Heraeus – BlueLight® UV System Solutions
Our BlueLight® Flash System is our new solution offering >log 4 reduction at high speeds without using harmful chemicals or mercury based light sources, it has been specifically designed for food packaging disinfection of liquid and viscous food including beverage bottle caps.
The new solution for best surface disinfection of food packaging: The innovative BlueLight ® Hygienic System exterminates germs and minimizes energy costs – with extraordinary reliability (LOG3 reduction) and energy savings of up to 90%!
Key Features
- Instant treatment with no warm-up time
- Compact, easy to integrate in any orientation, and can be retrofitted
- Environmentally friendly disinfection with no use of chemicals and is mercury free
- Low energy consumption
- Built in safety – a protective window with breakage detection
- Easy to use with an operator friendly HMI interface, customisable to your process
- Simple lamp module replacement – a cartridge design enables reduced downtime
- Utilises special fused silica quartz for UV flash lamps, unique to Heraeus
- Stainless steel hygienic design lamp module to IP65
- Reflector optimised for maximum UV intensity
- Support, service and commissioning for system integration
Available Models
Technical Specifications
| ENERGY SAVINGS SAMPLE CALCULATION | ||
|---|---|---|
| Machine run time | 3,500 hours / year* | |
| Energy costs | £3780/year | |
| 2 lamp head | 2750v @ 10Hz | |
| *two shift operation £0.15/kWh/3500h | ||
Our BlueLight® Flash System is our new solution offering >log 4 reduction at high speeds without using harmful chemicals or mercury based light sources, it has been specifically designed for food packaging disinfection of liquid and viscous food including beverage bottle caps.
Key Features
- Instant treatment with no warm-up time
- Compact, easy to integrate in any orientation, and can be retrofitted
- Environmentally friendly disinfection with no use of chemicals and is mercury free
- Low energy consumption
- Built in safety – a protective window with breakage detection
- Easy to use with an operator friendly HMI interface, customisable to your process
- Simple lamp module replacement – a cartridge design enables reduced downtime
- Utilises special fused silica quartz for UV flash lamps, unique to Heraeus
- Stainless steel hygienic design lamp module to IP65
- Reflector optimised for maximum UV intensity
- Support, service and commissioning for system integration
Technical Specifications
| ENERGY SAVINGS SAMPLE CALCULATION | ||
|---|---|---|
| Machine run time | 3,500 hours / year* | |
| Energy costs | BHS = 1,260 € / year (3 kW power) vs. MP System = 21,000 € / year (50 kW power) | |
| Savings of energy costs per year | 19,740 € / year | |
| *two shift operation 0.12 € / kWh / 3,500 h | ||
The innovative BlueLight® Hygienic System eliminates germs and minimizes energy costs – with extraordinary reliability (Log 3 reduction) and energy savings up to 90%!
Other facts that scare germs and delight customers: high UV intensity, cold radiation, no water cooling and low investment costs of the industry 4.0 ready system. Microorganisms like bacteria, yeasts and molds are killed within seconds by intense UV light – the smart hygienic design with its high killing rate gives germs no chance.
Key Features
- Standardized flange for stainless steel pipe
- One air cooling module and one control module for easy maintenance and service
- One cable (5 m)
- Additionally:
– Kit with extension cable (25 m)
– Hoses (3 m)
Technical Specifications
| Example Premium cassette type | P2087 | P8087.38 |
|---|---|---|
| Number of amalgam lamps | 2 | 2 |
| Window size in mm | 867 x 111 | 865 x 372 |
| Window temperature in °C | -68 | -90 |
| Cassette size in mm | ||
| Irradiance at a distance of 20 mm in mW/cm² | 65 | 103 |
| Weight in kg | 27 | 45 |
| Protection rating | IP67 | IP55 |
| Separate power supply | ||
| Connected load in W | 740 | 2,700 |
The solution is surface disinfection using UV light. Our BlueLight® Premium UV system is especially designed for food packaging disinfection such as packaging for paste-like, dry or liquid fresh products such as yogurt or milk. The surface disinfection process is cold, dry and without chemicals.
Key Features
- Packaging remains cool due to cold UV radiation
- No chemicals used
- Accelerated production process as the maximal warm-up time of the lamps is 90 seconds
- Safe operation on production line due to breakage detector for lamps
- Can be used also in moist environments due to protection class IP67
- Extremely long life of the lamps with a high radiation intensity
- Low-maintenance system
- Module can be retrofitted to existing filling & sealing plants
Technical Specifications
| Window width | 280 mm – 900 mm |
|---|---|
| Overall length approx. | 578 mm – 1,198 mm |
| Lamp type | Amalgam Flat Lamp |
| Nominal power | 30 W – 100 W |
| Protection class | IP 67 |
| Power supply unit (built-in unit) | electronic |
| Peak emission | 253.7 nm |
| Irradiance at 20 mm | 20 – 25 mW/cm² |
| Warm- up time | 15 – 30 min |
The high performance Steribelt UV system is used primarily to desinfect the surfaces of conveyor belts in the meat-processing industry.
Due to the flat geometry of the indium amalgam lamps in the module, Steribelt ensures that more than 50% of the power is directed straight at the surface so there is a significant efficiency increase.
Key Features
- Maximum output due to the use of an amalgam lamp
- No chemicals used
- Easy installation and maintenance due to compact steel casing and simple emitter replacement
- Requires no external air or water cooling
- Washable due to protection class IP67
- LampSafe shatter protection with exceptional UV transmissivity
- Efficiency can be measured and documented for quality control
- Available with different lengths
- Easy to retrofit to existing system
- Low investment and operating costs
- Reliable disinfection – long operating life and minimal product residue on the surface due to rotational symmetry
Bluelight® UV System Solutions For Disinfection Of Packaging Materials
BlueLight® Flash System
Bluelight® Hygienic System
Key Industries
- Semiconductor, Solar & Electronics
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