摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for direct injection of selected narrow bandwidth thermal-infrared (IR) radiation or energy into articles.SOLUTION: A system for selectively injecting radiant heat into a target, the system comprising: a solid state narrow band irradiation device element 610 being operative to emit radiation in a radiation wavelength band of radiant heat output for application to the target 240, a wavelength being selected to correspond to specific absorption characteristics of the target material; a mounting arrangement being configured to define at least one heating zone and selectively receive the target 240 into which radiant heat is injected from the narrow band irradiation device element 610 in the heating zone, the arrangement having a rotatable element which transports the target 240 into and out of the at least one heating zone; at least one optical element for directing irradiation into selective heating zones; and means for supplying electrical current to the at least one narrow band irradiation element. |