UV-LED curing advantages

UV-LED curing has quite a few advantages that will make it replace mercury vapour lamps.

• LEDs emit a narrow spectrum of wavelength. Mercury vapour lamps emit a much broader spectrum.  A UV-paint requires curing at a specific wavelength and UV-LED curing is therefore more efficient.
• UV-LED curing requires far less energy than mercury vapour lamps.
• UV-LEDs have a long lifetime of 20.000 hours. Mercury vapour lamps have to be replaced after 400 hours
• UV-LEDs have no warm up time (instant on/off).
• UV-LEDs experience hardly any light intensity degradation in comparison to mercury vapour lamps.
• UV-Leds contain no hazardous chemicals.
• UV-LEDs emit a consistent wavelength.