LED street lights have a high level of design standards

All LED street lights currently in the design of the processor heat sink can be roughly summarized as aluminum extrusion heat processors, fin-type heat pipe cooling the processor and the processor of combined heat, cooling aluminum extrusion which processors are mostly Processor exterior parts exposed to light, the advantage of this approach is the cost of the processor in the heat can be more inexpensive, especially in mold development costs are more competitive, but during the high-wattage product development, the weight is a need to pay attention factor, because the public regulation of poles to withstand the stress, there will be certain restrictions, and therefore at high wattage products, are generally treated using fin-type radiators, or using heat pipe approach to application design heat treatment plant.

LED street lights have a high level of design standards
LED street lights have a high level of design standards

In addition to the development of the processor heat outside, LED street lights structure is another important role in the power supply, because the prevailing LED products for the DC-driven approach lights, and therefore the power supply must be customized on the vendor LED street lights for each style of product development dedicated power supply, but also have national product safety standards based on the differences in circuit adjustments to meet product sales around the world again when safety regulations. In recent years, we have three places LED streetlight project case experience, LED street light phenomenon accounted for most of the dead were the proportion of the power supply caused by the instability, so the stability of power supply products, will also affect LED street lights for outdoor use, is it within three years to maintain good control of the light fades.
Second, LED street lights in product development is an important technical threshold optical design capabilities, because good light distribution characteristics, allowing efficient LED street light evenly illuminated the road surface in the current Taiwan NS15233 standards, only For lights in a vertical 80 degree angle and 90 degree angle must be less than 30 and 10 glare quality requirements. In addition, the level of 65 to 95 degree angle, but also need to have more than a certain luminance limit requirements, the rest of the lighting technology, to see each product’s optical design capabilities, because the case will require some engineering road surface illuminance level limit , then a good optical design, the light extraction efficiency can make a little difference of LED street lights, the actual level of illumination of the road surface was good.
So no problem in quality and reliability of the situation, LED street lights of the competition to see the rest of the soft lighting performance show that the existing LED lamp products, most of all by the German giant OSRAM products used in street batwing wide two isotropic optical design, but in the light distribution design, each manufacturer has its own know-how or do not necessarily accept all of the lights can continue to strive to make the product more to improve the efficiency of road lighting.
Europe, the United States and other places of the LED standard, the same angle of light is required, the quality and the light fades and other requirements, with the LED street lights products, technical progress, we believe that the advent of more and better LED street lights to attract more public sector mining Share tenders to improve the visibility of the overall market LED street lights.

How to chose LED High Bay Light

LED High Bay Light, generally large power, widely used in premises, warehouses, storerooms, garages and other environments and some industrial applications due to long life, low energy consumption, no radiation and no mercury, received consumers.

How to chose LED High Bay Light
How to chose LED High Bay Light

There are several notes to choose LED High Bay Light.
1, The color should be coordinated to avoid back glare LED high bay light, soft light, brightness uniformity are much better to avoid prolonged exposure to the construction workers of eye fatigue.
2, Some special occasions, such as the coal industry and other flammable region, it’s better to use highest level of proof.
3, It’s better to use high-strength alloy casing as the lamp body, such lamps can fight strong collision or impact, to ensure the safety of life.
LED high bay light construction should be noted the followings:
1,It’s better to have a reasonable distribution of the lamp position to achieve a reasonable distribution of the light source, which are not high brightness, but can make people feel larger space, on the contrary it is easy to feel depressed piranha.
2, In order to enrich the atmosphere of the illumination area, we should reduce the lighting level called waste of energy, where the construction area should be carried out on the LED mining lamp power distribution and rational choice.
3, The construction is completed investigations on the premises, there is no lighting dead to ensure the normal operation of the construction.
4, During the installation for the LED High Bay light with the battery, we should be shortly and carefully, don’t cause any circuit and chaos phenomena
5, Do not touch the battery positive and negative at the same time, to prevent the risk of electric shock.

LED lights design elements

LED lighting products for its energy saving, environmental protection and other characteristics, known as the real “human beings of light”, one time, LED road lighting has become the focus of a substantial number of large-scale corporate markets and capital in droves, LED application products in LED road lights product is the most difficult to do, most of the designers have emphasized that it is in a “systems engineering” comprehensive industry technology combination. There are requirements for road lighting designs of Arts and Sciences; has the particularity of the LED light source for a reasonable cooling technology; optics are suitable for road lighting with light of knowledge; has LED power of the “long-life” bottleneck, products truly energy requirements ….. Many manufacturers do not have the sufficient condition on the basis of blind imitation, they follow the established methods and procedures, no other reason, because “we all do” and “Everyone thinks should not have done.”

LED Street Lights
LED Street Lights

Let us work together to explore the current appearance of LED road lighting design
One.wind resistance requirements
Traditional street has taken great pains in shape, almost all streamlined design, in my opinion this design is not only just to look good, there is another important reason is that the impact of wind differentiation, that is, to reduce wind resistance. And today’s LED lights its own weight heavier than conventional lights and more, and almost all flat boxy shape, worse is commonly used in LED lights on the renovation project, that was originally installed conventional street light poles , and not through the direct replacement LED lights reinforcement. Taken together these three issues, security issues are worrisome. It is recommended that designers should consider in the design of wind resistance problems, so you can really stand the rain street.
Two.air convertion cooling channel
The importance of cooling of the LED lamps we all understand, but in the heat, but some manufacturers on the way into the errors. I have seen some manufacturers put LED mounted to the heat sink, and then loaded into the entire radiator shell conventional street lights, and some made directly after the LED light bulb in the form of integration, and then directly onto conventional street lights shell, lamp shell without any processing. Both methods are wrong. LED lamps scattered heat dissipation is ultimately put into the air, and the above two approaches just put heat into the lamp housing, lamp shell of the heat which in turn heats the luminous efficiency of the LED so reduce heat more so a vicious circle.

To solve the above problem is to a good air convection fixture passage, which is in the appropriate location on the luminaire vent the hot air to go out, the cold air can be advanced to such
This can greatly improve the cooling effect of the lamp. Figure 2 is developed by a team of my street. Lamp shell heated air through the vent cover in the outflow from the pressure difference causing cold air from the bottom vent and the gap between the modules to supplement it, thus forming convection channel
Three. Below 10 degree angle intuitive phenomenon
I had previously talked about a true story, it is because the wrong section of the road because of the light guide often caused by a certain road traffic accidents example that tells us that people with the street lighting functions should have good guidance, while This is precisely the issue ignored by many designers.
According to my investigation and research, found that LED lights installation angle is less than 10 °, its guiding role is not very good, I suggest that to meet the lighting requirements of the premise try to control more than 10 °, but not too large, because it is too large easily lead to excessive glare and there is not a reasonable portion of the light used.
Four. Combining local culture design
The many advantages of the LED, its compact “posture” the most suitable design, which is the conventional gas-discharge incomparable, we combine the surrounding environment and local cultures do, play lanterns during the day and night dual viewing fold effect, greatly increasing the added value of the lamp.

led street light introduction
led street light introduction

Five.Superior modular maintenance issues
LED often encounter a problem which has its own advantages – long life, maintenance brings, it is precisely this advantage take away the jobs of many people, but in fact in accordance with the current technology can not do to the maintenance-free, but because of the instability of the power, the light fades serious problems to the manufacturers so bring a heavy maintenance costs. Referred to safeguard it shows modular superiority. Modular is a plurality of LED integrated, made a standard module itself can solve heat, light, and IP protection and other issues, a lamp consists of several modules. Modular power not only to avoid the risk of high power, IP protection is easy to maintain it as easy to conventional street lights, greatly reducing the maintenance burden of enterprises, but also easy for the owners accepted, happy, why not. Figure 3 in the upper row of three lights and a lower row of lights are the first examples of modular design.
Six.Adjustable mounting angle
The adjustable mounting angle is the elevation angle of the installation of lighting within a certain range is adjusted as needed. Due to the current LED lights are basically used in the transformation process, are not-for-lamp replacement rod. The original poles are not tailored according to LED lights, jumping arm angle is not identical. Can not adjust the mounting angle of the lamp may be applied in this way, in another a road do not apply, so as to make lamps with better versatility, adjustable connector is a necessary condition, is a measure of the importance of light weight grade.

Rapid development of LED lighting products

Related businesses in recent years, and lighting and LED related basically, and we can see that LED lighting has become the trend of the future to achieve a consensus.
LED Outdoor Lighting also has LED lights and LED tunnel lights and LED landscape lights, LED lights which went mostly LED lights this year compared with previous years is much more mature.

LED Street Lights
LED Street Lights

LED lights with conventional monolithic majority, only emphasized its functional lighting, LED lights this year are basically modular design, but also reflects its maintainability. Many companies are still two years ago to promote its LED products, “long-life, maintenance-free”, perhaps after two years of testing and lessons discovered that did not imagine so “long-life, maintenance-free,” some of the industry should be grateful insight guide, chose modular, which is a big step forward, but a long way behind, because now modular still just stay in the “fragmented” stage, each one of the modules varies between different manufacturers do not have interchangeable modules, so now the “maintainable” is only limited in-house, and can not be extended to the entire industry. Industry needs some leading enterprises and industry standards to make standardized modules can talk about the real “maintainable”, LED lights also have a large area to promote universal condition.

LED Outdoor Lighting
LED Outdoor Lighting

LED outdoor lighting products have begun to focus on its exterior design, not just only emphasized illumination. Early one radiator plus a glass, no cover, power lighting products have been exposed to be eliminated, this year’s show a lot of LED lights have a cover, with a beautiful shape and good craftsmanship, attention to the taste. Really very pleased to see that my years as called for by the advantages of LED lights product concept, get some corporate identity and the realization of the product.
Progress in the past year can be described as a huge indoor lighting, remember last year when she was just LED tube lights and various cups main products are rich in a lot this year, office lighting and commercial lighting products is plentiful and innovative ideas, craft delicate, more There are big companies provide total lighting solutions rather than a simple product. Also noticed a few large international companies basically do not show LED outdoor lighting products, office and commercial lighting only, but the concept is novel, quite creative.
In our opinion, whether it is outdoor or indoor LED products, R & D personnel to make it clear to be selected to do the LED lighting products, not in school, you can imagine it, you need to understand the core technology of conventional lighting principles, cost and mass production, perception the truth in order to make a good LED lights.

How to control LED brightness

There are two ways to control LED brightness. One is to change the current flowing through the LED, the general LED tube permits continuous current at 20 mA or so, in addition to a saturation of the red LED, the other LED brightness is substantially proportional to the current flowing; Another way is to use the human visual inertia with a pulse width modulation method to achieve gray scale control, that is, periodically changing a light pulse width (i.e. duty cycle), as long as the repetition cycle of light is short enough (ie, refresh frequency is high enough), human eye do not feel luminescent pixel in jitter. Since the pulse width modulation is more suitable for digital control, the microcomputer to provide the universal LED display content Today, almost all of the LED display are controlled using pulse width modulation gradation.

led tube set

led tube set

LED control system usually consists of the main control box, scanning panels and display and control device has three major components. Main control box from the computer’s graphics card to get a screen pixel color luminance data, and then re-allocated to several blocks scan board, each board is responsible for controlling scanning LED screen on several rows (columns), and each row (column) on the LED display and control signals are transmitted with a serial manner. There are two serial transmission of display control signals: one is the central control panel scanning gray of each pixel, the scan board from the control box for each line of pixels brightness value decomposition (i.e. pulse width modulation), Then each row of LED turn signals in pulses (lit one, does not shine as 0) by line using serial transmission to the corresponding LED on the control whether the light. The use of fewer components, but the serial transmission data volume, because in a repeating cycle of light, each pixel in the 16 gray levels requires 16 pulses, the 256 gray levels required under 256 pulses, due to device operating frequency limit, generally only the LED screen to do 16 shades of gray.
Another method is to scan the contents of a serial transfer sheet is not a switch signal for each LED but an 8-bit binary brightness value. Each LED lighting has its own pulse width modulator to control the lighting time. Thus, in a repeating cycle of light, each pixel in the 16 gray scale requires only four pulses, 256 gray scale only eight pulses, greatly reducing the serial transmission frequency.

LED lighting products development direction

Currently, LED lighting technology matures, high-power LED lighting Products effect has reached 100lm / W or more, while the last two years many of the city street lighting energy saving, indoor and commercial lighting the rapid development of the situation, have proved semiconductor lighting to replace conventional lighting gradually become possible. LED lighting as a sunrise industry gave birth to the great business opportunities, many lighting companies in order to seize the valuable opportunity to seize more market, create more efficiency, are trying to develop a variety of LED lamps to meet the needs of users, and even some of the original does not produce lighting products have also launched LED lighting, lack of professional knowledge as lighting, lighting market research is not thorough, lighting business development there is no scientific and rational planning and lack of foresight on the future development of the industry, resulting in a current semiconductor lighting Product chaos. The Guangzhou Guangya Lighting Exhibition blowout phenomenon can be fully proved that the majority of enterprise products identical, and the lack of new ideas, and the cost price of the issue has exacerbated the limited market competition. The development of industrial chaos phenomenon, a lot of my colleagues are worried.

LED lighting
LED lighting products development direction

Today’s science and technology scientific contradictions restricting the normal development of industry, business investment be profitable, customer demand-oriented dislocation, Relationship Marketing, Government Executive consciousness does not correct guidance direction of industrial development, such as the market LED bean pot lamp , a combination of multiple LED light source lamp, nowadays some LED lamps, incandescent glow from some distance some of the LED bulbs, some non-standard LED lights, tunnel lights. They failed to correctly understand the conventional way of lighting and lighting requirements are unique, just Yihuhuhuapiao, according to the conventional lighting looks like making that same look is light, light is light, energy-saving lighting is the light. Indoor lighting are really asking is: According to the environmental requirements and standards of different places illumination, no strings light, no flash quite, soft and comfortable with a certain degree of illumination, (we should be concerned of conventional lighting light source emitting principle), We are also commonly referred to as mood lighting, scene lighting, (should be upgraded to mood lighting), today as a fourth-generation light sources revolutionary semiconductor lighting products LED, lighting can not only meet these requirements but also the best choice.
LED outdoor lighting products for more demanding outdoor environment, there are many uncertainties that affect the application of lighting products, so outdoor lighting is also the most difficult lighting products. Lighting is a complex system, which is composed by a whole lot of components, electronic components for demanding work environment, must be considered when making the work environment in a variety of factors in order to ensure lighting is not affected. Meanwhile, heat the necessity of structural design, reliability of power supply, lighting wind resistance requirements, scientific and reasonable light, to have artistic designs, etc. must all possess ornamental eventually produce to meet the requirements of different lighting fixtures.

The chinese LED tunnel lights potential market

As of the end of 2009 China’s existing rail tunnel of 6876, with a total length of 3,670 kilometers, is the world’s first; Chinese total number of 1782 highway tunnel, with a total length of 704 km, is the world’s largest country road tunnel. The past two years is still an annual growth rate of about 200 km. According to “Road Tunnel Ventilation Lighting Design Specification (JTJ026.1-1999)” estimates, tunnel lights installation spacing of 1.5 m, symmetrical installation, this methodology domestic traditional tunnel lights mounted lights about 6 million, the market capacity is about 12 billion yuan. According to an annual growth of 200 kilometers in length, tunnel lights for an annual increase of about 300,000, the new LED tunnel lights potential market size of 600 million. As of the end of 2009 Shanghai, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Yunnan, Chongqing, Anhui, Guangdong, Fujian, more than 10 provinces and cities have begun to apply or promote LED tunnel lights.

 

2009 of the LED tunnel lights market is concentrated nature of the market share, the top 10 companies account for about 70% market share. Light side, imported light LED Tunnel Light accounted for 90% of the market, including CREE, Philips, Osram and Taiwan Epistar accounted for almost half of the country. Next few years, LED tunnel lamp market dominated by a few companies the situation will continue, imported light will continue to occupy a major share of the market. But with the domestic high-power LED chips gradually expand the scale, the future, this situation is expected to improve, thereby reducing production costs.
2009 domestic LED tunnel lights market overall improvement in the technology, the price gradually declined, city of ten thousand and relevant government subsidy policy under the influence of other factors, sales and sales are reaching record highs. According GLII survey data show that the market scale reached 180 million yuan, compared to 4,000 million in 2008, an increase of over 300%; domestic LED tunnel lights sales of about 80,000 units, estimated 2010 shipments will exceed 12 million units, the market size is expected to exceed 300 million yuan.

LED Tunnel Lights
LED Tunnel Lights

According GLII statistics, as of the end of 2009 China’s existing rail tunnel of 6876, with a total length of 3,670 kilometers, is the world’s first; Chinese total number of 1782 highway tunnel, with a total length of 704 km, is the world’s largest country road tunnel . The past two years is still an annual growth rate of about 200 km. According to “Road Tunnel Ventilation Lighting Design Specification (JTJ026.1-1999)” estimates, tunnel lights installation spacing of 1.5 m, symmetrical installation, this methodology domestic traditional tunnel lights mounted lights about 6 million, the market capacity is about 12 billion yuan. According to an annual growth of 200 kilometers in length, tunnel lights for an annual increase of about 300,000, the new LED tunnel lights potential market size of 600 million. As of the end of 2009 Shanghai, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Yunnan, Chongqing, Anhui, Guangdong, Fujian, more than 10 provinces and cities have begun to apply or promote LED tunnel lights.
2009 of the LED tunnel lights market is concentrated nature of the market share, the top 10 companies account for about 70% market share. Light side, imported light LED Tunnel Light accounted for 90% of the market, including CREE, Philips, Osram and Taiwan Epistar accounted for almost half of the country. Next few years, LED tunnel lamp market dominated by a few companies the situation will continue, imported light will continue to occupy a major share of the market. But with the domestic high-power LED chips gradually expand the scale, the future, this situation is expected to improve, thereby reducing production costs.
2009 domestic LED tunnel lights market overall improvement in the technology, the price gradually declined, city of ten thousand and relevant government subsidy policy under the influence of other factors, sales and sales are reaching record highs. According GLII survey data show that the market scale reached 180 million yuan, compared to 4,000 million in 2008, an increase of over 300%; domestic LED tunnel lights sales of about 80,000 units, estimated 2010 shipments will exceed 12 million units, the market size is expected to exceed 300 million yuan.

Civilian prices stimulate led color lights demand

Once the capital market coveted LED industry is tasking the bitter fruit  expanding rapidly tasting the bitter fruit of a few years ago. Financial reported that in 2012 and the first quarter of this year, listed companies are caught in the embarrassment that the income is not increasing profits.

However, because of significant warming trend in demand and policy, the recent brokerage researchers once again are full of enthusiasm for the sector. “LED lighting, whether it is the time end or it is another dream ? “This is a market mutual doubts.

Civilian prices stimulate led color lights demand

Civilian prices stimulate demand

According to statistics, the Institute included 25 LED key listed companies, in 2012 the total revenue is 48.409 billion yuan, an increase of 9%, the total net profit of 3.933 billion yuan, down 18%. In the first quarter, this 25 LED key listed companies total revenue of 9.888 billion yuan, an increase of 12%, the total net profit of 719 million yuan, down 3%.

However, LED industry begin to display signs of improvement. It is understood that the recent government has a clear promotion program for LED lighting. It is estimated that 2013 Guangdong led color lights installed capacity will grow by nearly 4-fold to 1.1 million, Shenzhen is planning to transform 10 times this year, that is more than 200,000. Meanwhile, Jiangxi introduction of “energy saving” second five “planning”, plans to promote LED outdoor lighting products 100,000 or more, interior lighting is 3000000; Fujian Details of promoting outdoor lighting also recently introduced.

“According to past experience, the local government of the LED lighting business generally consists of a single volume strength of listed companies taking, which also enhance the company’s profitability related.” researcher in Shanghai said. More importantly, in the eyes of the market participants, the price of led color lights products is no longer superior, but also directly stimulate demand surge. A researcher investigations showed that in June this year before Houlei Shi lighting may launch the first round of price wars, other manufacturers such as sun lighting is likely to follow. The Leading enterprises resorted to “price butcher’s knife,” the researchers expected the price of LED lighting products are declined in the second half to reach 30% -40%. This also means that the 18W LED lamp, for example (equivalent to 30W T8 energy-saving lamps), the mainstream channel retail price is expected from now 70 yuan -80 yuan / only dropped to 40-50 yuan / only, while saving 30W Brand lamp price of 20 yuan -30 yuan / only, namely LED lamp prices have entered the second half of energy-saving lamp 2 times the price range, which is the industry calls “sweet spot.” In this light price, the market clothes, replacement demand is expected to increase rapidly.

April 2013 auto LED light bulbs market competition is heating up

According to research firm DRAMeXchange (TrendForce) LED inside’s latest auto LED light bulbs retail price survey shows that in April 2013, the global LED bulbs retail prices continued to show a downward trend. Global replace 40W LED bulbs retail price showed decreased approximately 5.7%, reaching $ 16.1. Fewer new items are in each region. 60W LED bulbs replace part of April showed the global average fell 1.2 percent, to $ 23.8. Except China and Taiwan, due to higher prices of new items resulting price rise, the rest of the price remained stable downward trend.

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Replace the traditional 40-watt incandescent auto LED light bulbs commodity price fell below $ 10 in China

LED insider said the global replace 40W LED bulbs retail price in April 2013 showed about 5.7 percent, reaching $ 16.1. Fewer new items are in each region. British and German regions where prices were presented in April by 5.3% and 13.2% decline in the two regions. Compared with the original commodity prices fell sharply trend, especially Osram and Samsung, two branded product prices down more distinctly. Two regions had no new items appear this month.

Japan replaces 40W of average commodity prices showed approximately 2.2% rise, the price for some of the goods back up due to the end of the promotional period, the region have no new items appear. U.S. District commodity price rose 3.7% in April. Original commodity price have little fluctuations, the region also have no new items appear. South Korea region in April prices were down slightly by 1.6%, the original commodity prices basically unchanged, due to exchange rate increases will lead to lower prices. In addition, the Chinese region of replacing 40W showed 9% decline in commodity prices, reaching $ 9.8, still currently the lowest in the region. Mainly due to some of the original start promotional merchandise, prices fell sharply. While Taiwan commodity prices in April showed 16.7% which falls sharply, the original commodity prices remained stable, mainly due to lower prices lead to new items price low.

The 2013 future predict for U.S.energy efficient lamps trends

U.S. market research firm Freedonia (Freedonia) research report predicted that by 2016 the U.S. lighting market will reach $ 25 billion. It is expected that U.S. demand for lighting will increase by 7.4% annually to reach $ 25.1 billion by 2016.

U.S. LED lighting TBT notification Convocation mainly against the United States recently released LED lamp test procedures TBT (Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement) Bulletin (G/TBT/N/USA/698 number) commenced deliberations, the test procedure provides for measuring lumen LED lights output, input power and relative spectral distribution approach. In addition, the measure also provides LED light lumen maintenance methods to predict LED lamp rated life.

These provisions are closely related with LED lighting products, while the U.S. is one of the main export markets for China’s LED lighting. In 2011 China’s exports to the U.S. amounted to hundreds of billions of LED lamps. The United States formally notified the regulations once implemented, it will make great impact for China’s energy efficient lamps.

future predict for energy efficient lamps

The Commercialization of LED lighting also have a significant impact on the industry, the longer life of LED, the more energy efficient it will be, but there is only a small share of demand. Is expected to close in 2016, LED-based lighting needs will be particularly strong growth, rapid pace of technological progress. LED light source also make them more energy efficient, brighter and more affordable. In addition, lighting manufacturers are also developing a device designed for LED to optimize its performance, and to be the first-class works of art in lighting products.

Energy efficient lamps include portable and non-portable devices, as well as the separately sold parts and accessories such as aftermarket lamp ballasts, fittings, switches, etc., the demand for lighting is dominated by non-portable devices, which is accounting for nearly two third of lighting. Non-portable lighting lamps are mainly from a full range of widely used in lighting applications in buildings and vehicles. It is expected to 2016, benefiting from the rise in construction activity and put the whole vehicle demand increases, the demand for non-portable device is also expected to be increased in the after.

It expected between 2013 and 2016 the demand for non-portable lamps nearly doubled, we look at the major market segments, reducing energy consumption lighting brand will get the best growth prospects. This can be largely attributed to the 2007’s Energy Independence and Security Act of demand for energy-efficient lighting products: Limit the sale of incandescent light requirements. These regulations will strive to promote fluorescent lamps, halogen lamps, high intensity discharge lighting and energy efficient lamps needs.