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In the field of industrial manufacturing, curing equipment, as a key device, its performance and technological innovation are directly related to production efficiency and product quality. However, there are significant differences between traditional mercury lamps and emerging LEDUV curing lamps in many aspects, especially in environmental protection, energy efficiency, and service life, where LEDUV curing lamps show obvious advantages.

Traditional mercury lamps use mercury lamps as light sources, which produce a series of environmental problems during the lighting process. First, mercury is a toxic heavy metal that, once leaked into the environment, can cause long-term harm to ecosystems and human health. Second, mercury lamps also produce ozone during operation. This harmful gas not only affects the working environment but may also damage the respiratory system of operators. In contrast, LEDUV curing lamps use LED light sources, completely abandoning the use of mercury, fundamentally avoiding mercury pollution and ozone generation, and better meeting the requirements of modern industry for environmental protection.

In terms of energy efficiency, traditional mercury lamps also have obvious shortcomings. Mercury lamps require preheating to emit light stably and need to be kept on continuously during operation. This not only increases energy consumption but also reduces overall work efficiency. LEDUV curing lamps, however, feature instant lighting, reaching a stable working state without preheating, and have high photoelectric conversion efficiency with low energy loss. Therefore, they are far lower in energy consumption than traditional mercury lamp curing machines. In addition, from a long-term cost perspective, although the initial investment in traditional mercury lamps may be lower, considering the frequent replacement and energy consumption costs of mercury lamps, their overall operating costs are not lower than those of LEDUV curing lamps.