Manufacturers of fully automatic screen printing machines face technical bottlenecks in the production of printing equipment for cosmetics and daily chemical packaging (such as PE/PP tubes and thin-walled serum bottles) due to the use of traditional mercury lamp curing.

• Material Damage: The high temperatures generated by mercury lamps often cause thin-walled plastic bottles to shrink or deform due to heat, resulting in a high defect rate.
• Inefficient Production: Mercury lamps require a preheating time of 10-15 minutes and cannot be used in conjunction with the high-frequency start-stop cycles of screen printing machines.
• Space Constraints: Traditional cooling systems are bulky and difficult to integrate into compact, multi-color screen printing stations.

As experts in UV curing solutions, we have tailored a high-power integrated UV LED curing module for this application:

• Low-temperature curing technology: UV LEDs are narrow-band cold light sources with extremely low heat radiation, maintaining structural integrity even for ultra-thin, heat-sensitive materials.
• Instant start/stop function: Nanosecond-level response speed; light intensity automatically adjusts with the screen printing machine's operating speed, requiring no preheating and ready to use immediately.
• High energy density design: Providing up to 16W/cm^2 of light intensity within a very small installation space, ensuring thorough drying of inks during high-speed printing.

By introducing our UV LED system, this customer's screen printing equipment achieved a significant performance boost:

• 95% reduction in defect rate: Completely solving the problem of packaging waste caused by heat deformation of plastic bottles.
• Increased capacity: Production speed increased from 3000 pcs/h to 4500 pcs/h.
• Green and energy-efficient: Overall energy consumption of the equipment was reduced by approximately 70%, aligning with global carbon neutrality and emission reduction trends.
• Zero maintenance cost: Over 20,000 hours of service life, eliminating the need for frequent lamp replacements like mercury lamps.

"After integrating this UV LED system, our screen printing machines have achieved extremely high customer satisfaction in the high-end daily chemical packaging market. It is the core guarantee for the stable operation of our equipment." — Partner feedback

Looking for an efficient curing solution for daily chemical packaging? Contact Shenzhen Super-curing Opto-Electronic CO., Ltd for a customized quote.