Larson Electronics' Magnalight announced today the release of a 150 watt LED light for hazardous locations that incorporates a single LED light fixture and versatile tripod mounting for convenient and powerful illumination of work areas. Designed to operate in wet areas and stand up to the rigors of the industrial workspace, the HAL-TP-1x150LED-100 tripod mounted LED light is approved Class 1 Division 2, and is an ideal alternative to hot running and less durable 400 watt metal halide tripod mounted lights.
The HAL-TP-1X150LED-100 Tripod Mounted LED Light from Magnalight is designed to provide a powerful alternative to hot running and less durable 400 watt metal halide lights and produces 14,790 lumens of clean white light while using only 400 watts of power.
Approved for, Class 1 Division 2 hazardous locations this tripod mounted LED light is suitable for use in wet areas and resists the effects of rust and corrosion with an aluminum lamp housing finished in a bronze powder coat, stainless steel hardware, and a tripod constructed of copper free and corrosion resistant aluminum. This portable LED light tower is extremely versatile and offers a host of features including folding tripod legs and solid rubber wheels for easy tower deployment and placement, three foot to eight foot height adjustment, a fully adjustable light head, 100 feet of SOOW cord for long placement range, and easy tool free disassembly and reassembly for passing the unit through tight entryways.
The LED design of the lamp assembly provides cool operation and much greater durability than glass incandescent or metal halide work lamps. As well as greater durability, the LED lamp in this unit offers high efficiency and a total lumen output capable of covering 18,000 square feet of work area with high quality illumination while using less energy than standard lighting.
A 50,000 hour LED operational life and 120-277 VAC voltage capability round out this LED lamps' advantages over standard lamps. This LED light tower is constructed of quality materials and uses CREE XLamp XPG to ensure the best LED performance possible. The HAL-TP-1X150LED-100 is ideal for use in marine locations, industrial settings, and anywhere a highly versatile and powerful alternative to fragile and short lived glass lamp based lighting is desired.
"The HAL-TP-1X150LED-100 hazardous area LED tripod is the latest in the line of Magnalight portable LED light towers for hazardous location lights," said Rob Bresnahan with Larson Electronics' Magnalight.
"This 150 watt LED light is an ideal alternative to our 400 watt metal halide configuration, since it generates very little heat, provides 'instant on' light and provides bright white flood light. Most importantly, the HAL-TP-1X150LED-100 Class 1 Division 2 LED light can take substantial abuse and vibration, which makes it more tolerant of high use in demanding environments."
Larson Electronics' Magnalight offers a wide selection of LED light towers, Led work lights, explosion proof LED lights, LED flashlights, intrinsically safe LEDs and LED spotlights.
2011年11月7日星期一
The Phil in Naples utilizes grant to go green
When new Philharmonic Center for the Arts CEO Kathleen van Bergen toured the buildings during her job interview, the A/C system was so loud she had to wear ear protection, she said.
But now, thanks to a green initiative and a $500,000 Florida Clean Energy Grant — a total matched by several anonymous donors — the mechanics of keeping the three-building, 150,000-square-foot complex cool are now easy on the ears.
“The original chillers were from 1988,” said building superintendent Alex Pena, who has led the effort, including replacement of the chillers. The green program is expected to save $85,000 a year in energy costs.
The Phil’s electric bill has run as high as $42,000 in season, but likely will be cut to “the high 20s,” Pena said.
Van Bergen said that maintaining proper humidity, temperature and lighting are particularly important for a museum with an art collection, and the improvements will allow for more consistent and more area-specific climate control.
Adjustments can be made remotely, Pena said. The new system is all electronic, and he can operate it remotely on a laptop.
A smart phone feature will help on the next phase of the project, which is to install solar panels on the roof that will heat water in the performance hall. If the temperature is too high or low, he will be alerted by phone that adjustments need to be made.
The panels, which van Bergen said will not be visible from the outside, should be in place yet this fall.
Other green steps include replacing regular light bulbs with LED versions, a significant savings in wattage.
All 846 bulbs in the entry to the performance hall were once 90 watts each. They’re now 2.5 watts each. In the museum, 75-watt bulbs were replaced with 5 watt.
Not only are the LED bulbs more efficient, van Bergen said, they’re better for interior color. They also do not present the recycling and disposal problems associated with the new mercury bulbs.
Van Bergen said the energy savings is significant in that “the more we can put into our art, performances and mission here, the better.”
This week, NCH Healthcare System began a green effort focusing on recycling. According to CEO Allen Weiss, between 6 and 15 percent of hospital waste is designated “regulated medical waste,” which means as much as 94 percent is completely recyclable.
But now, thanks to a green initiative and a $500,000 Florida Clean Energy Grant — a total matched by several anonymous donors — the mechanics of keeping the three-building, 150,000-square-foot complex cool are now easy on the ears.
“The original chillers were from 1988,” said building superintendent Alex Pena, who has led the effort, including replacement of the chillers. The green program is expected to save $85,000 a year in energy costs.
The Phil’s electric bill has run as high as $42,000 in season, but likely will be cut to “the high 20s,” Pena said.
Van Bergen said that maintaining proper humidity, temperature and lighting are particularly important for a museum with an art collection, and the improvements will allow for more consistent and more area-specific climate control.
Adjustments can be made remotely, Pena said. The new system is all electronic, and he can operate it remotely on a laptop.
A smart phone feature will help on the next phase of the project, which is to install solar panels on the roof that will heat water in the performance hall. If the temperature is too high or low, he will be alerted by phone that adjustments need to be made.
The panels, which van Bergen said will not be visible from the outside, should be in place yet this fall.
Other green steps include replacing regular light bulbs with LED versions, a significant savings in wattage.
All 846 bulbs in the entry to the performance hall were once 90 watts each. They’re now 2.5 watts each. In the museum, 75-watt bulbs were replaced with 5 watt.
Not only are the LED bulbs more efficient, van Bergen said, they’re better for interior color. They also do not present the recycling and disposal problems associated with the new mercury bulbs.
Van Bergen said the energy savings is significant in that “the more we can put into our art, performances and mission here, the better.”
This week, NCH Healthcare System began a green effort focusing on recycling. According to CEO Allen Weiss, between 6 and 15 percent of hospital waste is designated “regulated medical waste,” which means as much as 94 percent is completely recyclable.
2011年10月27日星期四
Let's ditch hazardous household trash
Hawke's Bay is one of only a few regions which hold regular hazardous chemical collections and this year nearly 20 tonnes of waste is expected to be dropped off at centres in Hastings and Napier.
The HazMobile scheme has run in the Bay each year since 2003 and, over that time, had collected about 146 tonnes of waste from paints to automotive products, light bulbs and batteries.
Hastings District Council waste minimisation planner Angela Atkins said hazardous waste could cause serious harm to people and the environment if not disposed of correctly.
"All residents should have a look around their properties to identify items which could be best disposed of at the HazMobile."
Chemicals handed in would go to a variety of destinations where they could be recycled or carefully disposed of.
Chemicals out of cars are managed by Bards Environmental in Hastings. Enviropaints from Otaki will be in Hawke's Bay to take paint handed in at the collection to recycle.
Other chemicals on the day are transported to Auckland where they are treated at a centre and other "dangerous chemicals" were sent to Europe where they were processed under the Basel Convention, a document which sets out international guidelines for waste disposal.
Light bulbs and fluorescent light tubes were collected by EnviroWaste Wellington for processing at its plant in the capital while gas bottles and gas heaters were collected by Gas Works, Hastings.
Last year about 19 tonnes of waste was collected from the HazMobile unit and about 20 tonnes in 2009. In terms of volume, paint recorded the highest figures followed by chemicals, then light bulbs and tubes.
Ms Atkins said the e-waste collection, which is another annual operation where people can hand in old TVs and computers, would not be held this year because the Ministry for the Environment had decided not to support it financially.
She said the council was keen to hold an e-waste collection next year, possibly in partnership with private enterprise, because of the number of CRT televisions being discarded as people switch to the digital television network.
"The Warehouse had a TV take-back not so long ago and collected 28,000 TVs nationally. It is high on our priority list."
The collection was a free service and would be held at the Hastings Sports Centre, Railway Rd, on Saturday, November 12 and at the Eastern Truck and Marine, Austin St, Onekawa in Napier on November 13. It will be open from 10am to 2pm on both days.
The HazMobile scheme has run in the Bay each year since 2003 and, over that time, had collected about 146 tonnes of waste from paints to automotive products, light bulbs and batteries.
Hastings District Council waste minimisation planner Angela Atkins said hazardous waste could cause serious harm to people and the environment if not disposed of correctly.
"All residents should have a look around their properties to identify items which could be best disposed of at the HazMobile."
Chemicals handed in would go to a variety of destinations where they could be recycled or carefully disposed of.
Chemicals out of cars are managed by Bards Environmental in Hastings. Enviropaints from Otaki will be in Hawke's Bay to take paint handed in at the collection to recycle.
Other chemicals on the day are transported to Auckland where they are treated at a centre and other "dangerous chemicals" were sent to Europe where they were processed under the Basel Convention, a document which sets out international guidelines for waste disposal.
Light bulbs and fluorescent light tubes were collected by EnviroWaste Wellington for processing at its plant in the capital while gas bottles and gas heaters were collected by Gas Works, Hastings.
Last year about 19 tonnes of waste was collected from the HazMobile unit and about 20 tonnes in 2009. In terms of volume, paint recorded the highest figures followed by chemicals, then light bulbs and tubes.
Ms Atkins said the e-waste collection, which is another annual operation where people can hand in old TVs and computers, would not be held this year because the Ministry for the Environment had decided not to support it financially.
She said the council was keen to hold an e-waste collection next year, possibly in partnership with private enterprise, because of the number of CRT televisions being discarded as people switch to the digital television network.
"The Warehouse had a TV take-back not so long ago and collected 28,000 TVs nationally. It is high on our priority list."
The collection was a free service and would be held at the Hastings Sports Centre, Railway Rd, on Saturday, November 12 and at the Eastern Truck and Marine, Austin St, Onekawa in Napier on November 13. It will be open from 10am to 2pm on both days.
2011年10月7日星期五
Shechtman Wins Nobel in Chemistry for Quasicrystals Discovery
An Israeli scientist won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for changing the prevailing views about the atomic structure of matter with his discovery of quasicrystals.
Dan Shechtman, 70, of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, will get the 10 million-kronor award, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said at a press conference in Stockholm today.
Shechtman persevered in the face of doubt and ridicule in describing a form of crystal whose patterns are regular but never repeat, a notion that shattered scientists' belief that all crystals consist of recurring patterns. The structure endows quasicrystals with unique properties that may lead to better frying pans, LED lights and diesel engines, the academy said.
"His discovery of quasicrystals revealed a new principle for packing of atoms and molecules," said Lars Thelander, who leads the Nobel Committee for Chemistry at academy. "This led to a paradigm shift within chemistry."
Quasicrystals look like the aperiodic mosaics found on the walls of the Alhambra Palace near Granada, Spain. They are hard but fracture easily, like glass, and have non-stick surfaces.
Shechtman was working at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology when he made his initial discovery. He had rapidly chilled a molten mixture of aluminum and manganese on the morning of April 8, 1982. It seemed strange, and when he examined it with his electron microscope, he couldn't believe what he saw: concentric circles, each made of 10 dots at the same distance from each other. The atoms were arranged in a way that flouted the laws of nature, the Nobel committee wrote in a document describing Shechtman's achievements.
"There can be no such creature," he said to himself in Hebrew. In his notebook, he wrote three question marks, according to the Nobel committee document.
Scientists greeted Shechtman's discovery with resistance, even ridicule, the committee said. The head of his laboratory suggested he read a textbook on crystallography. When Shechtman persisted in his experiments, he was asked to leave the research group.
"He's an independent thinker, determined and brave," Yoav Shechtman, one of the scientist's four children and a Ph.D student in physics, said in a telephone interview. Reached on the phone, Shechtman himself said he couldn't comment until a press conference arranged for 2 p.m. local time in Haifa.
Shechtman turned back to Technion, where he had earned his doctorate in 1972, for advice about his findings, contacting a colleague there named Ilan Blech. After consulting other scientists in the U.S. and France, Shechtman published the data in November 1984.
Dan Shechtman, 70, of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, will get the 10 million-kronor award, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said at a press conference in Stockholm today.
Shechtman persevered in the face of doubt and ridicule in describing a form of crystal whose patterns are regular but never repeat, a notion that shattered scientists' belief that all crystals consist of recurring patterns. The structure endows quasicrystals with unique properties that may lead to better frying pans, LED lights and diesel engines, the academy said.
"His discovery of quasicrystals revealed a new principle for packing of atoms and molecules," said Lars Thelander, who leads the Nobel Committee for Chemistry at academy. "This led to a paradigm shift within chemistry."
Quasicrystals look like the aperiodic mosaics found on the walls of the Alhambra Palace near Granada, Spain. They are hard but fracture easily, like glass, and have non-stick surfaces.
Shechtman was working at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology when he made his initial discovery. He had rapidly chilled a molten mixture of aluminum and manganese on the morning of April 8, 1982. It seemed strange, and when he examined it with his electron microscope, he couldn't believe what he saw: concentric circles, each made of 10 dots at the same distance from each other. The atoms were arranged in a way that flouted the laws of nature, the Nobel committee wrote in a document describing Shechtman's achievements.
"There can be no such creature," he said to himself in Hebrew. In his notebook, he wrote three question marks, according to the Nobel committee document.
Scientists greeted Shechtman's discovery with resistance, even ridicule, the committee said. The head of his laboratory suggested he read a textbook on crystallography. When Shechtman persisted in his experiments, he was asked to leave the research group.
"He's an independent thinker, determined and brave," Yoav Shechtman, one of the scientist's four children and a Ph.D student in physics, said in a telephone interview. Reached on the phone, Shechtman himself said he couldn't comment until a press conference arranged for 2 p.m. local time in Haifa.
Shechtman turned back to Technion, where he had earned his doctorate in 1972, for advice about his findings, contacting a colleague there named Ilan Blech. After consulting other scientists in the U.S. and France, Shechtman published the data in November 1984.
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