Ultraviolet (UV) coatings

Your source for custom formulated, energy-cured Ultraviolet (UV) Coatings in any application.

Let RDC Coatings create the UV coating optimized for your needs.

No matter what type of UV lamp your manufacturing process uses — microwave, gallium, mercury, and iron-based, LED, ARC or others — RDC can formulate a highly durable UV coating that delivers superior performance. Your UV coating will be custom formulated to match your high-speed production line and product, including those made of vinyl, wood, metal, plastic, or any specialty material.

All RDC Coatings formulations, including your UV curable coating, are environmentally friendly and comply with globally accepted safety and sustainability standards.

Ultraviolet (UV) Curable Coatings

How does UV curing work?

UV curable coatings have a liquid-like feel and appearance that requires exposure to a UV light source to set as a solid. After the coating is applied in high-speed production lines by one of a variety of methods — including roll coating, spray coating, curtain coating, vacuum coating, and other coating processes — the product passes through a UV curing station. There, the UV light source causes a chemical reaction among the photo initiators in the coating. This reaction instantly transforms the coating into a highly durable, solid, dry polymer surface.

Benefits of your RDC Coatings’ UV coating formulation.

When you partner with RDC Coatings, your UV curable coating solution is engineered to meet the unique specifications and requirements of your production process, application and curing equipment, environment, and product.

UV Cured Coatings Tailored to Your Production Process

Whether you’re looking to upgrade your current UV coating formula or designing a new manufacturing line, your UV finish is backed by RDC’s comprehensive, customer-focused expertise. These include initial, on-site process audits to gain a complete understanding of your production line and product. Based on those findings, RDC’s engineers develop a custom UV coating formulation that is subject to proof-of-concept validation in state-of-the-art testing labs. Additionally, RDC provides ongoing process management and technical support.

UV Curable Finishes Formulated for Your Application Equipment

RDC Coatings’ UV curable formulations are custom created to optimize their dispersal by your application equipment. Each coating’s viscosity is engineered specifically to flow smoothly and evenly through your roll, spray, curtain, or vacuum coating dispenser. Further, for easy, error-proof filling of dispensers, your UV coating solution is supplied pre-mixed; no additives or on-site blending required.

UV Cured Finishes Designed for Your UV Curing Lamps

The chemistries used to produce your UV curable coating are activated by photons from any of the full spectrum of conventional UV lamps. These include microwave, gallium, mercury, and iron-based, LED, ARC or others, including Excimer UV.

UV Coating Formulations That Perform Consistently in Your Variable Environment

RDC Coatings understands that not every manufacturing facility is climate controlled. Therefore, your UV curable coating’s chemistry is engineered to perform consistently across a broad range of temperatures and humidities — from high to low. Additionally, RDC’s UV formulations are designed to accommodate variable UV lamp performances and photon outputs, whether the bulbs are brand new or at the end of their usable lifespan.

UV Finishes with Properties That Conform to Your Product Specifications

Whether your product is flat or three-dimensional, continuous or discrete, every UV curable clear or pigmented coating RDC creates will match your specific requirements. This includes chemical resistance, scratch and abrasion resistance, weatherability, gloss, adhesion, and more. UV coatings can also be customized to match your product’s material, including vinyl, wood, metal, plastic, or specialty substrates.

Your partner for sustainable, compliant energy-cured finishes

All RDC UV curable finishes are environmentally friendly and comply with globally accepted safety and sustainability standards, including…

  • Low or No Volatile Organic Compounds (Low-VOC/Zero-VOC)
  • California Air Resources Board (CARB) Compliant
  • American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act Compliant
  • Meets or exceeds American National Standards Institute (ANSI), Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association (KCMA), and Scientific Equipment and Furniture Association (SEFA) Testing Requirements

How can RDC Coatings help you?

Manufacturers in multiple industries apply RDC Coatings’ custom formulations to a wide variety of materials and products. Leverage RDC Coatings’ 35-plus years of experience in engineering, developing, and manufacturing custom, energy-cured coatings to address your unique needs.

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