With the development and progress of printing technology, new printing technology emerges one after another, among which UV curing technology is one of the new and developing printing technology in recent years. This technology has the unusual advantage of being able to meet different printing needs.

What is UV Curing Technology?

UV curing technology is a fast and efficient printing and coating method. This technology uses ultraviolet radiation, based on the principle of ultraviolet reaction, in an instant to solidify printing or paint. UV curing saves time, labor and energy compared to conventional printing manufacturing. This technology is widely used on materials and product surfaces, such as coatings, ink layers, and plastics.

Principle of UV Curing Technology

UV curing technology is the use of UV curing agents (also known as UV printing inks) and UV lamps for printing. After being exposed, UV curing agent will undergo isomerization reaction immediately, initiate crosslinking, and form a photocurable film with greater hardness within a few seconds.

UV curing technology efficiently stores energy because no conventional thermal radiation occurs from the UV lamp prior to curing, only energy is accurately directed to the desired treatment area when using the UV lamp, thus avoiding material deformation and loss prior to curing. At the same time, the technology can complete the curing in a short time and greatly improve the production efficiency.

Application of UV Curing Technology

UV curing technology can be used in a variety of printing processes, such as image design, reproduction and processing. It is also suitable for many materials, such as plastics, metals, ceramics and glass. This technique is useful in lithography, rotary printing, flexographic printing and inkjet printing, and has recently been widely used in many product manufacturing areas.

Compared with traditional printing methods, UV curing technology has many advantages. Surfaces of products using UV curing techniques are generally smoother, wear-resistant, light-resistant and structurally stable than those produced by conventional methods. In addition, since there is no evaporation process in the printing process, the emission of gaseous harmful substances is reduced and the harm to the environment is less. In addition, since more stable and robust chemicals are formed on the surfaces of printing and coating materials, UV-curing technology has high quality, reliability and longevity, serving users in a variety of industries for a long time.

In summary, the application of UV curing technology comes from a variety of fields, and due to its high efficiency, productivity and wide application, it is widely used in modernPrinting and manufacturingIt's increasingly taking up a place. Moreover, as an environment-friendly and high-quality printing technology, UV curing technology conforms to the trend of modern development and will become an indispensable technical solution in the future.