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Application Destined for the clean room PC INDUSTRY electronic ballasts offer perfect support in a wide range of applications. Long life and high reliability are the key features. The long life of PC INDUSTRY is the crucial factor Specialists in extraordinary requirements Ballasts with extremely long lives, such as those in the PC INDUSTRY family from TridonicAtco, demonstrate their outstanding capabilities not only in harsh industrial environments. Designed to operate 36 W and 58 W T8 fluorescent lamps and 49 W, 54 W and 80 W T5 lamps, these extremely reliable electronic ballasts are ideal wherever above-average requirements for a clean atmosphere are specified. Good examples include hospitals, laboratories, and the chemical, micro-technology and food industries. For such special applications the Norwegian luminaire manufacturer Glamox ASA has developed luminaires with clean-room technology that are easy to clean and maintain, including lamp and ECG replacement. However each maintenance operation means jeopardising the clean room atmosphere, so the PC INDUSTRY ballast with its life of up to 200,000 hours at an ambient temperature of +50 °C offers considerable benefits because the maintenance intervals can be extended. They also compensate for the high thermal demands that result from being located in enclosed luminaire systems protected against dust and moisture. Of crucial importance here is not just the comfortable light so that even highly detailed work can be performed without any problems but also hygiene. The slightest contamination can have disastrous consequences in the overpressure clean rooms, as required for example for solar cell manufacture by REC ScanCell. The luminaires used therefore have to comply with strict specifications. Responsibility Glamox makes good use of the properties of the PC INDUSTRY ballast in its C60-R clean room luminaire with protection IP 65 which has been designed specifically for use in sterile rooms. The robust white luminaire casing with its glass or acrylic front cover is particularly compact. These special luminaires – as used by REC ScanCell – are equipped with four 54 W T5 fluorescent lamps. The integrated PC INDUSTRY and the innovative lighting technology ensure high luminaire efficiency and therefore good working light. 32 www.tridonicatco.com FLASH Issue 16
REC ScanCell is so impressed by the reliability of the C60-R luminaires – and therefore of the PC INDUSTRY ballasts – that it uses them at its technology centre in Narvik, Norway. The technology centre of REC Solar, which is located north of the Arctic circle, is where high-quality extremely efficient multi-crystalline solar cells are produced. These modules have been specially developed for maximum energy production particularly under adverse conditions or in diffused light. REC ScanCell is the fastest growing solar cell production facility in Europe. Since it was established in 2003 it has increased its output of solar cells to 45 MW peak power. The measuring point is key The two PC T8 INDUSTRY and PC T5 INDUSTRY versions from TridonicAtco are designed for a life of 100,000 hours at an ambient temperature of +60°C or for 50,000 hours at +70°C. The key factor here is the limit temperature at the smoothing capacitor, which in the PC INDUSTRY is relieved of load by a cascade circuit. An extremely robust input section protects the sensitive electronic components against voltage peaks of up to 4 kV. As a result, PC INDUSTRY have an exceptionally low failure rate. The C60-R Glamox luminaire with PC INDUSTRY looks good especially in clean rooms Photo-voltaics is now a real growth market since regenerative power supplies are an efficient way of reducing CO 2 emissions and therefore lightening the load on the environment. The ambitious expansion targets of REC ScanCell can only be met of course if there are no interruptions to the production process, which is what would happen if a faulty ballast had to be replaced. At the clean room facility under the light of 400 special C60-R luminaires the long life of the PC INDUSTRY ballast is of crucial importance. An innovative prevention mechanism known as Intelligent Voltage Guard (IVG) constantly monitors the mains voltage at the control gear to protect it against possible damage due to overvoltage or undervoltage. All this adds up to low maintenance and economical operation of industrial lighting systems – precisely what is required. With this unique combination of outstanding features, the PC T8 INDUSTRY and PC T5 INDUSTRY ballasts are competent and reliable performers in clean rooms and any harsh industrial environments. This innovative and unique solution from TridonicAtco will stand up to any challenge. Further information: www.tridonicatco.com Products Product news FLASH Issue 16 www.tridonicatco.com 33
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