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The Future Of UV Curing


UV-LED is the curing technology of the future. And so is conventional UV. Kevin Rhodes argues that conventional UV still has an important role to play in the future of wide format print.

Year
2022
Company
Fujifilm Wide Format Inkjet Systems
Author
Kevin Rhodes
Categories
Market Segment
3D
Automotive
Credit Cards
Ceramics
Decor
Discs
Electronics
White Goods
Food
Graphic
Hollow glass
In Mould
Labelling
Packaging
Pharmaceuticals
Security
Flat Glass
Flag & Banner
Flooring
Textile
Printing Type
Digital
Subject
UV

UV-LED curing technology is energy efficient, environmentally friendly and extremely well suited to the production of a huge range of applications. It’s a massive area of R&D focus for Fujifilm and it is, quite rightly, seen as a key “technology of the future.” So far, so uncontroversial. And yet, none of that means to say that conventional UV curing has – or will – become a ‘thing of the past’. Despite the obvious cost and environmental advantages of LED technology, there is no reason to believe that it will replace conventional UV altogether.

The Future Of UV Curing

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