A major player in the UV curing equipment business for over 33 years, Miltec offers a wide array of eco-friendly microwave UV, arc lamp UV, and infrared curing systems, carefully designed to help clients achieve maximum efficiency and a meaningful competitive edge. Following the footsteps of their successful product Xtrema Eco, the company has now launched Xtrema Plus, a 10-inch electrodeless lamp powered by a 6kW power supply which cures even the most optically dense inks and coatings while using less lamps and consuming less energy than other systems.
Leading US-based microwave bulbs manufacturer, Miltec UV has been a part of the ultraviolet (UV) curing equipment business for over 33 years. The company has a reputation for sourcing high-quality products from around the world and is always innovating to bring new and improved technology to its customers. In addition to producing its own arc and microwave UV curing systems for industries such as optical fiber, Miltec also patented an optical reflector system for optical fiber curing, creating lamps with bulbs and reflectors that can be changed out in minutes. The company has recently developed a way for Li-ion battery manufacturers to achieve significant savings on production using UV curing technology. Miltec’s innovations and contributions to UV technology have made them the source for quality systems and parts. With significant energy and operating savings through efficient design and easy maintenance features, companies will enjoy an attractive return on investment in new lines or upgraded technology for optical fiber draw, coloring, and FRP coating.
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Building on the success of the Xtrema Eco, the new Xtrema Plus is a 10-inch electrodeless lamp powered by a 6kW power supply and uses the same patented reflector technology to focus the UV light. This system incorporates a user-friendly design for easy installation, operation, troubleshooting, and maintenance. The device showcases multiple unique features, including the use of a patented FM-3 rear reflector with smaller secondary reflector for improved peak irradiance at the fiber resulting in faster cure speeds, a patented ADV RF screen resulting in higher UV output by allowing more light transmission through the screen, multiple broad spectrum UV bulbs output including high UV-A & B, UV-C for excellent surface cure properties, improved lamp cooling design maximizing the life of lamp parts, easy replacement of outdated microwave powered UV equipment, easy access circuit breakers located on the rear of the power supply, UV bulb rapid start and restart, external magnetron test points for quick diagnoses, remote control interface with full reset capabilities and availability in top or front connection configurations that can be changed in the field.
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The Xtrema Plus UV lamp will produce significantly higher UV peak irradiance and UV energy compared to other competitive UV systems. Higher UV provides multiple benefits, like faster cure speeds which result in higher production speeds, improved adhesion between ink/coating and substrate, improved surface cure properties such as scratch resistance, stain resistance and chemical resistance, enhanced ability to cure even the most optically dense inks/coatings when other lower output UV systems cannot, as well as reduced number of lamps or lamp rows required resulting in less space consumed, less energy consumed, and lower operating costs. The Xtrema Plus UV system is perfectly suited for a wide variety of UV markets and applications, including optical fiber draw towers, coloring, ribbon cables, FRP/GRP, metal pipe/tube coating, and wide web converting. The power supply is compact, easy to install and operate, and is designed to be extremely maintenance-friendly and is field serviceable resulting in lower operating costs.
