Hello,
I have been looking into lighting for the sole purpose of inspecting linen coming out of a flat ironer. Initially, I was solely looking at just getting a LED light bar to mount onto the iron and shine on the linen. My question is, if I am looking for stains would a UV light work to find grease/oil stains after a linen has been washed. Could a UV light be made to work in a warehouse type setting that is well illuminated. Thank you for your help.
Hi chrisz, finding stains, especially organic type stains, with a UV light (365nm works well) is very possible but it helps tremendously if ambient light is low or best even absent. I doubt that you find a UV light source that is strong enough to be of use in a well-illuminated area, and if it is it will be so strong that is becomes a fatal hazard to the eyes of everyone who walks in without proper eye protection.
Thanks for the quick and helpful response, kind of what I was expecting.
You could put up clear yellow welding screens. In that sort of Hi UV area, inside the screens, I’d want yellow goggles. You couldn’t have too much UV protection IMO.
i would shine a light under the linen, this way you would see stains a lot better than just shining light on it, assuming your linen is not too thick for light to go thru