Lighting the way
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Dialight Lumidrives, in collaboration with the University of Manchester, has been won a £330,000 grant from the DTI led Technology Programme to develop new platforms for next generation LED lighting modules.
The applied research programme runs until April 2008 and aims to produce a number of high output LED modules with light outputs exceeding 12,000lumens.
Gordon Routledge, Dialight Lumidrives managing director, said: “Although many companies have made demonstrators of LED lighting in existing lighting applications, very little work has been completed into the associated technologies beyond LEDs at the component level. Significant improvments in cost, efficiency and reliability are therefore essential.
“The concept may sound trivial, but our five year’s experience in the LED lighting industry shows that the thermal requirements of LED devices represent the biggest challenge in most applications for general lighting. Leading the way in this field represents an excellent opportunity for the already successful UK lighting industry.”
The modules will integrate thermal management, optical control and high reliability drive electronics to maximise the benefits of LED technology in existing lighting applications, such as architectural, road way and industrial lighting.