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ATEA CATHODE FROIDE
Fusion Lamp technology
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F us ion L amp Technology
37,5
15mm DIA FUSION COLD CATHODE LAMP
95mm
115mm
47,5
20mm DIA FUSION COLD CATHODE LAMP
95mm
115mm
P roduct s pecification:
F US IO N L A MP 15mm & 20mm D iameter - S tandard O utput
S pecification
S tandard Output 15mm or 20mm Diameter C old C athode Lamp with
fusion turnback and oven proces sed for long life in the region of 45,000
hours and lumen output of 1600 lumens per metre.
D es cription
T he AC DC manufacturing proces s is an interes ting blend of old lamp
indus try techniques and dramatic new machinery and technology.
U sing technology from the fluorescent indus try, the c ompany have
been able to make several advances in c old c athode lamps.
High Q uality C omponents
W hile the proces ses of manufacturing the lamps are abs olutely critic al,
the raw material of phosphor c oated glas s tubes and long life
electrodes are similarly as important. AC DC use products from the
worlds premier glas s suppliers to guarantee the highes t pos sible
quality c old c athode lamp production.
Typical L amp P erformance
Type
Diameter
Typic al Life
Operating C urrent
Max Length
Lumen Output
Average Output
E ffic acy (based on Nemesis gear)
Lamp Voltage
Temperature at electrode
Temperature at mid lamp
S tandard Output Fusion
15 or 20mm
45,000 hours
100mA
2000mm
3200 Lumens
1600 Lumens per metre
64 Lumens per watt
680 Volts
Approx 65-70˚C
Approx 30-31˚C
F us ion Manufacture
ACDC Lighting are the only company
in the world to automate the
manufacture of cold cathode lamps
with turned back electrodes. T he
fusion proces s welds the lamp
electrode to the glass tube to form a ‘H’
section at each end of the lamp. This
join is more robust than the traditional
lamp, which is still manufactured by
hand by mos t of the world’s lamp
shops. T he ACDC fusion process is
also 10 times as quick as the ‘hand
made’ method, reducing lead-times
and improving both manufacturing
quality and capacity alike.
O ven P umping
The pumping of the lamps remains a
critical process. ACDC have developed
a hi-tech lamp oven to process cold
cathode lamps. The oven measures 3m
by 2m and is capable of producing up to
30 lamps per hour. The oven pumping
process heats the lamp to temperatures
in excess of 400˚C, and using state of the
art turbo molecular vacuum pump, more
impurities are removed from the lamp
than by other methods.
A ll of the above factors represent
impor tant
elements
of
the
manufac turing proc es s, equally
critic al to as sure c onsis tent quality
large volume lamp manufacture and
is a fundamental part of as suring the
long 45,000 hour lamp life of AC DC
c old c athode.