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7 The LED range “Ostar Lighting” is the result of collaboration between the company EBV Elektronik and Osram Opto Semiconductors. At the most recent trade fair Light + Building, Osram presented versions that produce 420 lm (28 lm/W) with 6 chips and a lens, and 300 lm (20 lm/W) without a lens – with 700 mA operating current in both cases. With a lens, this high-performance LED produces greater brightness than a 20-watt halogen lamp. Its hexagonal form allows great packing densities.
8 The expertise of EBV Elektronik has also gone into the development of an LED series for the company Agilent Technology. These LEDs, on a basis of indium gallium nitride (InGaN), were especially designed for outdoor applications. Owing to their great brightness and their weatherproof enclosures, they are optimally suited for uses in traffic lights, speed and direction signs, display boards in athletic stadiums, advertising spaces, and other large-scale displays with changing content.
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A large number of physical, civil-engineering, and financial constraints can unfortunately be responsible for preventing the creative ideas of a lighting designer from becoming reality. A tight budget, lack of space for installations, excessively harsh environmental conditions, strict fire-protection regulations, or poor accessibility for service and maintenance: these are only a few of the many possible hurdles that a lighting concept must overcome before it goes beyond a mere idea and can actually be implemented. For a number of years, however, the use of LEDs has opened up entirely new design leeway for lighting and luminaire designers. In contrast to conventional, long-established light sources, these luminous semiconductors offer a number of advantages that make feasible certain solutions that were until now impossible. Sufficient technical expertise is essential, however, to employ LED light sources to implement efficient solutions with long service lives. In many cases, LED light applications represent individual solutions that require the interaction of many components from various subcontractors. Electronics specialists at the company EBV Elektronik have recognized the great current demand for consulting and organizational services. Their General Lighting Team accordingly offers complete management and consulting services for lighting designers and architects – as well as for the lighting industry in general. Their objective: to take a brilliant LED idea and make reality out of it.


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