Sparks Electrical News July 2019

LIGHTING

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A COMPLETE SOLUTION FOR INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS

W hether you need interior or exterior light- ing for your warehouse, manufacturing plant or logistics centre, BEKA Schréder can offer a complete, high-quality solution, resulting in reduced energy and maintenance costs while en- suring safety and comfort. The right lighting makes the difference As the average annual energy bill continues to rise, owners, operators, and managers of industrial facili- ties need to cut costs and improve employee pro- ductivity. BEKA Schréder’s LED lighting solutions en- able you to transform your lighting from a necessary expense to a strategic asset by: • Reducing energy and operating costs considerably. • Complying with health and safety standard light level requirements. • Creating a comfortable working environment for Delivering savings of up to 70% While many different tasks may be taking place un- der one roof (picking, packaging, shipping,) BEKA Schréder has the ideal lighting solution to drive sig- nificant cost-reduction through energy and mainte- nance savings. better productivity and quality of work. • Providing a quick return of investment.

it difficult for workers to discern colours and writing. BEKA Schréder’s LED luminaires boast a CRI up to 80 or more, providing a much more natural colour, similar to natural daylight, for a better perception. BEKA Schréder’s lighting solutions respect good practices and comply with local and international regulations to provide the required lighting levels to ensure the health and safety of all employees. Optimised work environment Research has shown that light plays a major role in employee well-being, satisfaction and retention in any workplace. Poor lighting, especially yellow or orange light from traditional discharge lamps, can cause eyestrain, blurred vision and headaches. This can result in a significant cost to the business in the form of time of injuries, absenteeism and reduced productivity. Well-illuminated, glare-free LED lighting can make employees more alert and improve concentration levels, which leads to happier, safer employees and fewer errors. Quick return on investment BEKA Schréder customers enjoy an average pay- back period of less than three years with luminaires that last more than 10 years (terms and conditions apply). The significant reduction in energy and main-

BEKA Schréder’s luminaires offer a low W/m 2 to provide the right light output, no more no less, with a reduced number of fixtures. Built with cor- rosion-resistant materials, they are dust, humidity and water tight to deliver this high performance over time. BEKA Schréder’s in-house lighting design team can assist to ensure an optimised lighting solution for your area to be illuminated. Combined with control sys- tems, they offer scheduling and dimming with cus- tomised reporting to enable you to track and moni- tor energy consumption throughout the entire facility. Sensors make sure that you are only lighting those spaces in active use for maximum efficiency and sus- tainable operations. The right light in the right place In busy working environments, all employees from delivery drivers to warehouse members need quality lighting to work safely and accurately to operate ma- chinery. The quicker and easier it is to see a hazard, the more easily it is avoided. The lighting must not cause glare or flicker that could initiate headaches and eventually sick building syndrome or cause employees to misjudge situations and provoke accidents. Equally, traditional discharge lamps can have a colour rendering index of less than 50 which makes

tenance costs results in savings that enhance profit- ability. The addition of control systems with sensors, which can seamlessly integrate with existing build- ing management systems, further enhance the total cost of ownership for our lighting solutions. Lighting Solutions for Industries brochure BEKA Schréder’s is excited to announce the release of its Lighting Solutions for Industries brochure, which helps you choose the most suitable product for your application. Visit the website for more infor- mation.

Enquiries: www.beka-schreder.co.za

QUANTUM DOTS MAKE LEDS EVEN MORE EFFICIENT

LIGHTING FOR HAZARDOUS AREAS, MINING AND INDUSTRIAL NORDLAND LIGHTING continues to be a leader in hazardous, mining and industrial lighting. The company was founded in 1967 and, after being ISO 9000:2008 certified for many years, it achieved ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 18 000 certification early in 2017. Nordland Lighting provides project specific engineering design services to all its customers and its extensive luminaire range is robust enough to meet the requirements of the mining and other industries in Africa, and around the world, and is accepted internationally. Nordland Lighting was originally established as an importer of luminaires from Europe. From the early days, it became apparent that the future lay in local manufacture and the company embarked on a process of import substitution. This ultimately resulted in a large range of explosion proof luminaires for Zone 1, 2, 21 and 22 loca- tions; stainless steel and aluminium luminaire ranges; as well as luminaires in glass fibre-reinforced polyester with polycarbonate lenses. The company manufactures in line with South African National Standards to ensure that all luminaires comply with the relevant specifications. Nordland Lighting has been a permit mark holder for its entire range of lighting for use in potentially explosive areas continuously since 1977. Its non-hazardous product types comply with SANS/IEC 60598, and bear the safety mark. Nordland Lighting provides customers with a free application engineering design service aimed at reducing the risk of implementing inappropriate lighting designs. Its IESSA-accredited professional lighting team combines decades of expertise across all lighting disciplines with the latest lighting software. Years of experience in engineering allows Nordland Lighting to design, manufacture and supply the best pos- sible solution for each specific application through HID or LED technology. The company acquired a 49% share in Ramika Projects in 2016 as an enterprise development project. Ramika Projects is a black woman-owned com- pany and a leading role player in infrastructure development for previously disadvantaged communities.

developers with conven- tional converter technol- ogy have at times, reached their limits. QDs can solve this problem. The great advantage of using these nanoparticles is that the existing LED manufactur- ing processes remain the same. QDs are simply used instead of conven- tional phosphors when the converter material is applied. More than a year ago

Q uantum Dots (QD) are nanometer- sized semiconductor particles, which means they are about 10 000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair. Due to their very small size, the light that is re-emit- ted when blue LED light hits the nanoparticles depends on the size of the particles. For exam- ple, QD particles that are roughly three nanom- eters in size produce green light, while particles around seven nanometers emit red light. This innovative, tunable light conversion technology is now being used for the first time in the Osconiq S 3030 QD mid-power LED from Osram Opto Semiconductors. It marks the first step towards new LED components for the general lighting market. Osram’s new mid-power LED Osconiq S 3030 QD was specially developed for area lighting and downlight applications and will em- power customers to realise luminaires with high efficacy and excellent colour rendering. When manufacturing conventional white LEDs, the main objectives are efficacy and prod- uct quality. Considering both at the same time poses a particular challenge, especially with very high colour rendering indexes (CRI), where

Osram acquired Pacific Light Technologies (PLT), a leading company in the development and manufacturing of high-performance optical nanomaterials. The PLT QD technology enabled Osram to begin to close the efficacy gap that exists between CRI 80 and CRI 90 LEDs today. The new Osconiq S 3030 includes a specially developed QD phosphor solution that enables CRI 90 to achieve an outstanding efficacy value of 173 lm/W at 3 000 K – a best-in-class value for 0.2 W high-performance LEDs. The compact dimensions of 3.0 mm x 3.0 mm and the low thermal resistance enable simple system design. The Osconiq S 3030 QD is also available in vari- ous colour temperatures from 2 700 to 6 500 K. Another unique feature of the PLT QD tech- nology is that the Quantum Dots are encapsu- lated to protect them from moisture and other external influences that pose the greatest risk to the functionality of a LED. The special encap- sulation technology allows the QDs to reliably master the demanding conditions of on-chip operation within the LED component.

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