Level of illuminance for industrial lighting

The amount of light required for any of these industrial applications will depend upon the nature of the work carried out. The luminescence required for manufacturing operations is given in table below.

The size of lamp required can be calculated by considering the area to be lighted, the illuminance required,depreciation factor, and the beam factor of the particular projector to be employed.

The level of illuminance is important to ensure workers can perform their task in comfortable condition and not effected to their eyesight such as become blurred or if more serious can cause a blind. read more

Escape and emergency lighting

In accordance with the Fire Precautions Act 1971 and the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, BS EN 1838 : 1999 Code of practice for the emergency lighting of premises must followed with minimum standards to achieve the safety target.

It is important matter for safety precaution when emergency happen such as fire,explosive,electrical disaster or etc.This system provide the solution for escape to the assembly point in safety and proper ways.

For each country it have their own Act,regulation and code of practice.Basically it quite similar and have additional items depend on their application and suitable with their country. read more