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AGRICULTURE
CLAAS
honours HELLA
as “Supplier of
the Year 2020”
Agricultural machinery
manufacturer CLAAS pays
special tribute to HELLA’s
high innovative strength
At the end of April 2021, HELLA,
the internationally positioned
automotive supplier, was presented
with the “Supplier of the Year” Award in
the Innovation category, by the agricultural
machinery manufacturer CLAAS. With this
award, the company acknowledges the
high degree of transparency and initiative
in the development of new lighting and
electronic solutions. This year, for the first
time, the award for the best suppliers took
place online via a web conference.
For several decades now, HELLA and
CLAAS have been working together to
develop innovative and tailor-made
lighting and electronic components,
from prototype to pre-series to series
production. “I would like to thank
the entire HELLA team for their great
commitment to serving this important
customer for us,” said Kristian Vuksan,
Director Global Sales Agricultural, Turf
and Utility Machines during the event.
“This award is a great honour for us and
validates our ability to transfer innovative
technologies from the automotive sector
to our heavy duty customer segment.
This motivates us even more to continue
to develop and implement designdriven
solutions in a modular manner
in conjunction with smaller production
volumes.”
In the near future, HELLA will be
launching innovative developments such
as matrix illumination for the agricultural
and construction machinery sector, as
well as smart work lamps. The transfer
and adaptation of technology and
quality know-how from the automotive
sector, forms the basis for the high
competitiveness in terms of costs and
innovations.
HELLA launches new S-series work lamps
The new work lamp series offers innovative LED technology at the best value for money
HELLA, the internationally positioned
automotive supplier, is launching a new
work lamp series for agricultural machinery,
construction machinery, forklifts, trucks,
trailers and municipal vehicles, which
complements the existing Modul 70, Modul
90 and Power Beam work lamp families. “The
central goal was to develop a high-quality
yet affordable LED work lamp. To this end,
our many years of experience and lighting
expertise have been incorporated into the
development phase to bring a product onto
the road that is optimised in every respect
and is ‘simple, steady and streamlined’”,
says Stefan Maierhofer, the product manager
responsible for work lamps at HELLA. “So,
the new S-series work lamps are easy to
retrofit, consistently withstand the operating
conditions and offer excellent value for
money.”
The S-series work lamps provide
homogeneous illumination with a colour
temperature of around 6,500 Kelvin, which
is similar to daylight. Compared to halogen
devices, the S- series scores points for
its high efficiency thanks to its excellent
lumen-watt performance. It continuously
fulfils the highest EMC requirements. There
is another advantage: vehicle manufacturers
can use the product to give their vehicles a
unique appearance, because the company’s
logo can be integrated into the reflector if
desired.
The work lamp is available round and
square and as surface-mounted and flushmounted
versions. Thanks to the universal
and slim design, vehicle manufacturers can
easily and quickly convert their existing
halogen headlamps to LED technology. The
work lamp is produced in Austria according
to the latest technological standards and
the housing and the lens are made of
special plastics, which reduces the weight
and provides a high level of corrosion
resistance. The new cooling fin design is not
only modern, but also ensures optimum
heat dissipation, which increases the
efficiency and lifetime of the work lamps.
The integrated thermal management also
helps to further increase the work lamp’s
lifetime. The work lamps produce their full
light output at an ambient temperature
between -40°C and +50°C. If there is a risk
of overheating, the work lamp automatically
dims.
The S-series work lamps are available in
close-range and long-range illumination.
Versions of 1,000 lumens will be launched
in early summer, followed by 2,000 lumen
products in autumn. A 4,000 lumen
version of the Modul 90 S-series will also
be available at the end of the year. Further
model and illumination variants are already
in development.
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