Not every UV adhesive process was formulated for LED wavelengths or UVA-only exposure — a lot of production adhesive chemistry was developed against mercury-arc lamps, UVC included, and the CDM™ + F100x2AC is built for exactly that qualification.
One Assembly, Two Wavelength Ranges
The Incure CDM™ + F100x2AC pairs the CDM™ 9-inch polypropylene belt conveyor with a single F100x2AC lamp assembly — one 400W UVA tube (365 nm peak) and one UVC tube (254 nm), both mounted in one overhead unit shipped and installed as a single part. Many adhesives originally developed for arc-lamp spot curing use photoinitiators that respond to both UVA and UVC; the F100x2AC delivers that broadband spectrum in one part number rather than requiring a separate UVC source layered onto a UVA-only system.
Full 9-Inch Belt Coverage
The F100x2AC illuminates the complete 9-inch belt width in a single overhead pass — meaningfully wider than the M-Series focused-beam configurations available on the same CDM™ platform, which cure 1-inch (M51) or 2-inch (M62) strips matched to narrow bond lines. When the assembly footprint or adhesive pattern spans the full part width and precise beam targeting on a narrow line isn’t the goal, the F100x2AC’s flood coverage is the more direct fit than a focused-beam configuration.
Entry-Level Intensity, With a Clear Upgrade Path
At 6 ft/min the F100x2AC delivers 1,050 mJ/cm² UVA (1,000 mJ/cm² UVV) per pass — enough for many mercury-arc compatible UV adhesives running at standard production speeds. When a process needs more — faster belt speeds, thicker bondlines, or pigmented coatings that absorb more of the incident dose — the F200x2AC delivers 350 mW/cm² at 365 nm on the identical 9-inch belt width and conveyor platform, a direct step up with no chassis change required.
Confirming whether your adhesive’s qualification data actually calls for UVC alongside UVA — rather than assuming broadband is always the safer choice — is worth doing before ordering. Email Us with your process specification and Incure can help confirm.
Replacement and Control Notes
The UVA and UVC tubes ship and replace as a single assembly — individual tube replacement isn’t supported, and both are planned for replacement at the 1,000-hour threshold or when measured intensity drops below process minimum. There’s no external PLC/RS-232 control port on this configuration; belt speed is the only process control available. For integration requiring external control signals, an LED configuration on this same chassis is the alternative — see the Incure M-Series™ UV Focused Beam Curing Systems whose beam heads also run on the CDM™.
This is one entry point into the Incure CDM™ UV Conveyor family — whether broadband or UVA-only, LED or arc, matching configuration to actual qualification data is the first step before ordering.
A Sensible Starting Point for a New Line
For a newly commissioned process with adhesive qualification data still being finalized, the F100x2AC’s combination of full belt-width coverage, broadband spectral compatibility, and the lowest capital cost in the arc lineup makes it a reasonable default to commission a line with — the upgrade path to F200 or F400 intensity later requires only a lamp-assembly change, not a conveyor replacement. Starting conservative and stepping up based on real production data is generally a lower-risk approach than over-specifying intensity against requirements that haven’t been fully validated yet.
Belt and Curing Envelope
The F100x2AC runs on the CDM™’s 9-inch polypropylene belt (anti-static option available), with belt speed adjustable from 1.5 to 12.0 ft/min and curing height adjustable from 0.5 to 5.0 inches — accommodating everything from thin flat panels to taller fixtured parts on the same chassis. Maximum part width is 8 inches. Dynamic uniformity at 2.0 inches working distance is 0.82, with static uniformity at 0.75, typical for the F-series arc lineup with roughly ±5% measurement variation.
Comparing Against the UVA-Only Alternative at the Same Tier
At the same 400W lamp class, the F100x2A configuration delivers double the UVA dose of the F100x2AC by running two UVA-only heads instead of one broadband assembly — but only for processes that don’t need UVC. The two configurations aren’t simply “more or less capable” versions of each other; they answer different qualification requirements. A process specified as needing broadband exposure can’t substitute the higher-dose UVA-only configuration without a fresh qualification, even though the raw UVA dose numbers might look comparable or better on paper.
A Reasonable Starting Point, Not a Permanent Ceiling
Because the F100x2AC sits at the entry tier of the broadband arc lineup, it’s worth specifying deliberately rather than defaulting to it simply because it’s the lowest-cost option in the family. If a formulation’s actual dose requirement is close to the F100x2AC’s ceiling at typical belt speeds, a small increase in pigment loading or bond thickness on a future product revision could push the process past what this configuration can reliably deliver — worth checking headroom against realistic future requirements, not just current ones, before locking in the entry configuration.
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