Harsh Environment Solidur® LEDs for Industrial Applications
Product Description
Cutting Through Darkness with Brilliantly Robust Lighting – Even in Harsh Conditions
In applications with high humidity, heat, pressure, or aggressive chemicals, the use of standard, non-hermetic LEDs is extremely limited and often only possible with an additional protective housing designed around the actual light source. The reason: LED chips and photo/laser-diodes are highly sensitive to moisture and other environmental aggressors such as high heat or chemicals, so they require special protection.
The solution: SCHOTT Solidur® LEDs and opto-electronic modules are made to work in applications that LEDs could not reliably withstand in the past due to harsh-environment conditions.
SCHOTT manufactures hermetically sealed and fully customizable Solidur® LED modules, offering superb illumination in an extraordinarily sturdy package. High-quality, vacuum-tight metal housings deliver complete protection for the internal LED chips – supporting long-term functionality for “fit-and-forget” application. Solidur® LEDs expand the limits of lighting integration, pushing into harsh environment and safety-critical settings previously unsupported by ordinary LED technology.
SCHOTT Solidur® LEDs. Extremely Tough. Extremely Reliable.
The solution: SCHOTT Solidur® LEDs and opto-electronic modules are made to work in applications that LEDs could not reliably withstand in the past due to harsh-environment conditions.
SCHOTT manufactures hermetically sealed and fully customizable Solidur® LED modules, offering superb illumination in an extraordinarily sturdy package. High-quality, vacuum-tight metal housings deliver complete protection for the internal LED chips – supporting long-term functionality for “fit-and-forget” application. Solidur® LEDs expand the limits of lighting integration, pushing into harsh environment and safety-critical settings previously unsupported by ordinary LED technology.
SCHOTT Solidur® LEDs. Extremely Tough. Extremely Reliable.
Advantages
When it comes to reliable, long-term performance with protection against harsh environmental influences, all LED modules are not created equal. Working with SCHOTT as a supplier for integrating hermetically sealed Solidur® LEDs offers numerous advantages.
Advantages of hermetic Solidur® LEDs over conventional, non-hermetic LEDs:
Advantages of working with SCHOTT as a supplier:
Applications
Solidur® LEDs are fully customizable according to customer specifications, making them suitable for nearly any application requiring a reliable, hermetically sealed light source – especially in harsh environment settings.
Examples include:
Examples include:
Optical Sensors
- Optical gas sensors
- Fluid sensors
- Position sensors
UVC and UVB LEDs
- Water sterilization
- Air purification
- Medical settings (i.e. skin treatments)
- Measurement systems
- Surface sterilization (medical, home appliance, consumer handheld devices)
Industrial Automation
Wearable Electronics / Devices
Technical Details
Technology:
Its hermetic assembly is the secret of the high quality and reliability of our LEDs:The gas-tight housings use SCHOTT’s specialty glass-to-metal sealing (GTMS) and ceramic-to-metal sealing (CerTMS®) technologies. SCHOTT’s GTMS component line is the product of decades spent developing and perfecting the process of permanently fusing glass and metal together as a means to create hermetic housings for the protection of sensitive electronics. SCHOTT is a world-leading glass manufacturer with 135 years of experience in the field.
SCHOTT functions as both a glass manufacturer and sealing house, offering the unique advantage of internal, vertically-integrated expertise and process control of every manufacturing step for its glass-to-metal sealed components.
Features/Specifications
- Withstands exposure to oils
- Can undergo steam sterilization (2 bar; 134 ºC)
- Temperature stability: > 260 ºC
- Gas-tightness:1 x 10–8 mbar x l/s
- Electric insulation: >10GΩ
- Chemical resistance: High
- Thermal shock stability: -65 ºC to 150 ºC for 15 cycles
- Refractive index of glass: 1.48 – 1.58
- Temperature conductivity: 400 W · m–1 · K–1 (Copper)
- Package dimensions: miniaturization down to 2 mm diameter possible
