GEW is a thought leader in the UV curing industry and you can find much of this knowledge in our dedicated Knowledge Centre. We produce state of the art mercury arc and LED UV curing systems, as well as ArcLED hybrid solutions that combine the two technologies.
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Jennifer’s presentation covers a broad range of topics, from what UV curing is and the sources of UV curing, to the markets where it is relevant, and much more.
CBS Printing has recently upgraded its Ryobi 754 press with a retrofitted GEW UV LED curing system, a move described by managing partner Stephen Wilson as ‘bringing an old machine …
CondAlign use a dual lamp GEW LeoLED UV curing system in the production of conductive films, which instantly cures the polymer coating and fixes the position of the aligned particles …
Watch Jennifer Heathcote’s keynote address from the IUVA World Congress, regarding the current state of mercury regulation.
In this latest article, Jennifer Heathcote, GEW’s Business Development Manager, explains how Excimer UV curing technology is used to mattify surfaces without the use of mattifying agents.
Robert Rae outlines the key benefits of GEW’s latest LED technology. A range of GEW customers also offer their informed viewpoint, having worked with GEW UV LED systems.
GEW’s latest 8-lamp E4C system demonstrates the company’s specialist UV curing capabilities. Each lamp in this custom-built assembly is capable of delivering 200W/cm across its width.
Read Jennifer Heathcote’s UV technology article, published in Plastics Decorating, which discusses UV LED curing for Surface Hardcoats
Robert Rae and Jennifer Heathcote outline the key benefits of GEW’s latest LED technology. A range of GEW customers also offer their informed viewpoint, having worked with GEW UV LED …
Panoval’s pioneering, R&D led approach and the introduction of a state-of-the-art GEW UV system pays dividends with faster production, improved quality and competitive edge…
In one of the largest LED upgrade programs that GEW has undertaken to date, we are upgrading five Gidue web presses with new LeoLED UV systems at German label specialists …
Measuring UV output is critical to the specification of a UV system for an application and for understanding the performance of your UV curing process
Established in Lenexa, Kansas in 1985, J & J Printing offers a huge range of print and related services including online ordering, high volume mailing campaigns and variable data printing. …
GEW provides engineered UV solutions to apply very high dosages of UV energy to correctly expose and cross-link delicate materials, whilst protecting them from heat damage.
GEW manufactures conventional and LED UV solutions for lottery ticket printing. The choice of light source depends on the type of inks and coatings being used. In this example an …
Since its humble beginnings in 1989, Martin One Source has greatly expanded its business, its product range, and its customer base. In this case study, CEO Chuck Martin sums up …
This useful guide includes most of the terminology you will find used in the field of arc and UV LED curing.
Olympus Print Group has started a new round of investments which includes an innovative installation of GEW’s LeoLED UV system and a 12-color Nilpeter – Domino hybrid press with in-line …
Understanding the different UV curing lamp technologies is instrumental in application and formulation development, UV curing source selection, and integration.
Based in Illinois, Hagg Press is a ‘Top 400 Printer’ in the USA. Their business is conducted largely through resellers and is extremely competitive. Here they discuss the GEW LED …
If you would like to gain a greater understanding of the science behind UV curing, read on…
Push Solutions, based near Milwaukee, were one of the early adopters of LED UV curing technology and are now capitalising on the benefits of having an LED system retrofitted to …
KC Print is one of the leading trade printers in Ireland. Having operated with an LED UV curing system on their Ryobi press for over a year now, in this …
Kansas-based Phenix Label are power-users of GEW mercury arc and LED UV systems, with 44 lampheads operating on five of their presses. Phenix use ArcLED hybrid curing systems to optimise …
GEW has installed sheetfed LED UV curing systems across the USA. Push Solutions, based near Milwaukee, were one of the early adopters of the technology. Here the team at Push …
Etygraf’s core production process is flexographic printing with low migration inks. The production team use GEW’s ArcLED hybrid UV curing system to run infrared, Mercury arc and LED UV lampheads …
Label suppliers to the automotive and chemical industries, TS Etiketten specialise in flexo print, screen print and rotary die-cutting, This study looks at how they have moved into working with …
This customer case study, at PakMarkas in Lithuania, illustrates how the company is using a combination of LED UV & electron beam curing to get impressive results.
GEW has released a new ‘Customer Spotlight’ case study video which highlights the benefits of UV curing for narrow-web label presses, from customer PrintAvia Aviation AG.
GEW’s Customer Spotlight video focuses on LED UV curing for sheetfed offset printing, highlighting the many advantages of this technology.
GEW has published a second customer case study video focusing on LED UV curing systems for sheetfed offset printing, which enable the customer to print on plastics and other difficult …
Why should you retrofit your offset press with a UV LED curing system? This customer case study video, filmed at C & D Print Media in London, gives some of …
Find out how GEW designs and manufactures UV curing systems to meet the needs of the narrow web and sheetfed industries, amongst others.
We aim to help answers some of the common questions and correct some of the misconceptions around LED in the UV curing industry. Find out more here…
UK-based Abbey Labels has installed its second MPS EF 340 press, which is the first in Europe fitted with the GEW ArcLED UV system.
EADEC in Spain acquired a new Mark Andy P5 flexo press comprising eight GEW E2C UV lampheads with GEW RHINO electronic power supplies.
Phenix Label of Olathe, Kansas have installed an additional OMET flexo UV printing press with LED UV from GEW to boost reliability and production speed.
Etygraf in Spain have installed a new Bobst M4L flexo printing press fitted with an LED UV curing system from GEW, to boost efficiency and curing performance.
Folex Coating in Cologne, Germany have added a GEW-made 170cm-wide NUVA2 UV system to their principal coating line. Folex is a coating and finishing specialist converting a wide variety of …
Caldicot Metal Decorating have upgraded two of their presses, a Crabtree FastReady 4-colour press and a 4-colour KBA MetalStar, with high performance GEW UV curing systems to improve reliability and …
Olympus Print have equipped their Nilpeter FA-4 presses with GEW E2C UV systems and have realised power savings and achieve UV lamp durabilities in excess of 5000 hours.
Likora GmbH in Germany upgraded an existing gravure printing line with a GEW NUVA2 UV system to save energy and to improve the efficiency of their operation.
Indonesian label converter PT Aneka Rupa Tera has equipped its Comco label press with GEW UV curing for increased production efficiency and improved reliability.PT Aneka Rupa Tera (ART) was originally …
OPM Group in Leeds has detailed the benefits it has seen since deploying GEW’s hybrid ArcLED UV curing technology.Last year, OPM acquired a customized configuration of a UV curing system …
OPM Group in Leeds have installed an additional Nilpeter printing press with GEW ArcLED hybrid UV curing to boost energy savings and to extend their commercial offer.OPM (Labels & Packaging) …
GEW UV curing enables silicone coating of release liners in a much more compact footprint than using traditional thermal drying methods. The very compact nature of the GEW UV solution …
UV curing enables the safer and faster application of a wide variety of coatings on metal profiles and metal extrusions to protect them against corrosion.In this example, a coated metal …
In this specialised clean room application, the manufacturing process of OLED displays requires exposing the products while being manipulated in a glove box.The surface to be exposed is 35cm square. …
Certoplast Technische Klebebänder GmbH in Wuppertal upgraded an existing adhesive coating line in order to save energy and to improve the overall efficiency of their operation.Certoplast Technische Klebebänder is a …
UV curing enables reliable, faster and more consistent production of substrates with varnish coatings. The video illustrates how wide-web converters can benefit from GEW’s fully air-cooled NUVA2 UV systems.The NUVA2 lamphead is …
GEW has developed a high efficiency fully air-cooled arc lamp solution of the UV technology typically used to cure coatings on optical fibre and wire at speeds in excess of 3,000 metres …
Bizerba in Germany have installed a new MPS printing press with GEW nitrogen-inerted UV curing to boost production capacity and overall efficiency.
DERSCHLAG Folienverarbeitung in Germany has equipped its Gallus EM 410 with GEW UV curing to boost energy savings and their production efficiency.DERSCHLAG GmbH & Co. KG Folienverarbeitung is headquartered in …
RAKO-Group counts as one of the largest manufacturers of self-adhesive labels in Europe. The group consists of 18 companies operating in domains as diverse as labels, flexible packing, safety technologies …
Amherst Label Inc. of Milford, New Hampshire, has upgraded an existing Nilpeter printing press with a GEW UV curing system to boost speed and overall efficiency.In May 2011, Amherst Label …
The Dutch company Decolabel have installed an additional UV printing press to boost the reliability of their production and their overall efficiency.Decolabel bv is a family-run business founded in 1989 …
The US subsidiary of British UV systems manufacturer GEW has installed a specialist configuration of a UV curing system, comprising an NUVA2 high-efficiency UV upgrade with a working width of …
Specialist flexible label printer Coveris has upgraded a Mark Andy 4150 flexo press with an energy-efficient UV curing system from GEW featuring 10 E2C lampheads and their associated Rhino electronic …
Specialist flexible label printer Coveris has upgraded its Mark Andy 4150 flexo press with an energy-efficient GEW UV curing system.Coveris Flexibles UK Limited operate from their site in Cramlington, Northumberland …
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