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Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs)

 
 

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Published: Friday 28 May 2010
Havells FactoryManufacturing CFLs is more complex and expensive than incandescent bulbs.The  process begins with cutting of the straight glass shellsBy Arnab Pratim Dutta (Reporter, Down to Earth)Photographs by Meeta  Ahlawat)

Havells FactoryManufacturing CFLs is more complex and expensive than incandescent bulbs.The process begins with cutting of the straight glass shellsBy Arnab Pratim Dutta (Reporter, Down to Earth)Photographs by Meeta Ahlawat)

Havells FactoryThe mercury can either be in the form of pellets or liquid. The heated  cathodes turn the mercury into gas(By Arnab Pratim Dutta (Reporter, Down to Earth)Photographs by Meeta  Ahlawat)

Havells FactoryThe mercury can either be in the form of pellets or liquid. The heated cathodes turn the mercury into gas(By Arnab Pratim Dutta (Reporter, Down to Earth)Photographs by Meeta Ahlawat)

Havells FactoryThe tubes are dried and put in a baking machine that maintains a temperature  of about 550 degrees centigrade. After three minutes the tubes are taken out and  a fluorescent-whitening agent is applied(By Arnab Pratim Dutta (Reporter, Down to Earth)Photographs by Meeta  Ahlawat)

Havells FactoryThe tubes are dried and put in a baking machine that maintains a temperature of about 550 degrees centigrade. After three minutes the tubes are taken out and a fluorescent-whitening agent is applied(By Arnab Pratim Dutta (Reporter, Down to Earth)Photographs by Meeta Ahlawat)

Havells FactoryThe shells are then bent into a U shape(By Arnab Pratim Dutta (Reporter, Down to Earth)Photographs by Meeta  Ahlawat)

Havells FactoryThe shells are then bent into a U shape(By Arnab Pratim Dutta (Reporter, Down to Earth)Photographs by Meeta Ahlawat)

Havells FactoryThe CFLs are capped with a plastic base and sent for quality checking that  involves grading of CFLs based on their luminescence(By Arnab Pratim Dutta (Reporter, Down to Earth)Photographs by Meeta  Ahlawat)

Havells FactoryThe CFLs are capped with a plastic base and sent for quality checking that involves grading of CFLs based on their luminescence(By Arnab Pratim Dutta (Reporter, Down to Earth)Photographs by Meeta Ahlawat)

Havells FactoryThe filament is slipped inside the tubes(By Arnab Pratim Dutta (Reporter, Down to Earth)Photographs by Meeta  Ahlawat)

Havells FactoryThe filament is slipped inside the tubes(By Arnab Pratim Dutta (Reporter, Down to Earth)Photographs by Meeta Ahlawat)

Havells FactoryThe tubes are washed in chemically purified water at a temperature of 65-75  degrees centigrade(By Arnab Pratim Dutta (Reporter, Down to Earth)Photographs by Meeta  Ahlawat)

Havells FactoryThe tubes are washed in chemically purified water at a temperature of 65-75 degrees centigrade(By Arnab Pratim Dutta (Reporter, Down to Earth)Photographs by Meeta Ahlawat)

Havells FactoryThe ends of the glass tubes are cleaned and they are mounted on a sealing  machine for locking the filament inside the tube(By Arnab Pratim Dutta (Reporter, Down to Earth)Photographs by Meeta  Ahlawat)

Havells FactoryThe ends of the glass tubes are cleaned and they are mounted on a sealing machine for locking the filament inside the tube(By Arnab Pratim Dutta (Reporter, Down to Earth)Photographs by Meeta Ahlawat)

Havells FactoryAfter the wash the tubes are dried for about 25 minutes at a temperature of  about 80 degrees centigrade(By Arnab Pratim Dutta (Reporter, Down to Earth)Photographs by Meeta  Ahlawat)

Havells FactoryAfter the wash the tubes are dried for about 25 minutes at a temperature of about 80 degrees centigrade(By Arnab Pratim Dutta (Reporter, Down to Earth)Photographs by Meeta Ahlawat)

Havells FactoryThe tubes are vacuumed in an exhaust machine and mercury and argon are  introduced into the tubes while the cathodes are heated(By Arnab Pratim Dutta (Reporter, Down to Earth)Photographs by Meeta  Ahlawat)

Havells FactoryThe tubes are vacuumed in an exhaust machine and mercury and argon are introduced into the tubes while the cathodes are heated(By Arnab Pratim Dutta (Reporter, Down to Earth)Photographs by Meeta Ahlawat)

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