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No one makes a better protective lamp than Shat-R-Shield. Shat-R-Shield provided industry with the first coated fluorescent lamp in 1978, and we continue to be the leader today. The exclusive processes for the coating of fluorescent, incandescent and HID lamps have brought protective lighting to a new level of safety and reliability.
Protective lighting is used to protect products, employees and worksites from lamp components, should a lamp be broken. These components can include glass, phosphors, sodium, krypton, manganese, mercury and other contaminants.
Federal and/or state regulations require protective lighting in some industries such as food processing, foodservice, elevators and daycare centers. Other industries, such as suppliers to the food industry, are required by their customers to use protective lighting to prevent raw materials from contaminating their finished products. Although it is required in the food industry, protective lighting should be a consideration in every safety program to ensure the protection of products, employees and worksites.
Shat-R-Shield believes the best ingredients make the best products. That's why we buy lamps only from the three largest lamp manufacturers (Philips, Osram Sylvania and GE) and coat them with only DuPont plastics.
Shat-R-Shield cannot guarantee lamps that we do not directly purchase. We purchase lamps in bulk from the three largest lamp manufacturers, coat them with high quality plastics and sell them through distribution. This actually benefits the end-user because of our negotiated price structure with our suppliers.
First, it is misleading to compare price on an unprotected lamp and a protected lamp, because you are comparing apples to oranges. However, when comparing Shat-R-Shield lamps to sleeve and end cap methods, Shat-R-Shield is less expensive over time. When you consider that with sleeve and end cap methods there is labor time and costs in assembly, light output loss and premature lamp burnout due to heat and oil build-up, Shat-R-Shield is less expensive over the life of the lamp.
Shat-R-Shield’s clear coating reduces light (lumen) output by less than one percent (1%).
Shat-R-Shield’s standard coating on fluorescent lamps blocks ultraviolet emissions up to 390 nanometers (over 95% of the UV spectrum). Ultraviolet (UV) causes fading in fabric, degradation of paper, loss of vitamins and riboflavin, and adds to discoloration of food products. It can also be a problem for people suffering from a wide variety of illnesses because they are photosensitive. For instance, as many as 60% of lupus patients are photosensitive and are adversely effected by exposure to UV.
Yes. Shat-R-Shield currently has a list of almost 600 lamp types that we coat. And, even if the lamp you need is not currently on our list, there is a possibility that we can still coat it. There are several factors that will have to be determined.
Since our lamps have a skin-tight coating, they can be completely immersed in a cleaning tank, rinsed, dried and quickly put back into operation.
Shat-R-Shield lamps can be used in wash down areas if they are used in enclosed, gasketted fixtures in refrigerated areas, such as meat packaging plants.
Plastic coated lamps can be recycled, however they often must be stripped of their coating before they can be recycled. Shat-R-Shield's Shat-R-Kote® can be easily removed from the lamp surface by slitting the coating and peeling it away from the lamp. The coating is 16 mils thick, so it peels away easily. Some recycling companies will strip the lamps for you, but there is often an added fee for this service.
Black lights should be replaced after 7,000 hours of use because they deteriorate to levels ineffective for insect attraction. Shat-R-Shield places date labels directly on our black lights to help determine when their effectiveness has expired.
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