Q: We are the equipment procurement manager of a hospital and are looking for an efficient and pollution-free air purification solution. We heard that quartz tubes have great potential in this area - what core pain points can they solve for us?

Answer: You have asked the key question. The medical environment has almost strict requirements for air cleanliness, and traditional filter based purification is difficult to eradicate bacteria and has high maintenance costs. Our high-purity quartz tubes can destroy over 99.9% of microbial DNA structures, including drug-resistant bacteria and coronaviruses, within 3 seconds using deep ultraviolet light (UVC) excitation and photocatalytic oxidation (PCO) technology, without producing ozone. We support customization of curved pipes with outer diameters ranging from 1mm to 300mm, any length, and irregular shapes. Currently, we have provided core quartz components for more than 120 medical device manufacturers, hospital operating rooms, and negative pressure wards worldwide.

How to embed quartz tubes into medical purification systems?

Deep UV sterilization module (embedded in air duct)

-Product application: Install customized quartz sleeves in the rear section of HVAC air conditioning boxes and fresh air systems' surface coolers, with low-pressure mercury lamps or LED deep ultraviolet light beads inside.

-Product advantages:

-253.7nm peak transmittance ≥ 92% (tested by SGS), leading the energy loss industry;

-Resistant to high temperature and humidity (-50 ℃~1200 ℃), the air conditioning unit does not explode in condensing environments;

-Anti aging attenuation, the UV transmittance decreases by<3% after 8000 hours of continuous lighting.

-Addressing pain points: solving the problem of Legionella bacteria breeding in the coil water tray and residual biological aerosols inside the air duct.

Photocatalytic purification network (laminar flow ward/ICU)

-Product application: The surface of the quartz tube is coated with nano-sized titanium dioxide (TiO ₂), which is combined with a specific wavelength ultraviolet lamp to generate reactive oxygen species.

-Product advantages:

-The production of hydroxyl radicals is 2.3 times that of ordinary glass carriers, due to the extremely high UV guiding efficiency of quartz;

-The wind resistance is almost zero, without increasing the energy consumption of the fan;

-Customized spiral patterned and frosted quartz tubes can be used to increase the adhesion of catalytic coatings.

-Addressing pain points: Decompose formaldehyde, VOCs, and odors to compensate for the limitation of activated carbon that can only adsorb but not decompose.

Core sheath of UV disinfection robot

-Product application: Used as a protective jacket for circular/straight tube UVC lamps in mobile disinfection robots.

-Product advantages:

-High mechanical strength, resistant to impact and collision, adaptable to the bumps of robots during automatic walking in the ward;

-High transparency without bubbles, with a uniformity error of less than 0.5% in light transmission, ensuring 360 ° sterilization without dead corners.

-Addressing pain points: Ordinary glass is fragile and can cause mercury lamp breakage and pollution, while quartz material completely eliminates the risk of mercury leakage.

Why do global medical clients choose us?

The ultimate pursuit of purity and transmittance

We use natural crystals as raw materials and control the iron content (Fe ₂ O3) to ≤ 10ppm to ensure no absorption peaks in the ultraviolet band. Each batch provides a UV transmittance test report with traceable data.

Non standard customization capability - making "medical grade" sizes perfectly match

-Size range: outer diameter 1.0mm~300mm, wall thickness 0.5mm~10mm;

-Shape degrees of freedom: U-shaped, L-shaped, spiral coil, spherical bubble, irregular bend;

-Deep processing: precision drilling, flanging, horn mouth, sanding, silk screen marking;

Customer Application Cases

Case A: A well-known medical air disinfection machine brand in Germany

-Requirement: A U-shaped quartz sleeve with a bending radius of ≤ 20mm is needed for portable desktop disinfection machines, with a wall thickness tolerance of ± 0.1mm to ensure a compact sealing structure.

-Solution: We adopt the fire throwing bending tube technology, which eliminates stress concentration points after forming and increases the yield rate from 70% to 98% compared to the original supplier.

-Result: This model entered over 500 clinics during the European pandemic, with minimal attenuation in UV intensity over 3 years. The customer has renewed their supply agreement for 5 consecutive years.

Case B: Renovation of Negative Pressure Isolation Ward in a Large Hospital

-Requirement: The size of the air duct is limited, and a UV module needs to be installed inside a circular pipe with a diameter of 80mm. The outer diameter of the ordinary quartz sleeve is too large, and the straight pipe cannot be bent.

-Solution: Provide a fixed length flexible tube shaped quartz optical guide component, utilizing the excellent light guiding properties of quartz to introduce ultraviolet light into blind spots.

-Result: The third-party testing report showed that the natural bacterial extinction rate in the buffer room at the junction of the renovated corridor and ward reached 99.4%, and the hospital's infection control department accepted it.

From pure sterilization at 254nm, to ozone oxidation at 185nm, and to advanced oxidation through nanophotocatalysis, quartz tubes have always been an indispensable physical barrier in the iteration of medical air purification technology.

Is your next medical purification project focused on designing high-power density large-scale air duct systems or developing miniaturized desktop disinfection equipment? We can provide customized quartz glass solutions that match the accuracy of your drawings.

Welcome to send us your requirements or drawings for professional quartz selection advice and sample testing.

Luverre Quartz is a manufacturer specializing in quartz tubes and other quartz items.We have over 18 years experience with the production of quartz tubes, we will be your reliable partner on quartz tubes and other quartz items.

Luverre Quartz can manufacture customized quartz tubes in various shapes, such as spiral, square, round, with processing including cutting, bending, welding, etc., and available in different colors, such as transparent quartz tubes, opaque quartz tubes, milky white quartz tubes, red quartz tubes, and so on.