Unilux Completes 2nd Generation of Handheld Strobe Lights for Metals Industries
02/13/2015 - Unilux has introduced the LED1 and LED3, the next two members of its H2LED Series of handheld strobe lights for surface inspection, maintenance and troubleshooting for steel and aluminum mills and coil coating and service center operations.
The LED1 replaces the Pocket Pixel, and the LED3 replaces the LED1XS (spotlight pattern) and LED1XF (floodlight pattern). The new lights are five times brighter than their predecessors, which were part of Unilux’s original LED lights, and the LED3 will be available as fixed-mount light with regular or UV LED diodes. They join the LED12 handheld strobe light, which debuted last year.
“The full H2LED series helps us give the metals industries – especially steel and aluminum mills – a complete, single-source illumination solution for all of their inspection needs in ambient lighting conditions,” said Mike Simonis, president, Unilux. “They join the LED-2000 family for surface inspection and the Edge Tech for edge inspection. The new handhelds are five times brighter, and their power has given us great reviews from maintenance personnel. The LED1 is small enough to fit into a shirt pocket, making it so easy to carry around. Our improved design gives them the power of the larger units that were impossible to carry all day, giving them better spot-checking capability for a full shift on a single charge.”
Getting the new handheld LED strobe lights into mills, coating operations and service centers will help them build on the success they’ve have had with Unilux’s LED-2000 family, Simonis noted.
“All of our new handheld LED lights are lighter and brighter than the lights they replaced,” he said. “They give operators better access to all parts of their process lines and more light for troubleshooting and maintenance inspections. Plus, they get all the cost-saving benefits of LED technology: a two-thirds reduction in power consumption, elimination of the cost and time needed for lamp replacement and the environmental benefits of no ozone or hazardous materials disposal. When you have 30 to 50 lights in a mill, the cost savings can help pay for LED lights in four years or less.”
Unilux LED strobe lights use the stroboscopic effect to visually freeze detailed images of flat surfaces or machine parts moving at full production speed. Images allow process operators, technicians and engineers to use their knowledge and experience to spot and determine the causes of defects and to implement repair solutions.
Unilux Inc., headquartered in Saddle Brook, N.J., has 53 years of experience in designing and manufacturing industrial surface inspection lighting systems for the printing, converting, packaging, metals, papermaking and textile industries. Unilux stroboscopic inspection lights range from handheld, battery-powered units for spot or narrow-web/strip inspection, maintenance and troubleshooting applications to fixed-mounted units capable of inspecting surfaces up to 12m wide. Unilux currently has sales representatives in 58 countries throughout the world along with five service centers.
“The full H2LED series helps us give the metals industries – especially steel and aluminum mills – a complete, single-source illumination solution for all of their inspection needs in ambient lighting conditions,” said Mike Simonis, president, Unilux. “They join the LED-2000 family for surface inspection and the Edge Tech for edge inspection. The new handhelds are five times brighter, and their power has given us great reviews from maintenance personnel. The LED1 is small enough to fit into a shirt pocket, making it so easy to carry around. Our improved design gives them the power of the larger units that were impossible to carry all day, giving them better spot-checking capability for a full shift on a single charge.”
Getting the new handheld LED strobe lights into mills, coating operations and service centers will help them build on the success they’ve have had with Unilux’s LED-2000 family, Simonis noted.
“All of our new handheld LED lights are lighter and brighter than the lights they replaced,” he said. “They give operators better access to all parts of their process lines and more light for troubleshooting and maintenance inspections. Plus, they get all the cost-saving benefits of LED technology: a two-thirds reduction in power consumption, elimination of the cost and time needed for lamp replacement and the environmental benefits of no ozone or hazardous materials disposal. When you have 30 to 50 lights in a mill, the cost savings can help pay for LED lights in four years or less.”
Unilux LED strobe lights use the stroboscopic effect to visually freeze detailed images of flat surfaces or machine parts moving at full production speed. Images allow process operators, technicians and engineers to use their knowledge and experience to spot and determine the causes of defects and to implement repair solutions.
Unilux Inc., headquartered in Saddle Brook, N.J., has 53 years of experience in designing and manufacturing industrial surface inspection lighting systems for the printing, converting, packaging, metals, papermaking and textile industries. Unilux stroboscopic inspection lights range from handheld, battery-powered units for spot or narrow-web/strip inspection, maintenance and troubleshooting applications to fixed-mounted units capable of inspecting surfaces up to 12m wide. Unilux currently has sales representatives in 58 countries throughout the world along with five service centers.
