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Prime UV also offers an integrated device built into its Prime Smart 2100 Control Platform, with sensors that allow the continuous monitoring of UV output. Midlik says the information can be used to allow a PLC to adjust the radiation intensity. This approach, however, might not be necessary for everyone. "Typically, only especially sensitive converting applications, such as silicone release coatings, require an integrated device to ensure that the intensity of the UV system fits the exact process needs of the chemistry and substrate," she says.