demo the new strobes and learn how these inspection tools can be put to use in their application.
One of the new additions to the Unilux product line is the LED-UV inspection strobes. Converters and printers can use the new strobes to examine the quality of optical brighteners in ink and coatings. Unilux recently received the 2017 Sapphire Specialty Design Award for these industry-first LED-UV strobes.
By using LED’s in place of a combined xenon light source and filter, Unilux eliminates the filter penalty. The penalty was the result of using the filter to remove visible wavelengths of light, thereby reducing the strobe light’s overall efficiency. Using UV LED’s increases the amount of power used to generate light in the UV spectrum, thereby making these strobes both more powerful and more efficient than their xenon strobe counterparts.
“The brighter light lets operators see details in the UV portion under ambient lighting conditions,” says Mike Simonis, president, Unilux. “That’s something they couldn’t do before UV LEDs. At the same time, they can now inspect the entire width of the web at full production speed and make corrections when needed to improve their yield.”
At its ICE booth, Unilux will also be showcasing its handheld and mounted LED strobes that allow inspection of all web widths. LED technology makes them all virtually maintenance free while generating more uniform light output for more effective inspection. This new generation of LED strobe lights provides brighter illumination than the xenon-based technology, as well as lower cost of ownership by using only 35% of the power and eliminating lamp replacement and downtime caused by lamp burnout. Portable units allow inspection anywhere on the line; from the unwind to the rewind and are more ergonomic and lighter than their xenon predecessors.
One of the new additions to the Unilux product line is the LED-UV inspection strobes. Converters and printers can use the new strobes to examine the quality of optical brighteners in ink and coatings. Unilux recently received the 2017 Sapphire Specialty Design Award for these industry-first LED-UV strobes.
By using LED’s in place of a combined xenon light source and filter, Unilux eliminates the filter penalty. The penalty was the result of using the filter to remove visible wavelengths of light, thereby reducing the strobe light’s overall efficiency. Using UV LED’s increases the amount of power used to generate light in the UV spectrum, thereby making these strobes both more powerful and more efficient than their xenon strobe counterparts.
“The brighter light lets operators see details in the UV portion under ambient lighting conditions,” says Mike Simonis, president, Unilux. “That’s something they couldn’t do before UV LEDs. At the same time, they can now inspect the entire width of the web at full production speed and make corrections when needed to improve their yield.”
At its ICE booth, Unilux will also be showcasing its handheld and mounted LED strobes that allow inspection of all web widths. LED technology makes them all virtually maintenance free while generating more uniform light output for more effective inspection. This new generation of LED strobe lights provides brighter illumination than the xenon-based technology, as well as lower cost of ownership by using only 35% of the power and eliminating lamp replacement and downtime caused by lamp burnout. Portable units allow inspection anywhere on the line; from the unwind to the rewind and are more ergonomic and lighter than their xenon predecessors.