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  1. Anapurna UV lamps?

    UV lamps for Anapurna printers If you are open to an American made second-source UV lamp for your Agfa Anapurna printer we can help. TCS Technologies has been manufacturing UV curing lamps for 37 years. We know what we are doing. All inkjet manufacturers do not actually fabricate UV lamps or...
  2. UV Print on Metallic Vinyl

    UV light on metallic substrate I cannot imagine that a substrate could ever cause the UV lamp to fail. Perhaps if there was something that out-gassed and released a coating on the bulb but that is a long shot. A reasonable scenario is a shiny metal might reflect some of the UV toward the...
  3. Fuji Acuity UV Lamp System Problem

    Fuji Acuity UV lamp problem I will address your problem as a UV lamp manufacturer with “no dog in this fight”. I am absolutely amazed at the amount of “misinformation” out there regarding UV lamps. Much of this is spread by so called technical experts that may know a lot about their printer...
  4. JF-1631 UV Light Not Firing Up

    UV lamp ignition issues Your Mimaki JF-1631 takes a small cassette mounted lamp known as Subzero 055A. The fact that your startup problem moves with the cassette seems to point to the UV lamp as the culprit. This type of power supply relies on an ignitor providing a high voltage pulse to start...
  5. CET Flatbed gloss banding issues

    Gloss banding and LED UV lamps I come from the conventional arc-lamp end of the UV systems business so my comments are somewhat skewed. There is propaganda regarding the features and benefits of LED UV curing systems. If you listen to some salesman you would think LED-UV systems cure...
  6. HP Scitex FB700 Error: A-UV-52 UV lamp current not detected

    UV lamp failure HP FB700 I am not familiar with the power supply used in your FB700 but I am familiar with the UV lamp. Your FB700 uses HP lamp part number CH231A. This is a lamp we manufacture with a street price of $155.00. UV lamp CH231A is designed for snap-in installation. Ease of...
  7. Will your CET flatbed or any of your flatbed printer prints wipe off with alcohol?

    UV curing on corrugated plastic As anyone on the forum can attest, printing on corrugated plastic is challenging. Your problem may not be lack of curing rather ADHESION between ink and substrate. Many companies are quick to place blame on the UV lamp. In most cases nothing could be further...
  8. OCE 440 Flatbed

    UV curing lamps with heat sensitive substrates Oce Arizona I wanted to address the heat issue associated with Oce Arizona printers. The later versions of OCE Arizona machines including the Arizona 440 use a lamp assembly designed and engineered by OCE. They are extremely competent in heat...
  9. FB500 Lamp Hours/Power

    HP UV lamp life We manufacture this lamp and it is designed for 700 hour life. We suggest changing lamps at 500 hours. To obtain 1300 hour life you must be operating at reduced power and not working on difficult to cure substrates such as corrugated plastic. This just proves that second...
  10. FB500 Lamp Hours/Power

    Low output UV lamp Surprisingly for expensive printers most machines use UV power supplies of low quality. Due to current-voltage characteristics of UV curing lamps, a current limiting device must be connected in series with the lamp. The simplest and least expensive arrangement consists of a...
  11. FB500 Lamp Hours/Power

    Brown spot on UV lamp I believe I addressed this before, the "brown spot" is actually iron iodide, a salt used in the manufacture of the UV lamp. When the lamp heats up it vaporizes into the arc stream. It will re-appear when lamp cools off. The fact you cannot see it in a used lamp simply...
  12. brown spot on new uv lamp

    Brown spot on UV lamp Your FB500 uses a small lamp that HP calls CH231A. What you are describing is not mercury rather it is an iron salt specifically iron iodide. You may have heard the term “metal halide” to identify a specific class of UV inkjet lamps. Your CH231A lamp is a metal halide...
  13. UV Lamp Output Test Strips

    UV lamp life I want to address why Gandinnovation Jeti 1224 and 3150 lamps last so long. It boils down to wall loading. Simply put wall loading is the amount of power per unit area. Mathematically Q=Pw/S where Q is wall loading, Pw is input power of lamp expressed in watts and S is the surface...
  14. UV Lamp Output Test Strips

    UV inkjet lamp life In the case of digital inkjet lamps, life depends on many factors including number of starts, thermal operating conditions, power rating and proper handling. Most inkjet printers estimate UV lamp life around 500 hours (idol time plus print time). To reach this goal they...
  15. UV Lamp Output Test Strips

    UV intensity test strips We are in the UV lamp manufacturing business and used to offer UV intensity strips for sale. To have any accurate information you have to keep detailed records to compare exposure of one lamp at a time. In other words when the lamp is new you need to use a strip to...
  16. HP500 Aluminum profiles

    UV curing on aluminum Assuming the metal is clean and free of fingerprints and any oils; one of the best aids in metal adhesion is heat. Slow speed increases heat and in this case should improve adhesion. Your HB700 uses a small 400 to 450 watt snap in lamp. The lamp assembly is not exactly...
  17. uv lamp error fb hp 700

    FB 700 problems Does the UV lamp light? This lamp has a recessed single contact electrical connection. It is easy to have poor contact that would result in unreliable performance. If this is a 2-lamp printer I would swap lamps and see if the problem follows with the bulb. Good luck Gerard
  18. source for consumables

    Replacement UV lamps for inkjet printers If you are looking for American manufactured digital inkjet lamps and quartz windows we can help. Our company, TCS Technologies has been manufacturing UV curing lamps for 30+ years. We are a USA company and produce a complete assortment of UV lamps for...
  19. Who went to SGIA, what did you buy?

    We have been to the last 12 shows and each keeps getting better. The SGIA does a good job promoting and most shows are packed with exhibitors.
  20. Gas below $3 per gallon in New Jersey, how about by you...

    Paid $2.99 per gallon last night in NW New Jersey. If only propane to heat my house would keep dropping it would be a wonderful.
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