UV applications

Optical coatings for UV applications

Light has become a versatile "tool" in numerous industrial processes, such as laser cutting. UV-curable printing inks are used in the packaging industry and UV-curable adhesives in the automotive industry. Coated components are also utilised for disinfection and sterilisation, solar simulation, and UV testing. Dielectric coatings help to produce UV transmitters that allow the desired components of ultraviolet radiation to pass through while blocking others, for example, transmitting components of UVA radiation and blocking UVB radiation. For instance, UV blockers can block short wave UV radiation.