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News Release from: CML Innovative Technologies | Subject: Connect and Glo
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 04 December 2007
LED lights are easy to apply on the
rails
LED lighting units can cope easily with extreme temperatures and are highly suited to impact resistance and vibrations, making them ideal for railway applications.
Historically LEDs have been perceived as difficult to use, requiring a range of power supplies, drivers, resistors, soldered connections, making them tricky to market in railway applications CML-IT's new Connect and Glo programme is designed to make solid state lighting easy, and is changing this perception
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 19 Jan 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Due to their solid state nature LED lighting units can cope easily with extreme temperatures (cold start without risk) and are highly suited to impact resistance and vibrations, making them ideal for railway applications.
Light output can be controlled by a simple device to vary intensity and, in the case of RGB devices, to offer subtle colour changing.
Part of the Connect and Glo programme and specifically targeted at train interiors is the Acsentio series of LED accent lights.
Easy to fit and install, the lights feature an internal heat management system enabling them to run at relatively low temperatures.
Acsentio offers subtle shades of light and are available in blue, red, green, yellow and white as part of a complete LED-based interior lighting system for commuter and underground trains.
Also part of the Connect and Glo programme from CML-IT are LEDules, a behind-the-scenes system of LEDs mounted on PCBs in a whole variety of shapes and sizes and designed to allow designers to mount lighting into whatever shape is available.
LEDules feature 1, 3, 4, 8, 9 or 14W power and a consistent unit-to-unit colour temperature.
Available colours are cool white, warm white, blue, cyan, green, amber and red.
A new RGB version (featuring red, green and blue LEDs) enabling subtle colour changing for mood lighting applications has also been added to the range.
LEDules can include all the elements required to implement an LED-based lighting product - LED, lens, driver circuitry, heatsinking and packaging with several different fitting options - meaning designers only need to connect the devices to the appropriate power source.
LEDules are ideal for use as reading lights for example but can also be used for general illumination applications in train interiors.
The devices can easily be customised towards specific customer requirements. Request a free brochure from CML Innovative Technologies ...
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