Optics

Products, Materials + Tools | Sep 12, 2011
LED Engin Announces Narrow Beam Lens and Emitter Combinations that Cut Fixture Size by more than 50%
LED Engin Announces Narrow Beam Lens and Emitter Combinations that Cut Fixture Size by more than 50% LED Engin, Inc., a leader in high lumen density LED products, announces the introduction of two narrow-angle TIR (Total Internal Reflection) high efficiency lenses for the company’s high flux LuxiGen LZC- and LZP- series emitters. The proprietary 8-degree narrow spot lens and 15-degree spot lens are designed for use with LED Engin’s compact, high flux density LZC (12-die) and LZP (24-die) LuxiGen emitters. This combination enables an array of high brightness LEDs to be replaced by a single LED emitter and lens, cutting fixture size by at least 50% and delivering superior beam control. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Nov 22, 2011
LEDiL Adds Three New Series to Its Extensive Range of High Quality LED Optics
LEDiL Adds Three New Series to Its Extensive Range of High Quality LED Optics LEDiL expands its popular precision-engineered STRADA Series to include the new STRADA-F Series lens family. Furthermore LEDiL introduces the precision-molded MR11 (32.4mm and 35mm diameter versions) MINNIE reflector series and JULIA-A lenses to its already extensive range of precision-engineered rotationally symmetrical lens. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Jan 19, 2012
LEDiL Announces Availability of Lenses Qualified for Use with Cree's New XB-D LEDs
LEDiL Announces Availability of Lenses Qualified for Use with Cree's New XB-D LEDs LEDiL announces the availability of 40 lenses qualified for use with Cree’s new XLamp® XB-D LED, which boasts the industry’s smallest lighting-class footprint of 2.45 mm x 2.45 mm. The wide-range of lens styles offered by LEDiL provides multiple design choices and beam patterns in the quest to drive higher performance and reduced system cost. Use of secondary optics characterized for a specific LED and engineered to provide usable light only where needed helps to reduce the number of LEDs required in a lighting system, which leads to smaller power supplies and heat sinks and reduced system cost. Read more »
News-Spot | Products, Materials + Tools | Feb 08, 2012
Bayer MaterialScience Pushes LED Lighting Application Development Foreward with New Products
With Makrolon 6265X polycarbonate, a high-flow resin with easy release properties and high optical efficiency, Bayer MaterialScience provides a polycarbonate that allows solutions for very challanging flame-retardant requirements. Furthermore, Bayer MaterialScience announces Makrolon® TC8030 polycarbonate, which joins a selection of heat-resistant and thermally conductive Bayer plastics to compete with aluminum. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Mar 22, 2012
LEDiL’s New RITA-A - Asymmetric Reflector Family Concentrates Light Precisely where Needed
LEDiL’s New RITA-A - Asymmetric Reflector Family Concentrates Light Precisely where Needed LEDiL announces its latest product addition, the RITA-A reflector family, incorporating a unique optical design that further extends LEDiL’s asymmetric secondary optic expertise for lighting class LEDs. Currently qualified LEDs include Cree’s XLamp® LEDs and Philips Lumileds LUXEON® Rebel and LUXEON® M LEDs. The offset design of this 17.1mm tall reflector (17.3mm height with optional pre-installed mounting tape) neatly projects a rectangular beam of energy-efficient LED light with peak intensity in a forward offset 80⁰ from the solid-state light source. The 28.4mm x 36mm reflector cup is mounted to a 22mm base. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Apr 03, 2012
SABIC Expands Renowned Lexan* Polycarbonate Portfolio with New High-End Materials for LED Lighting
SABIC Expands Renowned Lexan* Polycarbonate Portfolio with New High-End Materials for LED Lighting SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business today announced here at NPE 2012 (Booth #29000) important new additions to its flagship portfolio of high-performance Lexan* polycarbonate (PC) materials: Lexan CFR (clear flame retardant) copolymer and three new Lexan LUX resin grades. Lexan CFR copolymer addresses rising consumer electronics and appliance manufacturer demand for a clear, sustainable flame retardant (FR) material, and the new Lexan LUX resins offer an excellent solution for light emitting diode (LED) applications such as light guides and lenses. These new Lexan PC materials demonstrate SABIC’s ongoing investment in world-class technologies, technical expertise and portfolio breadth. They also underscore how the company continues to increase PC performance to meet customers’ environmental, high-performance, aesthetic and regulatory requirements. In fact, SABIC’s portfolio of customer-relevant PC materials is the broadest in the global plastics industry. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Apr 05, 2012
Khatod Announces Pixel Optical Reflector Systems for High-Brightness LEDs
Khatod Announces Pixel Optical Reflector Systems for High-Brightness LEDs The latest evolution in LED Technology has resulted in new High Brightness LEDs which allow a huge variety of new and innovative applications in Lighting. As any evolution, the high luminosity delivered by these LEDs of new generation is not without difficulties and requires the employment of new technologies so to achieve a superior optical performance. Khatods latest answer to this challenges is the PIXEL REFLECTOR SYSTEM. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Apr 13, 2012
Light+Building: Khatod Optoelectronic Announces PL50SIL - the Most Innovative Ultra Clear Silicone Optic for High Brightness LEDs
Light+Building: Khatod Optoelectronic Announces PL50SIL - the Most Innovative Ultra Clear Silicone Optic for High Brightness LEDs Khatod Optoelectronic, pioneer of innovative applications in LED technology since 1985, was selected as official demonstrator for the entire process running from the project to the manufacturing of PL50SIL at MACSPE 2012, Italy, exhibition dedicated to the new technologies applied to the production processes. In the Demo Unit named “From Project to Object”, inside the exhibition, Khatod carried out the entire manufacturing process of PL50SIL, starting from the initial design until the production of the lens by using working machinery on site. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | May 24, 2012
The Most Comprehensive Range of Reflectors for LEDs from Khatod
The Most Comprehensive Range of Reflectors for LEDs from Khatod An impressive series of Round Reflectors in many dimensions; Multi-Round-Reflectors based on modular systems in diverse configurations; Square Beam Reflectors for individual or modular use; Unique Anti-Glare Reflectors; LYRA Reflectors for HB COB LEDs equipped with adaptors; Ready-to-use multi-reflectors arrays allowing for linear or extensive structures of desired dimensions. Made of aluminum coated special PC with a protective lacquer; achieve a lighting efficiency over 85%. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Jun 12, 2012
Reflector - 824 Series from Bicom
Reflector - 824 Series from Bicom Bicom’s precision-molded 824 series reflector (77mm diameters， 44.6mm height) allows for rapid deployment of new lighting solutions using Citizen CLL040 and Osram E45 LEDs. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Sep 18, 2012
LEDiL Extends its Unique FLARE Series with Two Specialty TIR Lenses
LEDiL Extends its Unique FLARE Series with Two Specialty TIR Lenses LEDiL’s standard FLARE optic is now joined by the smaller, FLARE-MINI and the larger FLARE-MAXI lenses. These lenses produce a very wide horizontal beam pattern with tight vertical cutoff, for outstanding performance in emergency lighting and warning beacon applications. While many emergency and beacon applications call for the use of saturated color LEDs such as red or blue, FLARE products can also be used with white LEDs in cove lighting, corridor lighting, wall sconces or in other architectural applications. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Oct 19, 2012
Wavien's Turbo-Recycling-Reflector Increases the Brightness of Multi-Color LED Packages for Variable Color Spot Light Applications
VALENCIA, Calif., Oct. 18, 2012 -- Wavien, Inc. is announcing the release of the Turbo Recycling Reflector (TRR™) for variable color spot light applications in the entertainment industry. This unique optical component allows increase in brightness for each of the LEDs with different colors housed in the same package, e.g. Luminus CBM-380, Luminus SBM-160, Ostar LE ATB S2W, and Ostar LE RTDUW S2W. The combination of the these multi-color LED arrays together with the proprietary TRR technology from Wavien, provides low-cost, high-output solutions for spot lights, moving heads, and other lighting applications in the entertainment and projection markets. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Dec 18, 2012
Minimising the Glare as well as Optimising the Efficiency from COB LED
Minimising the Glare as well as Optimising the Efficiency from COB LED Shifting the multiple light source to single one is an emerging trend as the efficiency of COB increasing. Ledlink is pleased to release this new "Hybrid series", which minimises the glare and optimises the efficiency, as well as enables to deliver three beams (FWHM 12, 24, 38) while using COB LED or LED in an array. Read more »
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