Industry

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Balancing well-lit with well-being

In our more than 75 years of being in business, we have gained invaluable and powerful insights into the lighting needs of the industry sector. We can bring our perspective on this varied and specialised area to meet the commercial and health and safety needs of our clients and their people.

Light quality

  • Industrial lighting schemes should enable people to undertake tasks effectively in a comfortable and safe environment
  • Wellbeing in the space is paramount, as there may be heavy/moveable equipment so the need to see clearly is critical, balanced with consideration for worker welfare
  • Glare control is also important in where staff are using screens
  • All our solutions adhere to LG1 and EN 12464, parts 1 and 2

Installation and accessibility

  • Simple to install and accessible for maintenance: the two prime aims we look to satisfy in all our industry lighting solutions
  • Aims we meet through the use of high-quality components and working to the highest process and manufacturing standards
  • Quality that means fewer failures, less maintenance, while modular design means easier maintenance when required, and integral controls mean fewer installation points and fewer points to maintain

Reliability and durability

  • In demanding operating conditions found in many industry sectors, lighting needs to be durable and reliable
  • Lighting for industry must withstand variations in temperature, often requiring a high IP rating to protect from moisture and dirt, and should be manufactured using high-quality, long-life components to minimise maintenance
  • We specify products that have been designed and tested to withstand higher ambient temperatures and use industrial-type drivers

Environmental sustainability

  • Industrial lighting solutions should use high-quality, long-life, efficient components and technology, and be suitable for regeneration at end of life
  • Solutions should be energy efficiency, as many environments run 24/7 with high energy costs
  • Lighting quality and longevity of installation are as important consumption and cost
  • Lighting controls reduce consumption in areas where activity is low

Lighting solutions to meet user needs across the industry spectrum

The industry sector is extremely diverse, from the intensity and heat of data centres to the potential light pollution of outdoor lighting in loading bays and service yards.

While the challenges differ for the lighting designer, the objective remains the same: to deliver comfortable industry lighting solutions that enable any task to be achieved.

Manufacturing Area Lighting

Manufacturing lighting solutions:

accommodating people and equipment

Delivering the light needed in vital spaces 

Manufacturing across the board is becoming increasingly automated while the range of machinery and the level of technology used grows in sophistication, but tasks remain the same as people are still required to check, monitor, adjust, maintain, repair and programme equipment and controls on an ongoing basis.

A people-centred lighting approach

The demands of lighting in manufacturing environments are that while the machinery may not need any light to function, the people working around it most certainly do.

In such areas, where people and machinery are in close proximity and the risk of accidents is high, the primary consideration to be addressed has to be the safety and welfare of the people.

 

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Manufacturing lighting solutions

Flight

Flight

  • New generation sustainable compact surface or suspended linear LED highbay
  • Made using high-quality, sustainable materials
  • Long life LEDs deliver energy efficiency with minimal maintenance
  • Quick, safe, one-person installation
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Harrier

Harrier

  • Linear, low glare luminaire delivering light to low, and medium height spaces
  • Surface or suspended mounted, ideal for manufacturing and storage spaces including racking aisles
  • Designed using circular economy principals for easy installation and future maintenance/upgrade with replaceable components

 

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ACL Industry

ACL Industry

  • IP66 Anti-corrosive luminaire for demanding environments
  • Surface mounted and ideal for areas of high humidity
  • Exterior mounting for use under canopies or covered environments
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Logistics and warehouse lighting solutions:

balancing speed, accuracy and safety

Balancing the energy use and wellbeing of people 

Lighting in warehouses and similar storage facilities are where ‘just-in-time’ logistics come to life. Speed is of the essence, closely followed by accuracy.

For the people who work in these facilities, particularly those working through the night, the right lighting solution is essential for their safety – especially where autonomous mobile robots are in use.

 

Dual benefits that everybody can appreciate

Due to the often-extensive nature of these spaces, warehousing and logistics operations often lend themselves to the use of movement-controlled lighting.

Movement-controlled lighting offers dual benefits in any warehouse or logistics installation, delivering the primary requirement of keeping people safe when working, while also helping with the increasingly important objective to reduce energy costs.

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Logistics & Warehouse lighting solutions

Flight

Flight

  • New generation sustainable compact surface or suspended linear LED highbay
  • Made using high-quality, sustainable materials
  • Long life LEDs deliver energy efficiency with minimal maintenance
  • Quick, safe, one-person installation
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Harrier

Harrier

  • Linear, low glare luminaire delivering light to low, and medium height spaces
  • Surface or suspended mounted, ideal for manufacturing and storage spaces including racking aisles
  • Designed using circular economy principals for easy installation and future maintenance/upgrade with replaceable components
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ACL Industry

ACL Industry

  • IP66 Anti-corrosive luminaire for demanding environments
  • Surface mounted and ideal for areas of high humidity
  • Exterior mounting for use under canopies or covered environments
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Clean environment lighting:

clear benefits where clean is a priority

Effective detailed task performance 

As their name suggests, Clean Area facilities need protection from the ingress of dust and liquids.

While the degree of protection may vary depending on the needs and classification of the spaces, the lighting units must not only facilitate effective detailed task performance, but also be easy to clean and maintain.

Well lit operating theatre

Unique design solutions that meet regulations

Our unique solutions meet regulations and provide a high colour rendition include single piece frame gaskets and solid aluminium jacking brackets to prevent contamination from the ceiling void, a high colour rendition, and flush fixings to the front frame to reduce the risk of bacterial contamination.

Our use of premium optics with advanced glare control technology allows worry-free specification and compliance to the most stringent regulatory requirements.

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Lighting solutions for clean areas

DTFU

DTFU

  • IP65/54 Recessed luminaire with sealed two frame construction
  • At the forefront of clean area luminaire design and features unique design solutions to ensure IP performance is not compromised
  • Incorporates the use of edge-lit optics with Nhex-prism diffusing technology to meet the most stringent glare control requirements of EN 12464-1
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Lister

Lister

  • IP65/20 Recessed luminaire with sealed frame construction
  • Combines robust construction with optical performance
  • Easy to clean and maintains room integrity to a high IP rating
  • Incorporates the use of edge-lit optics with Nhex-prism diffusing technology for all-round visual comfort
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Hygiene LED

Hygiene LED

  • IP54/IP20 recessed luminaire with easy to clean surfaces including a TP(a) diffuser
  • The ideal solution for challenging clean area spaces with an IP54 performance requirement
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Control room lighting solutions:

getting the balance right

Control rooms have their own very particular lighting requirements

Size, nature of the tasks being carried out, lighting demands: control rooms can be incredibly varied in every respect.

From relatively simple monitoring posts and CCTV operations to large process or signalling centres with multiple control desks, consoles and screens, careful planning is essential to creating the right lighting solution for control rooms.

Industry Control Room Lighting

Delivering high quality lighting and a stimulating environment

A fixed level of background light has to be established. One that creates a bright and stimulating environment, but which doesn’t create a problem with glare or shadowing.

Whatever the solution, it needs create an environment conducive to those working in it, while allowing screens and equipment to be clearly seen, literally, in their best light.

A balance that takes time and experience – and one that we are ideally suited to help achieve.

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Lighting solutions for control rooms

Cascade Flex

Cascade Flex

  • Sustainable feature new generation recessed luminaire
  • Offers differentiation for office and associated environments
  • Designed with a sustainable approach and with the effect it has on people and their environment
  • Distinctive central optics deliver both visual comfort and efficacy
  • Pod optic is recommended for areas where a high level of glare control is required
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Selene 2 Surface

Selene 2 Surface

  • Modular linear luminaire for standalone and continuous suspended mounting
  • Delivers an affordable, low energy solution
  • Quadraprism optic give controlled diffused light in an IP44-rated body
  • Upright versions feature double-sided boards which reduce the FR4 material and minimises embodied carbon
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Service yard & loading bay lighting solutions:

solutions that allow for transitions

Keeping light pollution to a minimum in outdoor settings

The lighting of outdoor areas must take into account both the constant movement of people and vehicles. It must also ensure that light pollution is kept to minimum.

To ensure safe transitioning between the inside and outside spaces, the light levels should be similar either side of the bay door.

Lighting for the dark hours of night work 

Within service yard areas and loading bays, the lighting objective should always be to only provide light where night work is undertaken, and that the lighting should be to a level appropriate to the nature of the work being carried out.

The role of lighting designer is to consider the environmental impact of providing lighting in these settings, to avoid light pollution wherever possible.

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Lighting solutions for service yards & loading bays

Selise Maxi

Selise Maxi

  • Surface mounted circular floodlight for outdoor applications
  • 4mm thick tempered glass resistant to thermal shock and impact
  • Suitable for saline and corrosive environments
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Sirocco Midi

Sirocco Midi

  • High performance LRED post top luminaire for road, pathway and area lighting
  • Zero light pollution when horizontally mounted
  • For outdoor applications within 3km of the coast – enhanced paint finish available on request
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Data centre lighting solutions:

solutions as unique as the situation demands

Lighting solutions for demanding environments 

In a world that is becoming ever more data driven, the number of data centres is constantly growing. In response to designing lighting solutions for these demanding environments, lighting designers face some particular, often unique, challenges. High on the list of challenges are temperature sensitivity and control management.

 

 

Lighting solutions for every situation 

It is important for the designer to establish the ambient temperature for the lighting fixture locations – in data centres, the temperatures can be as high as 45˚C – 50˚C.

Product selection for data centre lighting needs to come with the appropriate control equipment to operate at these temperatures and lamp/LED life data be provided at that ambient temperature.

Close consultation regarding the provision of emergency lighting and appropriate lighting is highly recommended.

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Lighting solutions for data centres

Harrier

Harrier

  • Linear, low glare luminaire delivering light to low, and medium height spaces
  • Surface, suspended or trunking mounted, ideal for manufacturing and hot and cold storage spaces including racking aisles
  • Designed using circular economy principals for easy installation and future maintenance/upgrade with replaceable components
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ACL Industry

ACL Industry

  • IP66 Anti-corrosive luminaire for demanding environments
  • Surface mounted and ideal for areas of high humidity
  • Exterior mounting for use under canopies or covered environments
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Lighting solutions for multi-storey car parks:

lighting that creates a sense of safety

Solutions to keep you safe and secure 

Multi-storey car park lighting has to help make users feel safe as they leave and return to their vehicles.

It must also allow for the safe movement of cars in a confined space. It must help reduce crime by ensuring that there are no dark corners in which to hide.

Creating a safe environment for users and workers

In the entrance and exit areas of multi-story car parks, the lighting solution has to support the adaptation of the eye to indoor and outdoor light levels through the day and night.

To achieve this goal, it is recommended to light these areas to a higher illumination level – making an invaluable contribution to the creation of a safe environment for car park users and workers alike.

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Lighting solutions for multi-storey car parks

ACL Industry

ACL Industry

  • IP66 Anti-corrosive luminaire for demanding environments
  • Surface mounted and ideal for areas of high humidity
  • Exterior mounting for use under canopies or covered environments
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A leading light in sustainability

The industry sector is just one of areas in which we have been at the forefront of sustainability and circularity in UK commercial lighting.

We are one of the market leaders in the development of products, lighting solutions and controls that minimise the use of materials and promote reusability through replaceable modular hardware.

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At the start of a Industry project or looking for a supplier to meet your installation and lighting unit needs, our team of experienced consultants can help you find the right lighting solution.

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