Depending on the requirements, wood & wooden materials are coated with a range of UV curing finishes, e.g. fillers, sealants, base and top coats and printed using UV inks. The UV technology is used for the pre-curing and pinning, for the pre-gelling and for matting and final curing of finishes and inks. Excimer systems, LED UV systems, as well as conventional UV systems are available for this purpose. Protective, decorative or functional surface properties are achieved using UV coatings, inks and varnishes.
Substrates
Chipboards, MDF/HDF fibreboards (raw or finished)
Real wood
Parquet or wooden floors
Natural floors, such as linoleum and cork
Ceramic and concrete tiles/stones
Design floors, such as SPC and LVT
Mouldings and pressed parts, e.g. bands and profiles, frames, doors and windows
Deco foils, Films and Papers
Applications
Pre-curing/pinning, matting and final curing of finished chipboard and fibreboard, as well as parquet floors and Deco Foils, Films and Papers
Pre-curing/pinning and final curing of finished mouldings & pressed parts
Pre-curing/pinning and final curing of finished profiles, strips, doors, frames and windows
Pre-curing/pinning and final curing of printed wood & wooden materials (inkjet, rotogravure etc.)
Pre-curing/pinning, matting and final curing of printed flooring and other sheet goods (inkjet, gravure, etc.)
Special features of IST technology
Low thermal load of the substrates
Reduced energy consumption due to high UV efficiency
Curing of complex 3D products with special lamp configurations
Retrofitting to existing production systems is possible without any problems thanks to the compact design
UV and LED UV technologies can be operated alternately if required
Made in Germany: Development and manufacture of the UV core components in the group of companies at the headquarters of the IST Group in Nürtingen
Use of simulation software to shorten developments
Industry expertise
Longstanding collaboration with equipment manufacturers, OEMs, varnish and raw material manufacturers, associations, as well as research and development centres
Highly developed processing expertise in the wood-processing industry
Expertise of integrating UV systems into production machinery
The largest selection of UV technologies for wood applications, air or water-cooled, as well as monochromatic or broadband
Development of customised, UV curing solutions with LED UV and Excimer technologies
UV, LED UV and excimer laboratory systems at the headquarters for trials and individual application development in collaboration with an IST team with many years of experience in process engineering.
Systems for hire for trials on production machinery
Global sales and service subsidiaries for effective customer support
Individual business models for end customers and OEMs