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News Release from: Exfo Electro-Optical Engineering | Subject: Acticure 4000 Ultraviolet/Visible Spot Cure System
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 24 June 2002
Spot cure system lamp life increased
An ultraviolet/visible spot cure system is ideal for automated and manual precision assembly environments and has an increased lamp life of 2000 hours.
EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering has released the new Acticure 4000 Ultraviolet/Visible Spot Cure System This next-generation light-based curing system, which is ideal for automated and manual precision assembly environments, has an increased lamp life of 2000 hours
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 13 Jun 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The Acticure has always provided customers with a curing solution that is simple to use, yet contains sophisticated features such as optical feedback to ensure repeatable cures," said Kevin Davis, Business Development Manager at EXFO.
"Now with over two thousand hours of lamp life and the optional StepCure feature, the Acticure 4000 provides even greater value to customers planning to automate high-precision bonding processes for optical component, semiconductor and medical applications." The Acticure 4000 delivers power with control.
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Output intensity can be adjusted from the user-friendly front panel and locked into place.
The unit then monitors and maintains this setting through an optical feedback loop process to ensure exposure quality and repeatability.
EXFO is the industry leader in light-based, adhesive spot-curing as well as curing process control for the manufacturing of fiber-optic and opto-electronic components.
Its products deliver precise doses of the appropriate spectral light onto photosensitive and heat-cured adhesives to significantly reduce bonding time and increase repeatability.
The company has six patents related to its light-based adhesive curing systems, including one involving "smart lamp" technology used in the Acticure.
EXFO is a leading designer and manufacturer of fiber-optic test, measurement, monitoring and automation solutions for the global telecommunications industry.
EXFO markets more than 90 product families to 2000 customers in 70 countries around the world.
EXFO and its subsidiaries develop products for two main markets.
The Portable and Monitoring Division provides handheld and modular instruments for the physical-, optical- and protocol-layer testing needs of telecommunications carriers and network service providers.
The Industrial and Scientific Division offers an extensive line of high-performance instruments, test automation systems and manufacturing automation equipment for optical component and transmission system vendors as well as for research and development labs.
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