Carbon infrared (CIR)
emitters from Heraeus
Noblelight are helping Polyflor
in Manchester to improve the
quality of its flooring products
and boosting dimensional
stability during the embossing
of its range of heavy duty
homogenous floor coverings.

Polyflor’s embossing process
had previously used short wave
infrared units to soften the 2m
wide PVC web before being
embossed with decorative
patterns.However,Heraeus
says short wave proved colourselective
and geometric
integrity was sometimes
affected during heating.

Heraeus showed that medium
wave infrared would ensure
efficient drying results during
embossing and a carbon
infrared system was
subsequently installed.

Heraeus specialises in the
production and application
of energy sources covering
the electro-magnetic
spectrum from ultraviolet to
infrared.