Industrial UV Air System Technology and Applications

OEMs across the globe utilize industrial UV air systems due to an increasing awareness of the importance of protecting our environment and the consequences when we do not. Clean air is at the front and center of those concerns and today’s advanced industrial UV air systems provide a broad range of industries with the perfect solution. By safely purifying and destroying harmful chemicals from the air as well as eliminating offensive odors, industrial UV air systems deliver economic, environmental, and human benefits.

UV Germicidal Technology

Scientists have been studying the effect of UV light as a method for interrupting the transmission of airborne pathogens for well over a century. In 1877, two English scientists, Downes and Blunt, discovered that sunlight kills bacteria. Their studies showed that sugar water placed on a shaded windowsill became cloudy while a similar solution in direct sunlight remained clear. When examining the two jars, “they realized that bacteria were growing in the shaded solution but not in the one exposed to sunlight.”

The two men later found it is the shorter spectrum of UV light that kills bacteria and effectiveness is dependent on the amount and duration of light. Today we know that for a UV air system to effectively kill and render microorganisms unable to reproduce it requires prolonged exposure as well as a specific intensity and wavelength of UV radiation.

Germicidal Lamp Applications

Germicidal UVC lamps provide industries a way to disinfect and improve the quality of air in the workplace and the immediate environment without the need for toxic chemicals that are not only harmful to humans but the environment as well. Furthermore, UVC lamps are simple to operate and maintain and help industries to comply with strict local codes and national regulations. For industries such as food processing plants, farms, commercial kitchens (HVAC), kennels, and wastewater plants, odor control is important to not only the employees but to those that must work or live around the plant. Learn more about UV air disinfection, the types, applications, benefits, and where to get quality UV germicidal lamps.

The LightSources Advantage

One of the reasons why so many industries trust LightSources and LightTech for their industrial UV air systems is that we have designed proprietary, longer-lasting lamps than those of many of our competitors. This saves OEMs both time and money by reducing the need to replace lamps as often or the expense of buying new ones. Additionally, our lamps offer a compact design, which means retrofitting is not a problem, and we fully customize almost every part of our lamps, including length and diameter, power, ceramic bases, and fitting sockets.

 

UV Paint Curing

UV light produces a chemical reaction that is used in industrial applications such as UV paint curing, primers, fillers and clearcoats as well as inks and other types of coatings. Much quicker and more efficient than traditional baking methods, UV paint curing systems also offer significant energy savings without producing any hazardous byproducts. First introduced in the 1960’s, UV lamps have rapidly gained acceptance by a diverse range of industries and are now the preferred choice of many OEMs across the globe.

To instantly cure paints, and a variety of other coatings and finishes including lacquers, glazes and varnishes, high-intensity ultraviolet lamps are used to create a photochemical reaction. On the other hand, conventional water and solvent based thermal drying methods work by solvent evaporation, which not only takes time but also creates polluting emissions. With UV light systems’ instant curing, manufacturers report higher production rates, better bonding, no loss of volume and less likelihood of product damage as in slower drying methods. Along with being environmentally friendly, UV lamps are also easy to operate and maintain.

Light Sources and our European partner, LightTech are global leaders in designing, engineering and manufacturing high-tech UV curing lamps. We produce three main types of UV curing lamps including: medium pressure UVA curing; high pressure curing; and low pressure UVC amalgam curing. Our lamps are extremely long-lasting and energy-efficient, and our compact design makes retrofitting easy-to-do. In addition to our line of high-quality standard lamps, we can also design and develop a highly customized system to meet your specific needs.

All of our UV lamps are constructed from the highest quality materials and manufactured in state-of-the-art facilities. We invite you to browse our website for more information regarding UV light applications, and keep in mind, our experts are more than happy to discuss the various aspects of our UV curing technology as well as our other MPUV products.

LightSources in the U.S. and our strategic partner in Europe, LightTech represent the leading high-tech designers and manufacturers in the lamp industry today. Our products are used world-wide in a multitude of applications and industries such as our UV air treatment systems that offer patent-protected, OEM-oriented solutions.