Ensuring Success When Switching from Conventional Lamp to LED Light Curing Sources is a white paper available from Intertronics. It is authored by their sales Partner Dymax. Explains Intertronics M.D. Peter Swanson: “Because of the differences in the technology, making the switch in UV curing equipment from broad spectrum lamps to LED curing sources is seldom a matter of simply replacing the conventional lamp with an LED-based unit.”

  Manufacturing medical prosthetic devices for a patient’s face or another part of their body is a skilled job, as everyone is different and needs to be handled with sensitivity, seeing as both functional and cosmetic considerations are involved.

Intertronics’ customer BPR Medical, based in Mansfield, Nottingham, is a perfect example of a small British company which combines expertise, creativity and entrepreneurialism to design, develop and manufacture world-beating products for export worldwide and use in the United Kingdom, for which it was rewarded in 2012 with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation. As with any manufacturing company, the success of its products depend...

The Dymax Multi-Cure 9451 is a true black and opaque conformal coating from Intertronics that enhances security of electronic products by covering the printed circuit board and components, hiding them from visual inspection. This is an effective barrier to loss of confidentiality and possible copying or reverse engineering of proprietary designs, in addition to its ability to improve circuit reliability in harsh conditions.

According to Intertronics, recent developments in 3D printing technology have popularised the SLA (stereolithography) technology of laser printing in a bath of UV curable photopolymer resin. This process effectively “grows” a component in the bath so that as it is withdrawn, each successive layer is laser light cured. 

Opti-tec 5013 high performance, two-part epoxy from Intertronics is a water white clear general adhesive for bonding glass, ceramics, plastics and metals as well as some optical and opto-electronic applications. It ensures strong, clear structural bonds, including for repair and restoration where aesthetics are a priority.

A two-part epoxy potting compound from Intertronics combines high clarity with resistance to a wide range of temperatures (-55°C to +115°C) and environmental conditions. It also offers excellent hardness and chemical resistance compared with typical polyurethane and silicone formulations.

A series of technical seminars available to companies in the technology manufacturing sector has been announced by Intertronics. The Adhere Academy will focus on adhesives, protective materials and the associated application and curing equipment and is aimed at design, production and quality engineers.

Intertronics is seeing an increasing demand for a fast curing structural adhesive capable of providing robust direct adhesion to low surface energy plastics The company's new L&L A-K540  is a new structural adhesive that combines direct adhesion without primers or plasma, corona, or flame treatment to various substrates and cures fast at room temperature

The IDMVG DV5005DFS positive displacement auger valve from Intertronics solves some of the problems associated with the dispensing of medium-to-high viscosity materials, especially those which have short working lives or difficult rheology. It features a positive displacement auger mechanism in a short, disposable fluid path which minimises cleaning and maintenance.

The DYMAX Speedmask 731 from Intertronics speeds up and improves temporary masking prior to aggressive finishing processes in manufacturing, especially on darker colour substrates. Its unique bright yellow colour enables quick and accurate visual checking of coverage or removal which is enhanced by fluorescence under black light.

The seminar programme at this week’s FAST Exhibition at Williams F1 HQ in Oxfordshire sees Peter Swanson, Managing Director, Intertronics, talking about how to evaluate and choose the best structural adhesives for specific applications. Starting with design and working through production and processing considerations, he will discuss the various factors which influence the decision and how to develop a specification based on necessary prior...

Intertronics are delighted to offer a technical guide to light cure PCB conformal coatings, authored by DYMAX. These coatings provide superior protective performance with the added benefit of UV/light cure for quick, convenient processing and cost saving. The guide enables customers to better understand the production savings possible from light curing.

Offering quick operation with greater control, the DYMAX BlueWave QX4 from Intertronics brings together the benefits of LED UV curing in a small and compact package. The QX4 multi-wand UV spot curing system puts the high intensity LEDs and lenses close to the substrate in each emitting head, with lightweight flexible connecting leads in place of light guides.

Extended curing times for adhesives can often create a bottleneck in the production process which can interrupt work flow. This was exactly the problem experienced by Brandon Medical.

Extended curing times for adhesives can often create a bottleneck in the production process which can interrupt work flow. This was exactly the problem experienced by Brandon Medical Ltd. Technical Director Nigel Davill explained: “We had a problem bonding three polycarbonate lenses together to make the large front lens of our Quasar eLite operating theatre lamp.

Engineering and fitting of effective sealing has often been a rather time-consuming and at times unsatisfactory business, frequently involving moulded or pre-punched gaskets, time-consuming installation of strip profiles or long waiting times while injected foams cure on stacked shelves. Now Intertronics, together with sales partner DYMAX, have announced the GA-201 UV cure FIP gasket material which eliminates these problems.

Engineering and fitting of effective sealing has often been a rather time-consuming and at times unsatisfactory business, frequently involving moulded or pre-punched gaskets, time-consuming installation of strip profiles or long waiting times while injected foams cure on stacked shelves. Now Intertronics, together with sales partner DYMAX, have announced the new GA-201 UV cure FIP gasket material which in large measure eliminates these problems.

With an enhanced range of programmable functionality, the Fisnar DC100 is an advance in fluid dispensing technology which allows the user more control over their dispensing applications. Alarms can be set to notify the user when material life has ended or fluctuations in dispensing pressure have occurred.

  Designed for the bonding of dissimilar materials with differing rates of thermal expansion to provide a tough and resilient joint, the adhere IRS 2129 rubber modified adhesive has been released by Intertronics.