Enclosing an Arc UV Flood System — Pairing F-Series™ Lamps With B-Series™ Chambers

An arc flood lamp on an open stand cures well in skilled hands, but the dose still depends on where each part sits and the UV still reaches the room. A matched chamber turns that lamp into an enclosed station with a fixed distance, an interlock, and a control interface.

Q: Which chamber pairs with an F-Series™ arc flood lamp?

A: Incure’s B-Series™ chambers are built specifically for the F-Series™. The B500 pairs with the compact and portable models, F100, F200, F200P, F400, and F500. The B201 pairs with the large-area F900P. Choosing between them follows the lamp, not the part, because each chamber is engineered around its lamp family’s heat output, control signals, and door safety.

Why Arc Lamps Get Their Own Chamber Series

Incure splits its enclosures in two: B-Series™ for arc flood lamps and C-Series™ for LED flood lamps. Arc and LED lamps differ enough in heat output, control signaling, and door-safety requirements that one chamber design can’t serve both well. A facility running both technologies should expect two enclosure types, matched lamp by lamp.

B500 and B201 Side by Side

	B500	B201
Lamps	F100, F200, F200P, F400, F500	F900P
Internal size	9″×9″×10.4″	12.5″×22.0″×16.4″
External size	11.8″×11.6″×12.1″	—
Temperature sensor	No	Integrated
Shelf	Adjustable positions	Adjustable positions
Control	PC, PLC, foot pedal via dual D-sub	PC, PLC, foot pedal via dual D-sub
Interlock	Auto-shutter door	Auto-shutter door

By volume, the B500 interior is 9 × 9 × 10.4, about 842 cubic inches, while the B201 is 12.5 × 22.0 × 16.4, about 4,510 cubic inches, roughly five times larger. The B201’s extra space and temperature sensor reflect what it encloses: a four-lamp array whose heat buildup is worth monitoring on longer large-area cycles.

How the Auto-Shutter Interlock Works

B-Series™ chambers use an auto-shutter door interlock. Opening the door closes the shutter automatically, blocking lamp output before UV can leave the enclosure. This differs from Incure’s C-Series™ LED chambers, which cut lamp power when their drawer opens. A shutter blocks the light without switching the lamp off, which suits arc lamps; Incure notes that arc flood lamps need several minutes to stabilize before output is usable, so avoiding a full restart between loads keeps the station ready.

Email Us with your F-Series™ model, part dimensions, and required curing distance, and Incure’s engineers can confirm the matching B-Series™ chamber.

Setting Curing Distance With the Shelf

Both chambers use adjustable shelf positions to set the distance between lamp and part. This is where enclosure pays off for dose control: the operator no longer chooses the distance, the shelf does. Two practices keep it that way:

Record the shelf position for each product as part of its cure recipe.
Measure irradiance at that shelf position with a radiometer, rather than relying on a catalog figure quoted at a different distance. Incure quotes the F500 at 590 mW/cm² at 2.0 inches, for example, which applies only at that distance.

Wiring the Chamber Into a Cell

The dual D-sub interface accepts PC, PLC, and foot-pedal input. That allows three operating styles from the same hardware:

Manual bench station — the operator loads a part and presses the foot pedal.
Automated cell — a PLC triggers the cure cycle when upstream equipment hands off a part.
Supervised process — a PC commands cycles and keeps a record of each one.

Pairing a programmable lamp such as the F200P or F900P with PLC triggering gives a station where both exposure time and cycle start are controlled by equipment rather than by hand.

Where B-Series™ Enclosure Is Used

Batch curing of conformal coatings and encapsulants on PCB panels, with the shelf tuned per substrate
Lens bonding, prism assembly, and filter lamination, where an enclosure avoids scatter from stray reflections
Adhesive qualification and cure-schedule development in the lab, where repeatable exposure is part of the test
Large-area batch trays under the F900P inside the B201

Common Pairing Mistakes

Putting an LED lamp in a B-Series™ chamber. LED flood lamps belong in the C-Series™; the interlock and control schemes differ.
Sizing the chamber to the part instead of the lamp. An F900P needs the B201 even if today’s parts would fit a smaller box.
Ignoring the B201’s temperature sensor. On long four-lamp cycles, its reading is the early warning for heat buildup at the part.
Moving the shelf without re-measuring. Every new shelf position is a new dose.
Assuming the chamber replaces eyewear during loading and maintenance with the door open.

When a Chamber Isn’t Needed

If an F-Series™ station needs only to contain scatter on a shared floor, not fix distance or interlock output, Incure’s Perimeter™ stand-mounted shield is a lighter option for the F100, F200, F200P, F400, and F500.