As lockdown lifts, Anglia partners with Bolb for UVC LED selection
Anglia Components is expanding its range of utraviolet (UV) LEDs by partnering with a developer of UVC LEDs, Bolb. UVC radiation is a disinfectant for air and surfaces, which is increasingly likely to be used for sanitisation devices as lockdown lifts.
Ling Zhou, co-founder and CEO of Bolb, said, “We are delighted to begin this partnership with Anglia, a respected supplier to the UK and Ireland. Bolb UVC LEDs are now being integrated into a new generation of portable and home appliances, medical devices and industrial processing equipment for the benefit of a healthier world. We look forward to assisting Anglia customers with such vital, and potentially life-saving, designs.”
Commenting on the partnership, John Bowman, marketing director at Anglia, added, “UVC LEDs are gaining attention because they provide robust, toxic-free disinfection. The addition of Bolb’s exceptional products to Anglia’s line up is an important step as we look to offer customers innovative solutions for sterilisation that will play an important role in the post-Covid world.”
Bolb UVC LEDs are claimed to have industry leading output above 100mW at 250mA drive currents for a single chip. They are also claimed to have an industry leading lifetime with an L70 of more than 3,000 hours.
The company, headquartered in Livermore, California, USA, says the manufacturing process it uses gives efficient light extraction and superior wall plug efficiency of currently greater than 7.5 per cent with a technology entitlement “far greater than that” in the near future. Bolb packages its UVC LEDs in the industry standard 3535 and 6060 packages but has also developed a range of modules around these packaged UVC LEDs that integrate single or multiple devices (arrays) onto a PCB complete with drivers and lenses. These are designed to make it easy for customers to integrate UVC technology safely into products.
Anglia is supporting the new line with inventory on the most popular parts, which are available from Anglia Live. The Anglia team has been fully trained on the product portfolio and is on hand to support customer designs.
Anglia claims to be the UK’s leading independent authorised distributor of semiconductors, optoelectronics, interconnect, passive and electromechanical components. A signatory of the ADS SC21 programme, the company holds AS9120, ISO9001 and ISO14001 accreditations.
Its experienced team of staff allows Anglia to support OEM and EMS companies in every sector of electronics manufacturing. Anglia’s suppliers include some of the world’s leading electronic component brands, complemented by many smaller companies with leadership in their chosen technologies.
Anglia stocks over one billion components from over 900,000 product lines in the UK. Components from every supplier are stocked in depth and breadth for same-day dispatch. Anglia aims to streamline logistics and reduce customers’ transaction costs through services that include KAN-BAN, EDI, and customer-dedicated inventory, while an accurate, on-time delivery performance is a vital goal for the company.
Technical support spans a sampling service that delivers over £150,000 worth of free evaluation parts each year and expert technical advice from well-trained product specialists and face-to-face guidance from field applications engineers.
