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

Ever wondered why some prints gleam with a glossy shine while others stay smooth and matte? Or why certain surfaces scratch at the touch of a nail while others remain flawless? The answer lies in the science, and we’re inviting you to explore it with us.
Beyond the ink itself, two factors make all the difference: the atmosphere during curing and the wavelength of UV light. By adjusting these, it’s possible to fine tune the glossiness, durability, and overall performance of prints. Changing the curing environment allows UV light to reach its full potential, creating inks that are not only glossier or more matt but also more robust. 
With advanced techniques like UV C curing and inert atmosphere processing, you’ll dive into cutting edge methods that transform how prints look and how they behave.
If this sparks your curiosity, you’re exactly the kind of mind we’re looking for. Join us and uncover the science behind color, chemistry, and light.

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 also the UV curing function that is used is quite different from that used with conventional UV technology. The first printers (Colorado 1630 and M-series) based on this technology 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 (of course, for a competitive price),
- 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 and to do experimental research. But you are also able to draw up theoretical models and to 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 our diversity of disciplines, with which you will work
•    The possibility to network with professionals at CPP, inside and outside your field of expertise


Interested?
Are you interested in this assignment? Please click on the button 'apply now' at the top of the page, where you can upload your resume and motivation letter. 
If you would like to receive more information concerning this assignment, please contact Bahar Rouhvand tel. +31 (0)629457640. If you have any questions about the internship in general, please contact Milou Geelen, + 316 25653192.