New, very powerful UV source for alt printing available soon

I was talking yesterday to a representative of Standex and

Spisheacker, both divisions of DuPont and suppliers of car paint for

body shops, and the guy dropped a potentially very interesting piece

of information.

Their next generation of car paint, due to be released this fall, will

be UV-dried in about 45 seconds. In order to get enough UV power,

DuPont apparenty adapted the camera flash technology to output UV rays.

According to the rep, their paint drying flash will emit about 10

flashes in 4-5 seconds, recharge for a few seconds on ordinary 110-120

volt power and emit another series of ten flashes. In all, it can emit

40 flashes in 45 secs. The intensity of the flashes, he says, is to be

compared with arc welding. Workers will have to wear special

protective clothing to use the device.

The exact date of release and price are not known yet, but release is

due before the end of the year. Don't ask me for the exact UV

wavelenght either, I don't know it.

Now, imagine that an alt printer gets such a flash and uses it remotly

in a closed room. It think that this would be powerful enough to get

contacts in just a few seconds!

I'll keep you informed if I learn more about this this fall.