ZUV Series

Achieves a low initial cost level believed to be impossible in an LED system up to now.
ZUV value model has made sweeping cost reductions possible at an initial cost lower than a lamp system.

The cost revolution was made possible by OMRON’s extensive track record in lamp system replacement and LED system introduction.
There's no mistaking it. It's an LED era from now on.

The basic performance of UV bonding is retained while significant cost savings compared to a conventional LED system is achieved with carefully selected features.
ZUV value model can be purchased at a price below that of the lamp system.

If customers who are currently using a lamp system would compare the costs of lamp replacement, which occurs about three times a year, in cases where they would continuously use a lamp system for two years from now on they would find installing the ZUV value model less expensive.

*1. Comparing the case in which you keep using a lamp system with the case where you switch to the ZUV value model
*2. Lamp replacement costs after two years have gone by at a replacement frequency of about three times a year

It is characteristic of the LED to have a longer life in comparison with a lamp system.
For that reason, extended use over a long period of time is possible and exchange frequency will decrease. In addition, LED system, with its highly stable light source, can be turned off when illumination is not needed. So, electricity costs can be reduced.
(For a lamp system whose light source is unstable, you have to leave its light source on all the time.)

It is a UV-LED, whose characteristic is its long life, but there is a chance that its life will be shorter if the heat is not properly dissipated when emitting light. For that reason, it is considered necessary to avoid rises in temperature during illumination. The advance that has fulfilled this requirement in a compact head is OMRON’s unique heat dissipation structure = the Smart Canyon.

The Smart Canyon structure has been utilized in all heads in the ZUV Series, but for the sake of achieving low initial cost in the value model heads we have optimized this Smart Canyon structure even further, enabling it to dissipate heat more efficiently.

The biggest issue for the lamp system is frequent replacement of the lamp light source.
LED system has longer life compared to the lamp system. Replacement man hours can also be eliminated if you use the ultra cooling head. The continuously-on lifetime of the ultra cooling head is 40,000 hours, both the labor hours and running costs of the replacement work can be reduced substantially.

As for the ultra cooling head, we have expanded the number of heat dissipating ribs in the Smart Canyon Structure from 21 of standard head (ZUV-H30MC) to 40 by making the housing into a long body. Through effective dissipation of heat, we have achieved industry-leading long life and illuminance stability.

New UV LEDs with much greater brightness are used on all heads.
If you mount an ultra light focus lens, the illumination greatly exceeds the average illumination of mercury lamps to achieve the industry’s top class at 13,200 mW/cm². This represents an approximately 140% increase in illumination over previous heads so that you can reduce bonding tact times even more. *3
*3 Typical example with ultra light focus lens ZUV-L2H

As the number of channels is increased by branching fibers, the maximum illumination for a lamp system continues to decrease. With an LED system, the maximum illumination of each head remains the same regardless of how many channels are used, to enable highly productive UV bonding.

Uses UIT-150 UV Light Integrating Actinometer manufactured by Ushio Inc.
When measured at suggested work distance.
Lamp system value is an example with a typical fiber.

High power consumption and disposal of the mercury lamps that occurs with each replacement are problems at a lamp system site, but they can be resolved by using an LED system. An LED system has lower power consumption than a mercury lamp system, and can also lead to power saving with efficient use of energy through lighting control. It contributes to reduce CO₂ emissions substantially. In addition, the LED light source doesn’t use mercury so it is superior in terms of reduced environmental impact.

* Standard model controller ZUV-C20H

Notes:
Assumed to be 24 hours and 260 days operation.
Assumes "on time divided by equipment operation time" to equal one-third.
For CO₂ emissions, calculation of 4.1t CO₂ reduction with 10,000 kWh reduction in the Nationwide Receiving End Coefficient published by the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan
Power consumption may vary according to device conditions