UV curing technology added to principal coating line

The configuration is able to convert substrates up to 1,650mm wide with speeds up to 15m/min and media with thicknesses between 5µm and 2mm. It is mostly used to coat PET films.

The UV system is mounted in a custom designed motorised aluminium frame which allows the lamphead to be lifted away from the moving web when UV curing is not in use.

The coating line operates in a controlled environment and the air-cooling and ozone extraction of the UV system is designed to achieve zero net consumption of air-conditioned ambient air.

Managing Director Dr Thomas Dietrich explained: “We are extremely happy with the installation, the performance and the support we get from GEW.”

The decision in favour of GEW’s technology was based on the positive experience and convincing results with a comparable UV system at the Folex plant in Switzerland.

Dietrich added: “GEW was able to offer us a comprehensive package of efficiency and reliability backed up with the security of a five year warranty.”

GEW’s Embedded Service, which is part of the RHINO package,enablesengineers to remotely access performance data and proactively detect parameters outside the permitted tolerances and immediately take the necessary maintenance steps even before a fault can develop.

This type of preventive remote maintenance ensures that the entire UV system works at its peak performance at all times thus avoiding unplanned machine stoppages and waste of resources.

UV systems based on GEW’s highly efficient NUVA2 lampheads achieve particularly fast warm-up and cool-down cycles realising substantial electricity and time savings.

Dietrich concluded: “The NUVA2 UV lamphead together with the RHINO power supply enables us to minimise our electricity consumption and to further increase our capacity whilst enjoying stable production with more uptime.”