Future’s optical, thermal and electrical engineers assisted Hadco in designing LED boards that can direct light properly through the distinctive prisms of Hadco’s refractive globes.
Those prisms are cut for a 360 degree metal halide light source, bending the light horizontally for maximum coverage, minimum light trespass, glare control and shadow reduction on roadways and walkways lit by Hadco post tops.
Future’s challenge was to develop a board design that provided similar refraction capabilities with the directional LED beam. Future’s services included LED selection, optical modeling, performance optimization, system lifetime calculation, LED and component supply, and manufacturing referrals.
The resulting Hadco LumiLock LED module, consisting of four rectangular ‘light bars’ housing one or two 10-LED boards each – can be swapped on-site with the original HID assembly in a matter of minutes using Hadco’s patented “twist-lock” mechanism for tool-less disconnect and reconnect of the wiring system.
By switching to the LED light source, municipalities, utilities and commercial developers can reduce power consumption by 55 to 60%, as well as lengthen lamp life from 48 months with the original HID bulbs to a typical 14 years with the LED retrofit.
Hadco, a Philips group brand, will be displaying several different refractive post top fixtures lit by the new LumiLock LED module at Lightfair International to be held from May 5-7 in New York.
