Led ink curing apparatus
AssigneeGEW (EC) Limited
InventorsMalcolm RAE, Benjamin TYLER, Robert RAE
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Abstract
An LED array for UV print curing comprising a plurality of LED modules grouped into a plurality of LED zones, each LED zone, comprising one or more LED modules and each LED module comprises a plurality of LEDs, wherein, in use, each LED zone is controllable independently of the other zones by a controller according to a pre-determined curing map.
Claims14
An LED array for UV print curing comprising a plurality of LED modules grouped into a plurality of LED zones, each LED zone comprising one or more LED modules and each LED module comprises a plurality of LEDs, wherein each LED zone is controllable independently of the other zones by a control element according to a pre-determined curing map.
A UV print curing method comprising:
- grouping a plurality of LED modules into a plurality of LED zones;
- plotting a pre-determined curing map;
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- controlling an output of LED modules within the plurality of LED zones according to the pre-determined curing map.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.