Bsc/Msc: Internship Applied Physics - Doing the unexpected with UV curing 2

Explore the science behind UV inkjet printing and how curing conditions influence gloss, durability, and overall print performance. This assignment focuses on advanced techniques such as UV C curing and inert atmosphere processing to develop innovative print properties.

Your assignment

This assignment focuses on the use of UV inkjet technology for producing high-quality Graphic Art prints. With UV inkjet technology, ink that has been jetted onto a print medium is cured to form a robust polymerized layer by using illumination with UV light.

Canon has developed a unique variant on UV technology, called UV gel technology. With UV gel technology, the ink has a unique composition, and the UV curing function that is used is quite different from that used with conventional UV technology. The first printers based on this technology, including the Colorado 1630 and M-series, have successfully been introduced.

With the UV curing function employed in these printers, we not only polymerize the ink, but with clever curing we also succeed in making matte prints and glossy prints with the same ink, and even in combining matte and gloss in the same print. And still, there is much more to explore and discover with the curing function.

Think about, amongst others:

• How to make a printer that is much faster than we could imagine, while remaining competitively priced
• How to tune the flexibility or hardness of cured ink layers with the same ink
• How to print on surfaces that seem to be incompatible with the ink

Are you in for a challenge to convert vague theoretical ideas into practical solutions that can be used in a printer? Do you want to give unique, unprecedented properties to printed ink by clever ways of curing with UV?

Your profile

• You are currently studying Applied Physics.
• You are looking for an internship at WO level or a graduation assignment at HBO level.
• You find it a challenge to explore uncultivated areas and turn ideas into solutions.
• You like to build and modify experimental setups by yourself, do experimental research, draw up theoretical models, and think “out of the box” for finding breakthroughs.
• For this assignment you are available for at least 4 months for a minimum of 4 days per week.

What’s in it for you?

• A challenging assignment with skilled coaching
• Internship/Graduation fee up to €450 per month
• Travel cost compensation if you don’t have an OV-weekcard
• Good growth opportunities within CPP, thanks to the diversity of disciplines with which you will work
• The possibility to network with professionals at CPP, inside and outside your field of expertise

What do we stand for?

We develop and manufacture high-tech printing products and workflow software for the commercial printing market as part of Canon, a global leader in imaging technologies. Our culture is built on openness, collegiality, trust and stability. We empower our people to grow, take initiative, and make an impact.

With our company values collaboration, innovation and ownership, we strive to bring out the best in each other, expand boundaries and feel empowered to take ownership of our work.