Defined UV Filter Glass for Suntanning: SCHOTT Advanced Optics

Special uv filter glasses for tanning beds

SCHOTT Advanced Optics offers a broad range of different filter types for defined UV transmittance. A combination of clear and blue UV filter types enables us to offer customer-specific solutions.

NEW UG2A is available now

The UG2A glass is as a succession glass for M-UG 2 and can be ordered regularly.

The following glasses are discontinued and no longer suitable for new designs. However, these types of products can be sold on a regular basis as long as stock is available.

Blue filter glasses: M-UG-6, M-UG 2, UVISOL^® 95
Clear filter glasses: type 316, Soladur, type 320, filter 322, filter 324, filter 326
Heat-reflecting glass: URO H9

The glasses KG3 and KG5 are suitable alternatives to the heat-reflecting glass URO H9.

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Defined transmittance of radiation for safe tanning
Broad range of different filters
Combination of clear and blue filters enables additional options with specific UV- and IR-transmitting properties
Clear filters may be used as coating substrates
Continuous quality monitoring during the production process
Laser code to ensure traceability
Custom glass formats to meet specific customer needs
Thermal toughening for increased temperature stability
Screen printing of customer logos possible

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Suntanning filters are available as:

Supply Forms	Thicknesses	Dimensions
Customized filter glasses	3.0 mm up to 4.75 mm	standard dimensions: 200 mm x 200 mm up to 400 mm x 300 mm other dimensions upon request
Fully processed filters including tempering and screen printing	3.0 mm up to 4.75 mm

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Characteristic Properties | Product Range | Spectral Transmittance

Characteristic Properties

NEW UG2A
UG 2A, a special filter glass, is a deep dark violet tinted silicate glass. Its main feature is defined UV transmittance and excellent absorption in the visible and IR region. UG2A glass is polished on a customer-specific thickness.

M-UG 6 - discontinued
The M-UG 6 is a dark violet tinted silicate glass. Its main features are high UV-B transmittance and excellent absorption in the visible and IR region.

M-UG 2 - discontinued
M-UG 2, a special filter glass, is a deep dark violet tinted silicate glass. Its main features are defined UV transmittance and excellent absorption in the visible and IR region.

UVISOL^® 95 - discontinued
The special filter glass UVISOL^® 95 is a blue violet tinted silicate glass. Its main features are defined high transmittance in the UV-A range and very low transmittance in the UV-B range.

Clear filter glasses - discontinued
Transparent filter glasses have defined edge wavelengths and extremely narrow edge wavelength tolerances.

Our broad product range includes 18 different UV-filter glass combinations.

		without a clear filter	with type 316	with Soladur	with type 320	with type 322	with type 324	with type 326
Blue Filter
M-UG 6	τ_UVA in %	80*	67.1	65.6	64.5	63.0	61.1	58.8
M-UG 6	τ_UVB in %	21*	5.5	3.9	3.3	2.4	1.6	1.1
M-UG 2	τ_UVA in %	≥60*	53.7	52.7	52.0	51.1	50.1	49.0
M-UG 2	τ_UVB in %	<6*	1.5	1.1	0.9	0.7	0.5	0.3
UVISOL^® 95	τ_UVA in %	68*	56.6	56.1	55.0	54.2	53.1	51.6
UVISOL^® 95	τ_UVA in %	1*	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.1

* Values of the spec PCE (physical and chemical properties).

All values refer to nominal thickness or defined edge wavelength and room temperature for untempered and unsolarized conditions.

What does the spectral transmittance of the uncoated clear UV-filter glass look like?

Spectral transmittance refers to defined edge wavelengths, untempered, unsolarized and measured at 23 °C.

Spectral transmittance for uncoated UV filter glass

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Special UV filter glasses for tanning beds

Suntanning Filters

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Special uv filter glasses for tanning beds

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Characteristic Properties

Our broad product range includes 18 different UV-filter glass combinations.

What does the spectral transmittance of the uncoated clear UV-filter glass look like?

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