About Primarc UV curing lamps

Primarc – The UV technology company for the future

Primarc is a leading supplier of uv curing lamps and transformers having been involved in ultraviolet technology (UV) since 1970. Located in Berkshire, England, and Easton, Pennsylvania, Primarc supplies to original equipment manufacturers and end-users worldwide.

Primarc manufactures an extensive range of Medium Pressure Mercury Arc Lamps which are hand crafted from high clarity vitreous silica (quartz) and are manufactured to produce high-intensity UV radiation. Primarc lamps are used in a variety of UV curing applications including paper, wood, glass and plastic finishing, metal decorating, fiberoptics, CD/DVD manufacturing and electronics. Primarc's Research and Development department works constantly to develop new uses for UV curing and improve existing products, while our continuous improvement policy ensures we provide an unrivalled level of service to the industry.

Research and development over the last few decades has been a major factor in enabling UV to become an integral part of the manufacturing process in many industries throughout the world. Primarc has built a reputation serving growing applications through end users and major OEMs worldwide.

From the curing of inks and coatings for quality print, to applications in wood finishing, metal decorating and the electronics industry, Primarc has matched growing demand with the development and manufacture of its products and services. It is no idle boast that, besides having two of the world's largest specialist UV lamp manufacturing facilities, Primarc offers the most comprehensive range of products and services for UV technology – from a replacement lamp to a complete development package – found in any single company.

Primarc's UK facility has achieved ISO9001:2000 registration from the British Standards Institute, in recognition for its quality systems.

UV Curing Lamps
Primarc UV lamps are hand-crafted from the highest quality materials and guaranteed to give a minimum of 1,000 hours maximum curing efficiency*. Even after this length of time, the lamps will still be capable of delivering 80% of their original output providing they have received the proper attention during installation and operation. The highest quality quartz is used in the manufacture of the lamp, the electrodes and connections are made of tungsten and molybdenum to ensure efficiency, durability and reliability. Recognizing the many specific applications in which our clients utilize Primarc lamps, we can manufacture lamp fittings to meet all individual needs.

We have an enviable record of success in being able to resolve our customers’ most difficult technical issues. Specialist equipment manufacturers in particular have come to rely on the ability of Primarc to develop lamps for their complex applications.

Primarc is a company able to produce a UV lamp to meet virtually any demand and our medium pressure mercury arc lamps are proven to give reliable curing, high efficiency and long life.

Primarc also manufactures a broad range of cooling tubes for a variety of filtered systems.

* Standard mercury UV curing lamp

Metal Halide Lamps
In addition to an extensive range of medium pressure mercury arc lamps, Primarc is continuously developing a series of spectrally enhanced metal halide versions.

Metal halide lamps are mercury vapor lamps with metal halide additives which create specific wavelengths of ultraviolet radiation to precision-match the photo-initiator being cured. The addition of metal halides creates a shift in the spectral output of a standard lamp, producing longer wavelengths. These longer wavelengths enable a greater depth of cure to be achieved, making them particularly useful in the curing of pigmented and thicker coatings.

Metal halide lamps are increasingly used in the printing industry as well as in a wide variety of industrial applications such as the production of printed circuit boards, electronic components, fiber optic cables, CDs/DVDs and wood products.

Electrodeless Lamps
Primarc has developed an electrodeless microwave bulb, for use in industries such as fiber optic coating, electronics, compact disc and DVD manufacture, plastic container decorating, liquid finishing, two piece can manufacture, graphic arts and general industrial applications.

The standard bulb has a mercury/gas fill, however, as with Primarc electrode lamps the spectral distribution can be modified by the addition of special metal halides.

Transformers
Primarc transformers and control systems are designed and manufactured to meet not only customers' specifications, but also our own high standards of workmanship and performance. Individually wound and assembled by skilled technicians and rigorously tested, the Primarc transformer is regarded by major OEMs worldwide as being the only acceptable solution to reliable and accurate UV power control.

The Future
While Primarc is already a world leading manufacturer of UV lamps, our commitment to research and development will continue to play a leading role in Primarc's philosophy to provide the right products, at competitive prices, achieved by making substantial investments in technological advancements. The quality and skill of our technicians combined with the growing worldwide reputation of being a premium quality manufacturer, will ensure continued unrivalled technical support and a long term future for employees, suppliers, and customers.

Primarc
2 Danforth Drive
Easton, PA 18045
Telephone: 610.829.4240
Fax: 610.829.4260
E-mail: sales@primarcuv.com