built better

1. PRODUCT BULLETIN
XTRABRITE ALPINEWITE® -
BUILT BETTER, BRIGHTER, & LASTS LONGER
Maintenance Engineering’s XTRABRITE ALPINEWITE® controls in the industry. Close watch is kept to make sure
fluorescents are the best lamps on the market. No other there are no bubbles or contamination. Contaminants and
lamp has all the features of ours. Some manufacturers may bubbles can weaken the glass, eventually causing micro-
offer “full-spectrum lamps”, but none have the complete scopic cracks and “dead” lamps. We have also added a
package like our lamps. Lets look at some of the features of new process of applying a coating of Tin Oxide, which
our F40T12 and F32T8 XTRABRITE ALPINEWITE® lamps makes the glass six times stronger. A Premium Quality
that make them Different and Better. Glass tube is important, as it is the foundation on which to
build the rest of the lamp…a lamp that will remain in opera-
EARTH-SAFE® DESIGN H -S A tion for many, many years.
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They feature: PRECISE FILL GASES
• Long Life Construction, the
EXTENDED LIFE
longest in the industry, which PHOSPHORS™
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reduces waste, minimizes (ELP)
environmental impact, and
reduces recycling. ALUMINA OXIDE
COATING
• Ultra-Low Mercury content, reducing potential
environmental impact. Many of our lamps are SILICA-LIME GLASS
TCLP-Compliant, federally approved for landfills.
• Energy Efficient Designs, producing up to twice the TIN OXIDE COATING
light as standard lamps for the same amount of energy.
PRECISE FILL GASES
Our lamps use special mixtures of
GOLD END CAPS®
chemically-inert fill gases, unique to each lamp. Our
The first thing a customer will
T12 Xtrabrite uses 100% pure Argon gas; our T8 Xtrabrite
notice when opening a box of our
uses a blend of pure Krypton and Argon gas. These gases
XTRABRITE ALPINEWITES® (4’
are precisely dosed at low pressure, and help provide:
AND 8’) are our bright, anod-
• 95% Lumen Maintenance, by suppressing sputtering
ized Gold End Caps®. Gold End
and evaporation of the cathodes.
Caps® are a registered trade-
• Easier Starting. Some shortlife lamps use gases
mark of Maintenance Engineer-
such as Neon to boost brightness, but it makes
ing. Gold End Caps® immediately
starting more difficult, and can shorten lamp life.
tell your customer that M.E. lamps
are Different and Better than any lamps they have ever EXTENDED LIFE PHOSPHORS™
used! Maintenance Engineering XTRABRITE ALPINEWITE®
lamps use a unique blend of rare earth Extended Life
BRASS END PINS Phosphors. These phosphors are much, much more
Maintenance Engineering uses expensive than standard lamp
mechanically-clinched brass halophosphors, but they help provide:
end pins, and high-grade • Reduced Color Shift, resisting
copper wire, for a sure and breakdown over time more than
positive electrical connection standard lamp halophosphors.
from lamp to fixture. We use this method instead of solder- • 95% Lumen Maintenance, staying brighter longer.
ing or welding. Our method eliminates hazardous mate- Standard lamps typically provide only 60%
rials (one of our EARTH-SAFE® requirements) such as lead maintenance.
solder from the lamp. M.E.’s environmentally-friendly design • Balanced Spectrum Output, similar to Natural
is an extra step we take, maximizing electrical efficiency Sunlight.
while minimizing potential environmental impact. • Up to 69% more seeable lumens than new standard
lamps. They can provide a customer twice the light
PREMIUM QUALITY GLASS for their energy dollar when compared to old standard
Our lamps are made with a new, proprietary silica-lime lamps.
glass mixture. Our glass is made using the tightest quality
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2. PRODUCT BULLETIN page 2
ALUMINA OXIDE INTERNAL COATING SILICONE COATING
The inner walls of our Premium Quality Glass Tubes re- All XTRABRITE ALPINEWITE®
ceive a special coating of Alumina Oxide. This coating: Premira® lamps have a special
• Extends lamp life, by preventing mercury from coating of environmentally-
absorbing into the glass. This allows us to use very friendly silicone solution.
small quantities of mercury without shortening This coating aids in the
lamp life. Without this coating, mercury absorbs starting of the lamp, and
into the glass and is no longer available for the ultimately extends lamp life.
arcstream; this shortens lamp life. Without this coating, poor starting could occur in humid
• Maximizes brightness, by reflecting unused energy conditions, and shorten lamp cathode life.
in the tube back through the phosphors for maximum
efficiency. MULTIPLE QUALITY CHECKS
Every run of our Premira® lamps is continuously
PREMIRA®
CATHODE ASSEMBLY monitored, with extra personnel, checking product
and adjusting the equipment for best possible quality.
CATHODE SHIELD Lamps are pulled and fully tested at different times
throughout the run for color, brightness, and electrical
MERCURY-RELEASE STANDARD LAMP performance. And every
PILL CATHODE ASSEMBLY
single lamp is lit up before
DOUBLE TUNGSTEN leaving the factory, ensuring
TRIPLE-WOUND only working lamps are shipped.
CATHODE Our Chicago facility tests each
production to verify the factory
CATHODE SHIELD test results. Any production
Maintenance Engineering uses a unique that fails to meet our specs
Cathode Shield that surrounds the is immediately rejected and
cathode at each end of the lamp. returned. We are the only
This shield helps our lamps achieve lighting company that triple-checks our products to
95% Lumen Maintenance. It blocks any ensure only the best is shipped to the customer!
material that may sputter off of the cathode from
RUGGED, PROTECTIVE PACKAGING
coating the phosphors and reducing light output. The
All Maintenance Engineering product is shipped out in
cathode shield helps the lamp stay bright over its entire life.
rugged 275lb. double-wall white-and-yellow boxes, de-
Most standard lamps have bare cathodes, which causes
veloped with the help of UPS, to protect the product from
end-blackening and light loss.
today’s demand-
MERCURY-RELEASE PILL ing shipping. Our
Maintenance Engineering was the first in design protects
the industry to use a special mercury-release the lamps much,
pill to precisely dose mercury into the lamp. Our much more than
pill uses much less mercury than the standard the typical single-
industry method of pouring it in via mechanical wall boxes used
pump. Because of this, our fluorescents average by competitors.
70% less mercury than standard lamps. This is Plus, our lamps
one of the reasons our lamps are are individu-
MERCURY CONTENT
EARTH-SAFE®, using less hazardous 15 mg ally sleeved, to
materials whenever possible. In fact, provide maximum
many of our Premira® lamps are
4.4 mg
protection. In addition, 48-pack 4’ boxes and all 8’ boxes
TCLP-Compliant, meeting Federal INDUSTRY XTRABRITE add heavy-duty cornerguards and styrofoam end inserts
AVERAGE LAMPS
Guidelines for acceptable mercury levels. to provide yet another layer of protection for our lamps.
These measures ensure that our customers will receive
DOUBLE TUNGSTEN TRIPLE-WOUND CATHODES lamps that will be trouble-free for many years.
Maintenance Engineering Premira®
Maintenance Engineering’s XTRABRITE ALPINEWITE®
cathodes use not one, but two wires
lamps are the best lamps made: built Different and Better,
of pure tungsten, triple wound to
designed for longer life, made at the best manufacturing
create a larger, stronger surface.
plants in the world, triple-checked for quality, shipped in the
More surface means it can carry
best packaging, and providing customers with up to twice
more starting oxides. These oxides
the light for their energy dollar. Maintenance Engineering
provide the extra electrons for starting
has been providing the best lighting products and
the lamp. Translation, more oxides mean more starts,
service since 1974.
which means longer life.
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