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none none

Jan 1, 1970
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I'm building a cheap UV exposure frame using a gutted flat scanner unit and
putting in a UV setup so that UV light will travel through the scanners
glass and then hit the board.. it would all be weighted down by a 2-5lb
metal weight attached to the top of the the top. Question i have is will UV
LED's be as effective as UV bulbs?
 
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Mikkel Lund

Jan 1, 1970
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none none skrev:
I'm building a cheap UV exposure frame using a gutted flat scanner unit and
putting in a UV setup so that UV light will travel through the scanners
glass and then hit the board.. it would all be weighted down by a 2-5lb
metal weight attached to the top of the the top. Question i have is will UV
LED's be as effective as UV bulbs?

You will need a lot of LED to get the same effect as a fluorescent tube.
Taking in to consideration that UV LEDs are much more expensive the
fluorescent tube, the choice is easy.
 
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Ken Moffett

Jan 1, 1970
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I'm building a cheap UV exposure frame using a gutted flat
scanner unit and putting in a UV setup so that UV light
will travel through the scanners glass and then hit the
board.. it would all be weighted down by a 2-5lb metal
weight attached to the top of the the top. Question i have
is will UV LED's be as effective as UV bulbs?

One thing to think about is the transmission of UV light through
the scanner glass. I'm not sure what type of glass is used, but
there is a sever loss at the shorter wavelengths in all glass.

http://www.edmundoptics.com/techSupport/DisplayArticle.cfm?
articleid=259

There is a chart on transmission vs. wavelength down the page.

Though I have heard, somewhere, that the glass used in some
copier beds has a relative high transmission rate.

Just something to consider.

Ken
 
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Jan 1, 1970
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Try a sheet of acrylic. Thats what they use in tanning beds. It passes
the short UV well.

Tanning beds use long wave UV. Most plastics are unsuited to UV
light.

Quartz glass if you have a choice.

I had a cheap exposure frame and the glass didn't appear very special.
 
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Michael A. Terrell

Jan 1, 1970
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none said:
I'm building a cheap UV exposure frame using a gutted flat scanner unit and
putting in a UV setup so that UV light will travel through the scanners
glass and then hit the board.. it would all be weighted down by a 2-5lb
metal weight attached to the top of the the top. Question i have is will UV
LED's be as effective as UV bulbs?


Is that flatbed scanner the usual off white plastic? If so, it will
not stand up to high levels of UV light for long.


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prove it.
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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
 
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