KYOCERA’s New Air-Cooled UV Curing Light Is World’s Smallest, Lightest and Most Powerful

March 28, 2018

Supports UV ink printing, including billboard printing, as well as
UV-cured coatings and adhesives

KYOTO, Japan–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO)(TOKYO:6971) announced today that it has
developed a new air-cooled UV-LED curing light that is not only the
world’s most powerful*1, but also the world’s smallest*2.
The new Kyocera G5A Series is ideal for use in industrial ultraviolet
(UV) ink printing applications, including billboard printing, as well as
UV-cured coating and adhesive processes.

Kyocera’s proprietary technology results in the world’s highest UV
intensity (24W/cm2) among air-cooled curing lights for UV
printing. This product sets a new industry standard by offering the
highest performance in a package that is also both the world’s lightest
and smallest, at about half the size of a conventional air-cooled UV
curing light offering high UV intensity (16W/cm2).

Product Overview
Model	G5A Series
LED wavelength	365nm	385nm	395nm
UV intensity (WD=0mm)	16W/cm2	24W/cm2
Accumulated light (50m/min)	250mJ/cm2	350mJ/cm2
Irradiation area	80mm
Size (Width x Length x Height)	80.3×88.0×150.5 (mm)
Weight	950g
Production facility	Shiga Yohkaichi Plant
Sales target	1 billion yen by FY20 (Fiscal year ending March 2020)

Development

UV printing is a printing method that uses ultraviolet light to cure ink
immediately as it is printed, thus allowing for printing on a wide
variety of non-paper media, including plastic sheets. In addition to its
convenience, this printing method is more environmentally friendly,
using energy-efficient LED lights. The G5A Series incorporates Kyocera’s
proprietary ceramic substrate with excellent heat conductivity in a
heat-radiating modular design, which allows LED elements to be mounted
at an exceptionally high density. Since it employs an integrated
air-cooling system which eliminates the need for supplemental liquid
cooling equipment, it can help reduce total equipment costs while saving
space. Furthermore, its scalable structure allows users to adjust
irradiation width, enabling full design optimization to suit a wide
range of applications and printing media.

Background

New applications keep emerging for UV printing based on long-lasting,
energy-efficient LEDs as a curing source. According to Yole
Developpement, a global research company based in France, the UV
curing market is expected to expand to approx. USD300 million by 2019*3.
Demand for high-speed UV printing is rising especially among wide-format
inkjet billboard-printing applications, coating applications and
adhesive applications. Design requirements increasingly specify an
air-cooled UV light with high output for higher productivity.

*1 Based on research by Kyocera; among air-cooled UV-LED curing lights
for UV printing (as of February 28, 2018).
*2 Based on research by
Kyocera; among air-cooled UV-LED curing lights with a higher UV
intensity than 12W/cm2 (as of February 28, 2018).
*3
Source: Yole Developpement (UV LEDs: Technology, Manufacturing and
Application Trends)

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About
KYOCERA

Kyocera
Corporation (NYSE:KYO)(TOKYO:6971) (http://global.kyocera.com/),
the parent and global headquarters of the Kyocera Group, was founded in
1959 as a producer of fine
ceramics (also known as “advanced ceramics”). By combining these
engineered materials with metals and integrating them with other
technologies, Kyocera has become a leading supplier of electronic
devices, semiconductor packages, printers, copiers, mobile phones, solar
power generating systems, cutting tools and industrial components.
During the year ended March 31, 2017, the company’s consolidated net
sales totaled 1.42 trillion yen (approx. USD12.7 billion). Kyocera
appears on the “Top 100 Global Innovators” list by Clarivate Analytics
and is ranked #522 on Forbes magazine’s 2017 “Global 2000” list of the
world’s largest publicly traded companies.