On the coating line, uneven drying is what kills mirror silvering and protective layers. Hot edges, cool centers—differential shrinkage sets in, and then the tempering pass brings it all back as optical distortion or adhesion loss. So we built our mirror coating drying lamp to put repeatable, localized heat right where the process needs it. The core is short-wave infrared, tuned to the absorption profile of mirror stacks. Quartz tubes run at high filament temperature, so energy couples fast into the coating with minimal conduction through the glass. Output is mapped across the width, and the lamp body keeps end losses low. In practice, that gives you a tight thermal profile, faster solvent removal, and fewer scrap runs. This unit earns its keep in mirror production because it holds substrate temperature steady while the coating cures. You get consistent cure depth without scorching the silver or stressing the glass. Cycle time drops—the lamp hits setpoint fast and holds it, so the line isn’t waiting on soak. Energy use falls too, because the heat goes straight where it counts instead of loading up the whole oven. Installation is straightforward, but alignment matters. The lamp has to be parallel to the glass and set at the right standoff; otherwise, stripe heating shows up as bow or warp. It works with standard holders and quick-connect terminals, but we still recommend checking your reflector geometry and airflow to avoid hot spots. Expect a short burn-in to lock in the thermal map, then run it by the numbers.