Why Choose “Shatter ProTech Technology?”

LightSources is proud to bring to the marketplace our proprietary Shatter ProTech shield.  This technology provides a cost-effective solution for glass and mercury containment and gives our customers a considerable value and peace-of-mind for a broad range of applications.  The Shatter ProTech shield not only optimizes light output, but offers maximum consumer safety.  Workers, consumers, products, and the workplace environment are all protected against glass fragments and mercury contamination.

The ProTech sleeve has an UVC transmission loss that is only 5% more than a quartz sleeve.  Furthermore, our proprietary shield can easily and economically protect and cover a wide variety of lamp geometries including linear, circular, U-shaped, compact PL’s and more.  In other words, your lamp is not too short, long, big or small to be fitted with the innovative Shatter ProTech technology.

The biggest benefit of our technology is that in the event a lamp gets broken, there are no glass fragments or the potential for mercury contamination to occur.  The environmentally safe and friendly sleeve provides an effective alternative to traditional fragile quartz sleeves and is also heat and acid resistant.  LightSources’ customers receive high performance at a low cost, and at the same time, reduce human & product risks in all applications.

Another benefit to the Shatter ProTech shield technology is that it helps industries to comply with strict local codes as well as FDA safety regulations.   Types of applications range from food and beverage processing plants to the grocery industry, air purification, municipal drinking water treatment, chemical manufacturing, freshwater & marine fish farming, silicon chip manufacturing and more.

By completely containing the hazardous glass and mercury waste in the shield, the Shatter ProTech technology protects people, food and beverages along with the environment.  Moreover it eliminates the need for of having to stop production until the site is completely cleaned up.  Check out our website for more information. 

  

LightSources and our affiliated companies represent the leading high-tech designers and manufacturers in the lamp industry today.  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.

KanBan Services for Optimal Productivity

 

The LightSources group offers OEMs of any size flexible services with customized lighting solutions, quick turnaround and efficient shipment and delivery options.  Also as a partner of LightSources, LCD Lighting, Voltarc, and our strategic partners, LightTech and Cerlux, we maintain KanBan systems for many of our international clients. 

Our KanBan services offer enormous benefits for OEMs as they provide a fast and economical flow of material for a company’s product or warehousing requirements.  Once your forecasted requirements are determined, the KanBan process will efficiently provide automatic levels of inventory control.  By eliminating the need for daily analysis and planning, companies can save both time and money. 

The job of KanBan systems is to prevent over-production, develop flexible work stations, and save resources.  It is an efficient way to ensure the supplies you need are always accessible and helps to remove administrative barriers, resulting in shorter lead times and faster deliveries.  Once you streamline and minimize inventory and carrying costs, you benefit by having a greater flexibility in production as well as a reduction in costs. 

Other strengths of the LightSources group are our unmatched flexibility and turnaround services.  Our U.S. and European manufacturing facilities operate modern, state-of-the-art equipment to ensure that production runs smoothly.  We own one of the most advanced glassworks in Europe, which allows us to offer clients short runs and just-in-time completion in order to meet their deadlines.  The facility manufactures T4, T5, T6, T8, T10 & T12 fluorescent and germicidal soft glass.

Furthermore, our shipping and transportation services are one of the best in the industry.  As a client of LightSources, you will have a wide range of shipping options whether it is by road, rail, sea or air.  Currently we ship to over 60 countries located on 6 different continents.  In addition we are extremely experienced in handling the entire transport function and customs documentation required for importing and exporting goods. 

LightSources and our strategic partner LightTech, along with 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 avionic display backlighting that is part of the National Defense and US Space Program.    Please contact us to learn more about our extensive selection of lamps.

Study on Effectiveness of UVC Lamps Used for Sterilization

The PYHS.ORG website recently cited a study out of Washington State University that looked at the effectiveness of UVC lamps on sterilizing organic fruits and vegetables.  It showed that ultraviolet C (UVC) light does destroys foodborne pathogens on the surface of certain fruit.  Their complete report is published in the International Journal of Food Microbiology.

Reacting to a concern from organic food growers regarding safe alternatives to chemical sanitizers, a team of WSU food safety scientists started a study using UVC light, which has shorter wavelengths than UV-A or B light.  One of the researchers, Shyam Sablani explains, "UVC radiation is present in sunlight; however, it is completely absorbed by the ozone layer and Earth's atmosphere."  He went on to say that, “It has germicidal properties and can be effective against bacteria, mold and viruses."

To determine how effective the UVC light destroyed listeria and E. coli, fruits such as apples, pears, strawberries, raspberries and cantaloupe were exposed to various doses of the light.  Results showed that the UVC light inactivated up to 99.9 percent of pathogens on smoother skinned fruit such as apples and pears but only 90 percent of pathogens on the rough-surfaced fruit.  They also discovered that listeria was more UVC resistant than E. coli.  More studies are being done to find ways to increase the effectiveness of UVC light on fruits with rough surfaces but overall the scientists felt that UVC technology is promising.    

LightSources along with our European partner, LightTech, offer a wide range of high-quality standard and custom-designed UV germicidal lamps and components.  We provide OEMs of any size the benefits of our unique, proprietary solutions that have been developed specifically for germicidal applications.  Our lamps are used in applications for: sewage treatment, purification of municipal and domestic drinking water, food processing and protection (irradiation), water reclamation, HVAC air sterilization, and odor control.

LightSources and our affiliated companies, LCD Lighting, Voltarc along with strategic partners LightTech, and Cerlux represent the leading high-tech designers and manufacturers in the lamp industry today.  Our products are used worldwide and are found in a multitude of applications and industries such as our UV germicidal lamps that offer patent-protected, OEM-oriented solutions.  Please contact us for more information.

Source:phys.org/news/2015-07-uv-foodborne-pathogens-fruits.html

UV Curing Lamps – Industries’ Preferred Choice

As global leaders, LightSources and European partner, LightTech, design and manufacture high-tech UV curing lamps that are quickly becoming the preferred choice for many industries.  UV curing lamps are a cost-effective alternative to heat-cured inks and are easy to operate and maintain. They are used to cure UV-light activated inks, bonds, adhesives and finishes such as lacquers, glazes and varnishes.  LightSources and LightTech lamps are manufactured in state-of-the-art facilities and are constructed from the highest quality materials.

The three primary types of UV curinglamps we manufacture are high pressure UV (HPUV), medium pressure UV (MPUV) and amalgam lamps.  As a customer, you will have a selection of standard as well as customized lamps, and we will assist you with designing a system that meets your curing application requirements.  In addition since LightSources’ lamps are compact in design, it makes retrofitting easy.  Also our curing lamps are not only energy-efficient but are long-lasting as well.   

In a UV curing lamp, the ultraviolet light creates an invisible electromagnetic radiation that has a wavelength shorter than visible light, but longer than x-rays.  With a wavelength range of 10 nanometers (nm) to 400nm, the UV light is emitted by electric arcs and used for actinic purposes such as to produce chemical reactions.  When the proper intensity of UV light is used, a chemical reaction occurs that produces a byproduct that hardens the resin.  While this technology is most commonly used for curing or drying chemical compounds, inks and coatings, it is also recently being used to inactivate microorganisms (bacteria).

UV curing lamps are used in many different industries such as automotive, industrial, electrical, medical and optical.  Please see our website to learn more about how this innovative technology may be helpful to your business.    

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.  Please contact us to learn more about our extensive selection of lamps.

Offering OEMs Innovative Solutions Since 1983

For over thirty years, LightSources, founded by Christian L. Sauska and his former partners, has offered OEM lamp designs and manufacturing that encompasses not only state-of-the-art technology, but exceptional service and support.  Today, the LightSources group is a worldwide operation and consists of LightSources, LCD Lighting, Voltarc, LightTech and Cerlux.  Each of our companies represents the best in their specialty and we currently employ over 1,000 people.   

Our North American headquarters are in Orange, Connecticut and three of our companies, LightSources, LCD Lighting, and Voltarc are located at the 3.5 acre facility.  Here we handle all operations, including sales, general and administrative functions, manufacturing, warehousing and distribution.  

At LightSources we are the world leader in designing, engineering and manufacturing low pressure tanning and UVC quartz germicidal lamps.  Our extensive portfolio includes UVC germicidal lamps, specialty UV lamps, low pressure fluorescent and high pressure facial tanning lamps, amalgam lamps, twist, dual and triple-phosphor tanning lamps, medical lamps, collagen fluorescent lamps, and other eco-friendly UV lighting solutions.

LCD Lighting, Inc. was founded in 1987 and designs, manufactures, and supplies specialty fluorescent lamps used throughout the world.  Our specialty is avionic display backlighting and we produce cold and hot cathode fluorescent, scanning and illumination, sub-miniature, miniature, aperture and reflector lamps.

Voltarc joined the LightSources group in 2009 and has been a leader in the signage industry for over 75 years.  As a manufacturer of fluorescent and neon sign lighting components, we have earned an excellent reputation for developing specialty fluorescent lamps, ultraviolet curing lamps and related electrical lampholders and wiring devices.

LightTech, our European strategic partner, has a similar portfolio as LightSources and is also regarded as a market leader.  To round out our group, Cerlux is a leading designer and manufacturer of custom thin ceramic bases.  

LightSources and our affiliated companies represent the leading high-tech designers and manufacturers in the lamp industry today.  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.