E2C
E2C is GEW’s most popular UV dryer with over 30,000 units installed worldwide. Fully air cooled, it delivers unparalleled curing performance up to 140W/cm due to patented ultra-efficient reflector designs. No similar product delivers more curing performance at this energy level.
Perfect for use on any machine up to 60cm in width, E2C supports printing on the widest range of heat-sensitive materials because our actively air-cooled reflectors reduce heat transfer to the substrate. It also boasts GEW’s renowned quick-change cassette design enabling a new lamp to be fitted in under 2 minutes with only one hex key tool required.
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NUVA2
NUVA2 is the most effective UV curing system for wide web coating and specialist industrial applications. Fully air cooled up to 250cm and available up to 27kW total lamp power, NUVA2 is available with a wide range of customisation and integration options.
GEW’s patented reflectors are actively cooled to ensure that heat transfer to the substrate is minimised, whilst delivering the highest UV intensity and dose available. The quick-change cassette design ensures fast lamp changes with only 1 hex key tool required and the innovative spherical lamp ends prevent breakages on long lamp changes.
AeroLED2
AeroLED2 is a next generation, higher power UV LED system for full cure, printing, coating and converting applications up to 70cm wide; AeroLED2 offers a 30% increase in electrical power (70W / cm), a 30% increase in UV dose (170mJ / cm2) and a 40% increase in UV irradiance (26W / cm2) compared to its predecessor, AeroLED.
AeroLED2 is also ArcLED compatible. Using the same fan and ducting arrangement as the industry standard E2C, customers have total flexibility to switch between UV arc and AeroLED2 on any station. No filters are required due to the high redundancy, making maintenance a breeze. Moreover any customers with GEW’s RHINO/RLT power supply platform can upgrade to LED within a matter of hours, by simply changing the cassettes and running a software upgrade.
Following its predecessor, in an AeroLED2 system air is extracted by a single centralised fan sited away from the press. There is no need for integrated fans or electronics in the individual lampheads, which eliminates the high pitched noise and risk of failure that these bring. AeroLED2 features the same LED chassis and core components as GEW’s LeoLED2 lamphead, for proven reliability. As with LeoLED2, the lamphead has tough watertight seals to protect the LED modules from ingress and to make cleaning easy and safe. Every aspect of the design has been carefully considered to deliver robust performance and long-term reliability.
AeroLED2’s efficient optical design enables the lowest energy usage of all GEW products. This delivers energy savings of up to 55% when compared to a conventional UV arc system – you can find out your potential energy savings on our ROI calculator. In addition to offering greatly reduced operating costs, printers upgrading to AeroLED2 are able to free up >50% of mains capacity, which can then be used to install new machinery and subsequently increase production capability. Two AeroLED2 systems have a lower electrical supply requirement than just one conventional arc UV system.
A further advantage of LED is its predictability and stability of UV output in the curing process. AeroLED2 delivers improved process control by ensuring stable UV output year after year, and eliminates the uncertainty of conventional UV lamps, reflectors and mechanisms to ensure consistent production quality. As is the case with all new GEW UV products, AeroLED2 uses GEW’s RHINO power supply and control range, for ultimate reliability with Industry 4.0 approved, IoT Remote Monitoring as standard.
UV Lamp Lab Unit
The UV lamp lab unit utilises a 150mm wide stainless steel conveyor belt to drive samples under the UV lamp at variable speeds up to 70m/min.
The E2C UV lamp contains an ozone-free bulb to prevent the need for duct extraction and an integrated fan controls the lamp at a constant 80W/cm.
A robust, bench-top curing unit incorporating simple feeder/catcher trays, it is a perfect, cost-effective tool for laboratory, press proofing and even low volume production.
GEW (EC) Ltd
Crompton Way, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 9QR, United Kingdom
GEW (EC) Ltd designs and manufactures Arc and UV LED curing systems for printing, coating and converting applications. GEW is the leading manufacturer of UV curing systems for a range of markets, including narrow web label printing, offset printing, UV hot melt, wood coating and much more.