Sparks Electrical News October 2017

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LIGHT + BUILDING LIGHT + BUILDING 2018, will be held in Frankfurt am Main from 18 to 23 March 2018. Focusing on the key issues of the ‘smartification of everyday life’ and ‘aesthetics and well-being in harmony’, the industry is preparing to present intelligent and networked solutions, future-oriented technologies and current design trends, which increase the economic efficiency of buildings and the comfort and safety and security of the users, at the world’s biggest trade fair for lighting and building- services technology. All market leaders have already registered for the fair and a total of 2 600 exhibitors are expected to launch their latest products and innovations onto the world market for lighting, electrical technology and house and building automation. A focal point in the Lighting product segment at Light + Building 2018 will be the presentation of the latest design trends in the lighting market and the exhibitors’ high level of design expertise. Digitalisation has paved the way for a new dimension of luminaire design, and lighting-technology innovations are shifting the spotlight to people and their personal needs, as shown by the increasing significance of HumanCentric Lighting (HCL). As in the case of HCL, digitalisation is key to street-lighting management and is a prerequisite for a variety of other services, such as charging points for e-mobility, W-LAN infrastructure, sensor technology for surveillance, loudspeakers for emergency announcements and emergency-call buttons. Enriched with supplementary functions of this kind, street lighting offers interesting smart-city lighting concepts and is an important factor for the creation of smart cities. The spectrum of Light + Building exhibitors encompasses luminaire design of all kinds, technical lighting and lamps in a variety of versions and for all applications, not to mention a big selection of lighting components and accessories, as well as outdoor and street lighting. The smartification of everyday life Electrical technology and house and building auto- mation play a key role in the construction and opera- tion of intelligent and networked buildings. Electrical technology plays a crucial part in the field of building-services technology and, only at Light + Building, are electrical solutions to be found in the context of other disciplines, such as lighting and building automation. By concentrating all technical disciplines, building automation also plays an important role: the increasing interlinkage and digitalisation of electrical installations increases the quality of life at home and at work. At Light + Building, the industry presents solutions and technologies oriented towards low energy consumption and modern safety and security expectations, and to individual creative options and a high level of comfort.

ELEGANT POST TOP FROM REGENT

T he locally manufactured Argo is available from Re- gent Lighting. The elegant post top with its high ef- ficiency, low glare and symmetrical distribution is ideal for parking areas, parks and gardens, residential areas, and squares and plazas.

45 000 hours and 70% at 100 000 hours. The electronic power supply is suitable for operation at 220-240 V, 50 H single phase. It incorporates an electronic trip connector protector with surge protection of 6 kV, with an additional removable inline surge arrester of 10 kV. All external screws are stainless steel and the gaskets are manufactured from post cured silicone rubber material – silicone gaskets perform in a wide temperature range of -40 °C to +200 °C. The fitting has an ingress protection of IP65. Argo offers corrosion resistance in extreme coastal conditions and has been tested for strength, rigidity and toughness. Additional options include thermal monitoring of the LED PC board, a daylight switch and dimming.

Made of LM06 die cast aluminium, the high quality fitting is designed to operate a range of LEDs up to 54 W. The LED (4000 K natural white, with a CRI of >70 is recommended) is an Osram high powered LED mounted onto an aluminium circuit board – 19 or 27 LED option. At an ambient temperature of 25 °C, the lumen maintenance is 90% at

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Forum (Source - Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH / Pietro Sutera)

SPARKS ELECTRICAL NEWS

OCTOBER 2017