Excimer 172 nm Technology

In industrial applications, the most commonly used excimer wavelength is 172 nm. Its energy of 7.23 eV is strong enough to directly break all important bonds of organic molecules, with the exception of the bonds between carbon and oxygen (C=O) and some inorganic oxides. Excimer technology is therefore an excellent choice for production processes where surface (pre)treatments are of great importance. Our lamps and modules are used in particular for surface cleaning, surface activation and as a precursor for various bonding processes and can be applied to a wide variety of materials such as plastics, glass or metals.

In contrast to other technologies, excimer irradiation is particularly clean, uniform and gentle and is, therefore, especially suitable for sensitive surfaces, such as thin films and webs.

Ushio offers two excimer product series: the Hyper V series, which is specially designed for inline treatments and the SUE series, which has been designed for stationary irradiation.

With its ExciJet172 55-130 module Ushio offers a very small Excimer module for testing purposes in laboratory facilities. It allows customers to treat substrates under real conditions either in our own excimer application laboratory or on site. The small dimensions of the module allow easy and flexible installation in test set-ups or pilot lines.