can you post photos of this? its very interesting! regards, Ken
--- "M. P. Dickens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dark IR is nothing more than ir energy that is not > visable to > the human eye. For instance, IR heat lamps used to > heat food are > red. OTOH, ceramic fixtures and bulbs made of > ceramic emit ir > energy without producing any (Or very few) photons. > In recent years, > dark IR become come into wide spread use in many > industries > because it is more energy effiecent (Costs less to > operate). > > Metal finishing shops use it to cure powder coatings > on metals. Paint > shops use it to cure specialty paints (The aerospace > industry). It's > even in use in the board assembly and rework > industries (Which is > how I got the idea in the first place). Ersa was the > first company > in the assembly/rework of PCB's to introduce > products based on > dark IR (They pioneered it for PCB's and received a > lot of industry > awards for their work). If you go to the Ersa web > site, you'll find > a couple of assembly and rework machines based on > this technology. > If you only want to look at dark ir fixtures, here > is a link > to a reseller: > > http://www.morelectric.com/ > > FWIW, I use ceramic elements manufactured by > Salamander. They are > priced well, have a long life and are easy to > obtain. > > > Regards > > Marvin Dickens > > > > Karel Kulhavy wrote: > > What is dark IR? I know what IR is but don't know > what a dark IR is. > > ===== Kenneth James Long II a man in love with his wife... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo