Benford’s eco-LED liquid cooled UV curing systems offer unrivalled curing and reliability. For those printers who wish to achieve low power consumption compared with traditional UV arc lamps, then Supasun LED UV is the right choice.We design our systems around our key values of ‘Safety, Simplicity, Excellence & Value.’ Our systems are at the forefront of the industry in terms of reliability – maintaining full functionality and performance even on those extended print runs. Safety is assured through cooling systems and Benford kill switches, keeping your substrates, employees and premises protected.Patented and highly recommended by our customers, Benford is a top choice for any demanding printer who wishes to achieve consistently excellent printing results.
- Up to 80% ENERGY SAVINGS over traditional UV arc lamps
- Lasts up to ten times longer than arc lamps
- Zero lamp head maintenance costs
Perfect for heat sensitive substrates; Benford’s water-cooled UV-LED line offers either 385 or 395nm spectral output. Our LED curing system offers diverse features that improve uptime and brings a broader scope of printing applications.
Higher Productivity
LEDs instantly switch on and off meaning there is no warm-up or cool-down cycle due to the simple switch and go technology of LEDs, which does not deteriorate the condition of the lamps. As there is no warm up time print jobs can be started sooner. As LED systems do not have any moving parts there is no need for maintenance to replace lamps, shutters, mechanisms or reflectors, leading to less downtime.
Broader Scope of Print Applications
As LEDs have minimal heat output they are cool to the touch, which allows for a broader range of printing applications. Benford Supasun UV-LED curing systems are compatible with a wide variety of substrates, allowing unsupported films, shrink sleeves, thin slides, self-adhesive sheets and other delicate heat-sensitive materials which can be processed without heat damage. Through LED high intensity UVA radiation, this enables penetration of thick ink layers for more consistent curing at a quicker production speed. In the printing industry, UV-LED offers a solution to offset, digital and flexographic printers who wish to move away from traditional arc lamps.
High Durability
Benford’sSupasunUV-LEDs are highly durable, lasting for over 20,000 hours, up to 10 times longer than traditional UV arc lamps. Throughout their lifetime, LEDs generate a consistent output with no lamp change downtime or any consumable lamp costs. As there is less heat dissipated from a LED lamp the substrate remains flat under the shuttle eliminating head crashes and lessens the need for reworking which improves uptime and reduces ink wastage.
Significant Energy Savings
Supasun LEDs have a lower energy consumption than their mercury bulb lamp counterparts, which results to significant energy savings. This is due to the higher electrical efficiency of the LEDs and the purity of their UV output, which allows a typical energy saving of up to 80% compared to a typical UV arc lamp. The instant on-off of LEDs means that no energy is consumed when the printing press is left idle between operations, compared to a general warm up time of 5-10 minutes with older arc lamps.
Environmentally Friendly
With lower energy consumption, comes a reduction in CO2 emissions. Benford LED lamps produce no heat, mercury and ozone emissions meaning there is no air extraction requirements (UV-LED inks are free of solvents, so LED curing eliminates the release of volatile organic compounds). As UV-LED lamps don’t contain mercury, the need for mercury disposal or any related costs of disposal would be a thing of the past. Finally, the low heat produced by LEDs means that fire risks, costly shielding and preparation of print units can be avoided, thereby improving general press room safety.
Assured Safety
The safety integrity of Supasun LED UV is proven not only through certifications of CE, UL and CSA, but also through rigorous testing at our facility and onsite to ensure flawless operation in the harshest of real world conditions.
Quality Service
We provide an installation date that best suits you whilst installing our systems in a timely manner keeping your pressroom downtime to a minimum. At Benford systems are built so that they can be serviced by your own engineer’s, enabling 99% of the servicing to be carried out by your staff. Where need arises, we can send out an engineer quickly to any part of the world.
Support
Benford are a call away, offering assistance if the need ever arises that you need help with your print. Should you wish to discuss any system aspects of your printing requirements our printing consultant is on hand to discuss solutions with you.
One System for all Presses
ECO UV was designed and engineered to work effortlessly with all printing manufacturers including multi-colour sheetfed offset presses from Komori, Heidelberg, KBA, Roland, Mitsubishi, Ryobi, Akiyama, Sakurai and others. As well as offset presses, our systems are compatible with metal, web and industrial applications from most manufacturers.