Ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting diode (LED) curing offers many benefits for bonding and coating applications in the touchscreen manufacturing segment. It provides a more consistent and reliable process without damaging or discoloring heat-sensitive components.
UV curing is a photopolymerization process that uses UV energy to change a liquid to a solid. Upon absorption of the UV energy, the photoinitiator (PI) produces free radicals that initiate crosslinking with binders (monomers and oligomers) in a polymerization reaction to cure or solidify the ink, coating, or adhesive, usually in a few seconds (see Figure 1).