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June 2006

Lighting within the lines


OptiVision floodlight luminaire

 

   

 

In urban areas, artificial lighting should meet everybody's needs in terms of pleasure, safety and productivity. However, for players, pedestrians and residents to be able to go about their business without disturbing each other, floodlighting must be specially designed to ensure that everyone's rights and needs are respected.

 

Growing awareness of the issue of "obtrusive" lighting has prompted a number of countries to draw up guidelines to control it. Accordingly, the design of environmentally friendly floodlighting has become a pressing technical challenge. As the world leader in floodlighting and as a truly green company, Philips has responded to this challenge by designing a completely new asymmetric floodlight - OptiVision.

 

Fine-tuned down to the smallest detail

 

OptiVision is corrosion-resistant even in the most adverse weather conditions, thanks to its high-purity aluminium housing and stainless steel clips.

OptiVision ensures precise positioning of the compact double-ended lamp to give excellent beam control. MHN-LA 1000/2000W lamps from Philips have an average lifetime of 8000 hours, with very little drop-off in output and extremely stable colour characteristics.

OptiVision's IP65 rating means it is totally impervious to dust and can withstand being cleaned by a high-pressure water jet.

 

Four exclusive optical features

  1. OptiVision's reflector system delivers its highest peak intensity at 60 degrees and an excellent cut-off at 80 degrees in a flat glass (horizontal) position. Thus, for a given amount of light on the field, OptiVision produces three times less spill-over than other asymmetric floodlights. And ten times less than conventional floodlights!
  2. Thanks to minimal internal reflection in OptiVision's optics, a 20% higher light output ratio (LOR) is achieved than with any other asymmetric floodlight.
  3. By designing very compact optics around a 2kW lamp and oversized fins for more effective cooling, Philips has succeeded in making OptiVision smaller than any other comparable 2kW floodlight.
  4. OptiVision offers three different beam characteristics for the MHN-LA 2kW lamp: narrow, medium and wide, as well as specific wide beams for MHN-LA 1kW and SON-T 600W/1000W, allowing for total flexibility in lighting designs.

 

Tilted floodlight

Horizontally positioned OptiVision

 

OptiVision projects light downwards, ensuring a total cut-off of light above the level of the luminaire, thus avoiding spill light into nearby properties.

 

Designed with ease of operation in mind

 

OptiVision's bracket allows positioning above or below the mast

Easily visible protractor scale simplifies aiming

Pre-cabled connection box: just add mains cable

 

To learn more about the Philips OptiVision floodlight luminaire, please click here to download a copy of the brochure.