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research and development centre

In December 2015, the Development Department and Electronic Department started operating in a new research and development centre located in the company’s new factory in Nowy Kisielin. At the turn of January 2016, the photo-optic laboratory was relocated and launched in a new location. The production of LED electronic equipment was launched in a facility located in Nowy Kisielin in January 2016.

• Research and Development Center with electronics production hall park and storage space

design and conceptual work

The design and conceptual work of the LUG S.A. Capital Group currently focuses on intensively developing the portfolio of new products with the use of LED technology.

The basis of those operations are tests as a result of which

• hundreds of materials, components and electronic subassemblies were analysed

• several dozen new designs of optical systems were prepared

• several dozen new LED cooling systems were designed

Laboratory

In the laboratory, fixtures and components are tested mainly for safe use. The tests include thermal conditions, tightness of fixtures (IP level), resistance to mechanical damage (IK level), wear and tear of plastics, as well as all electric parameters. The laboratory of the LUG S.A. Capital Group is equipped with a draught-tight chamber for testing thermal luminaires for compliance with standard PN-EN 60598-1 as well as equipment for testing combustibility of materials using the glow wire ignition (GWT) method for compliance with standard PN-EN 60695-2-10. Also, the chamber for heat testing enables tests to be carried out for wear and tear of plastics, which, combined with exposing samples to UV light, makes it possible to conduct a durability simulation for plastics over a period of time. The laboratory also includes a photometric dark room equipped with a top-class automatic system giving very precise measurements of light distribution curves of luminaires and other sources of light (C-gamma goniophotometer). The laboratory has been fully adapted to meet the needs of a broad quality-control spectrum for products. Additionally, in 2015 it was extended with a new laboratory for testing the tightness of fixtures, and new measuring equipment was purchased, such as a flickering meter (used to measure the flicker ratio of light that directly affects human well-being) or a portable spectrometer.

Tests carried out in the LUG laboratory in 2015

• 280

  tests connected with safety

• 1243

  photometric tests

Production costs optimisation

Another direction of the tests being done is optimising the production costs of LED fixtures. As part of these operations, the Company constructed a new factory in the Technological Park in Nowy Kisielin in 2015, and relocated the R&D Department, Laboratory, production facilities and LED component warehouse to this factory. At present, the Company’s own production of LED modules enables LUG luminaires with high luminous efficiency and a unique design to be dynamically developed, taking production costs optimisation into account. The operations are currently producing measurable effects in the form of non-dependence on suppliers and ideally matching LUG luminaires to customers’ needs under the “customisation” policy implemented. Another effect of the development work carried out is a greater availability of LED modules and the possibility of flexibly reacting to market needs, which builds the LUG S.A. Capital Group’s competitive advantage over importers of fixtures.

• The Company’s own production of LED modules enables LUG luminaires to be dynamically developed