Crouse-Hinds Lighting Solutions: Enhancing Safety in Alberta Refineries
Edmonton’s oil refineries are high-risk environments that require reliable, efficient, and safe lighting solutions to ensure smooth and secure operations. Crouse-Hinds by Eaton lighting products are specifically designed to meet the unique challenges of oil refinery environments, providing durable, explosion-proof lighting solutions that enhance safety and efficiency in these hazardous locations.
Benefits of Switching to LED
- Useful Life: Rated for up to 60,000 hours of maintenance-free, reliable operation, providing long-lasting performance in demanding environments.
- Energy Efficiency: LED fixtures consume significantly less energy than traditional fluorescent and HID fixtures, reducing operating costs.
- Start/Restart Time: LEDs provide instant illumination, unlike HID lamps that require up to a 10-minute restrike time, ensuring immediate lighting when needed.
- Light Quality: LEDs offer superior colour rendering, enhancing visibility and safety compared to fluorescent and HID lighting.
- Environmental Benefits: Mercury-free LEDs eliminate hazardous disposal costs and reduce overall energy consumption, making them a more eco-friendly choice.
Why Choose Crouse-Hinds LED Fixtures
Crouse-Hinds LED fixtures are built with a rugged design, capable of withstanding extreme temperatures, vibration, water, and dust, making them perfect for harsh industrial environments. They offer high efficacy, delivering up to 127 lumens per watt (depending on the model), ensuring energy-efficient performance with maximum light output. The advanced thermal management system optimizes heat dissipation, extending the fixture's lifespan. With multi-optic selection, these fixtures provide superior light distribution and intensity, enhancing visibility and safety. Additionally, their versatile mounting options allow compatibility with existing Crouse-Hinds HID fixtures, making them an excellent choice for retrofit applications.
Crouse-Hinds Series Champ VMV
The Crouse-Hinds Champ VMV LED is a reliable and innovative solution tailored to optimize industrial lighting for various spaces and applications.
Key Features:
- High intensity discrete power emitters
- Standard: cool white (5000K, 70 CRI)
- Optional: warm white, (3000K, 80 CRI)
- Custom Type I, III and V optics available
- Mounting heights: 8-60 feet
- Rated life of 60,000 hours at 55°C and 50,000 hours at 65°C operating ambient and 24/7 continuous operation for 365 days
- Suitable for: Oil and gas refineries, drilling rigs, and petrochemical facilities
- Performance: Instant illumination and restrike
- Operates in cold temperatures without warm-up time
- Driver redundancy option minimizes the risk of complete light failure
- Compact modular fixture easily attaches to existing Champ mounting modules
- Up to 64% energy savings compared to HID fixtures
- Shock-and vibration-resistant solid-state design
Overview: High lumen output for excellent visibility, and robust construction to withstand harsh environments.
Crouse-Hinds Pauluhn DLLA Hazardous Area Linear LED Light Fixtures
The Crouse-Hinds series Pauluhn DLLA linear LED is engineered as a direct replacement for fluorescent T12, T8, and T5HO fixtures on land-based and offshore drilling platforms. Available in 2-foot and 4-foot models delivering 4,000 and 8,000 lumens respectively, the Pauluhn DLLA boasts a rugged, durable design paired with the industry's most versatile and flexible mounting options.
Key Features
- High efficacy of up to 134 LPW (DLLA2 with UNV1 driver)
- Dimmable 0-10V driver for added control
- 60,000-hour lifespan at 55°C ambient temperature
- Operating temperature range of -40°C to +65°C (standard) and 0°C to +40°C (emergency battery backup)
- Low-profile design (~4" height) ideal for confined or low-clearance spaces
- Versatile mounting options, including ceiling/swivel, wall, flush, pole, and pendant mounting
- Wide and narrow optics for uniform illumination
- Four points of secondary retention for added safety
- Rated for 2,000 PSI high-pressure hose applications
- High vibration resistance for durability in tough environments
- Built-in emergency battery backup with 90-minute runtime and ≥1,000 lumens output
- Standard surge protection of 4kV line-to-line and 6kV line-to-earth
Overview: Uniform illumination, and reliable performance in demanding environments.
Crouse-Hinds Series Champ FMVA LED Floodlights
The Crouse-Hinds Series Champ FMVA LED floodlights are designed to provide full-spectrum, crisp white light in both Class I and Class II hazardous areas. With options ranging from 3,000 to 50,000 lumens, these floodlights deliver reliable and long-lasting illumination to meet various floodlighting needs. Certified for NEC, CEC, and IEC hazardous locations, the Champ FMVA offers a versatile global solution for challenging environments. Ideal for outdoor wall and stanchion-mounted applications, these floodlights are well-suited for areas where flammable vapors, gases, ignitable dust, fibres, or flyings are present.
Key Features
Globally certified for use in classified, hazardous areas
- Provides up to 60,000 hours rated life at 55°C, eliminating the need for frequent lamp replacements
- Energy-efficient technology – up to 72% energy savings over HID fixtures
- Minimum T3C temperature rating – safely operates in hazardous and non-hazardous location
- Shock- and vibration-resistant solid-state luminaires with no filaments or glass components, reducing the risk of failure
- Available in cool white (5000K, 70 CRI) and warm white (3000K, 80 CRI) options
- Instant illumination and restrike with no warm-up required
- Dimmable driver, 0-10V
- Serviceable drivers for easy maintenance
- Operating ambient: -40°C to 65°C (NEC only; IEC: -40°C to 55°C)
Overview: Long lifespan and safety certifications for hazardous environments, ensuring maximum visibility and compliance in demanding industrial applications.
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