MASER Communications is now distributing Dialight SafeSite illumination fixtures which are suitable for use on coal mine sites.
Maser Communications says Dialight has recently installed its equipment at a petroleum refinery in the US, which allowed the hazardous location facility to improve its overall lighting, to reduce its energy consumption and to access additional business and operational benefits by replacing its traditional lighting with LED fixtures.
The Dialight SafeSite illumination fixture reduces light pollution because they utilise the latest LED technology with proprietary optics designed to focus light directionally so that they illuminate only the required area, such as straight walkways, avoiding adjacent and upward light spill.
The efficient optics used in LED Hazloc products like SafeSite result in more light reaching the target area. They also resulted in lower wattage LED fixtures being required and a lower total number of fixtures being used in the complete installation, thus saving energy and installation costs.
Use of LEDs opens up access to many other benefits in hazardous location installations in the mining industry. One is their reliable performance in low operating temperatures.
Dialight’s LED fixtures are rated down to -40°C and still provide 100% of the rated lumen output.
LEDs achieve 100% light output from the second they are switched on. This ‘instant-on’ ability can be significant in hazardous locations that use independent generators. These can be prone to blackout and brown outs, resulting in the need for additional emergency lights. By fitting LEDs to the central battery or standby power systems, expensive downtime and unnecessary exposure to danger can be avoided.
Instant-on ability also creates opportunities to save energy. LEDs can be coupled with occupancy sensors and either completely switched off or reduced to a lower illumination level when no one is present around the installation. This reduces energy and extends the operating life of the lighting system.