The Technology behind Our Proprietary SolGlass®

SolGlass® is a perfect example of what can be accomplished when two industry giants join forces.  Used in fluorescent and tanning lamps, SolGlass® was created when LightSources and LightTech combined resources to develop this innovative, proprietary glass technology.  Tanning customers get the most unbelievable results when using SolGlass® lamps and we consider it to be the most significant breakthrough in tanning since the sun. 

Standard fluorescent and tanning lamps are inherently designed to filter out UV rays.  To have an effect on the skin, the glass requires UV phosphors as well as a powerful wattage to blast enough UV rays through the tube’s built-in filter.  The biggest problem with this need is that it degrades the performance and operating life of a standard lamp.   

So how does the SolGlassTM technology work?  Our proprietary “open” glass allows for a more effective and efficient UV transmission especially at wavelengths used for tanning that offer the best results. The LightSources’ lamp is the only one in the industry that contains this UVB spectrum as well as providing the highest UVA readings.  Our 300nm technology permits more than 75% of the UVB energy to pass through while standard U.S. tanning lamps typically only allow around 36%. 

Now with the invention of our SolGlass® unique glass technology and proprietary phosphor blend, the tanning industry can get lamps that offer instant gratification with immediate coloring as well as persistent pigmentation and lasting results.   Furthermore, our lamps meet all U.S. regulations and are in alignment with European regulations including 0.3W/m2 sunbed or class 3 sunbed regulations.  We also continue to receive positive feedback from end-users all around the world.

LightSources and our affiliated companies 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 germicidal lamps that offer patent-protected, OEM-oriented solutions.  Our team consists of the most highly skilled
professionals that specialize in a range of innovative solutions.

The Benefits of Reflector Fluorescent Lamps

There are many instances where a reflector fluorescent lamp is the best choice to control the direction of light.  Reflector lamps work by increasing the portion of the output from a 360° lamp into a highly focused direction.  The lamp efficiently re-directs the light from the sides and back of the fluorescent tube to the non-reflector area of the lamp coating.  In many applications this technology is used in conjunction with an external fixture (polished or metallic) that also acts as a reflector to direct the light to where it is most needed.

Reflector lamps are designed with a reflective coating between the outer glass and the phosphor coating, which helps to reflect most of the light and directs it through the clear, or uncoated, portion of the lamp.  When it is combined with our effective fixture design, a reflector lamp can control the inherently uniform lamp output along the length of the fluorescent tube.  Reflector lamps are ideal for industries that require light distribution to be optimally distributed.  Common applications include flexographics, aquariums, and scanning and vision products among others. 

Reflectors are most frequently used in linear T12 (38.1mm) lamps but can also be designed into a variety of lamp styles from straight to bent lamp geometry. Our reflector tubes have a reflective coating that covers 235 or 135 degrees of the interior with a phosphor coating over the inside of the entire tube.  Generally they have an internal reflective coating of 180° to 235° of the inside of the glass envelope but custom reflector sizes can be made to order.  The most common internal reflector is 180°. 

LCD Lighting manufactures standard and custom aperture and reflector lamps from the highest-quality materials for scanners, copiers, facsimile machines, machine vision, sorting equipment for production lines and other imaging devices around the world.  Our lamps have specially blended phosphor coatings to produce the required output in the visible to the ultraviolet range, as required by equipment manufacturers.

LightSources, together with our affiliated companies, represent the foremost high-tech designers and manufacturers in the lamp industry today.  LCD Lighting, our leading affiliate in fluorescent lamps has designed and manufactured thousands of custom fluorescent lamps for nearly every type of OEM lighting application.  Discover top-of-the-line service and exceptional products from one of the leading specialty lamp manufacturers. 

High-tech Backlighting Solutions

LightSources’ affiliate, LCD Lighting (LCDL) is the leader in designing, engineering and manufacturing customized backlighting for LCD and AMLCD displays.  Our miniature lamps are used in military and civilian aircrafts, shipboards, and vehicles as well as in vetronics, and computers.  We are especially proud of the fact that our avionic display backlighting is used in the U.S. Space Program and the defense of our country.

The miniature lamps used in avionic displays and cabin backlighting generally require a multiple bend lamp configuration.  These specialty lamps are used in backlight liquid crystal displays (LCD), indirect cabin lighting, passenger and crew reading lights, galley and lavatory lighting, entry lighting, cockpit applications, cargo areas, wing inspection lights, exterior emergency lighting, landing lights and many other locations.  Furthermore, we are the long-standing partner and the sole manufacturer of miniature AMLCD backlight lamps used in the cockpit of the Boeing 777 passenger jet.   

LCDL also designs and manufactures active matrix liquid crystal displays (AMLCD) used in military vehicles.  Our innovative technology combines lightweight, efficient power use with an extremely reliable performance.  AMLCDs are used in flat panel displays, display equipment and prototype equipment.

As a customer of LCDL, you will benefit from our state-of-the-art AMLCD backlight technology that offers customized: optical light sources and filters/diffusers, mechanical reflective plates, tray or housing, and the best environment for thermal management, shock and vibration control.  Also our lamp engineering and backlight design provides the optimal electrical power supply and system interfacing.  Our capabilities include hot-cathode fluorescent lamps (HCFL) from 6.0mm to 20mm diameters and cold-cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFL) from 2.0mm to 20mm diameters.  You will find everything from straight, bent, serpentines or circles to interlocking lamp pairs, all with our precision glass bending and craftsmanship.  

LightSources and  our affiliated companies, Voltarc and LCD Lighting along with strategic partners, LightTech and Cerlux, offer outstanding service and exceptional products.   Our standard lamps and components as well as customized products offer high-quality solutions to meet our partner’s unique needs.  Please contact us for more information.