Abtech Launches Nimbus LED Panel For Use In Zone 1 Hazardous Areas
Published 27 Jun 2019
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uploaded by Chris Dodds - Thorne & Derrick Sales / Marketing Manager
Zone 1 Nimbus LED Panel
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The Nimbus low-profile Zone 1 LED Panel manufactured by Abtech provides significant weight savings over traditional T8 recessed hazardous area fluorescents that have for many years been the standard for internal lighting and illumination on offshore platforms and FPSOs.
With its launch, the benefits of long life and minimum maintenance associated with LED technology can become a reality for control rooms, living quarters and corridors that require the use of Ex-rated luminaires.
The intrinsically safe (Ex ib) Nimbus forms part of the Abtech hazardous area lighting range and is available in a selection of sizes from a 13W, 150x150mm panel to a 20W 300x600mm unit. Light output and distribution for the Nimbus compares to that of a recessed fluorescent.
Users can also choose from pure white (5700K) or warm white (3000K) LEDs to provide a colour temperature suited to their application. The Nimbus panel is both ATEX and IECEx certified for mains and battery backup options.
Hazardous Area Lighting
The LED panel is designed to be flush mounted below ceiling tile and is compatible with the multiple variants available on the hazardous area lighting market. The Nimbus driver unit is housed in a separate IP rated enclosure that can be mounted up to four metres away allowing potential space saving in the ceiling void.
As mounting is achieved with minimal (M4 sized) penetration through the tiles, the integrity of fire rated ceilings is maintained. The Nimbus is also supplied with a low smoke, zero halogen cable between the LED panel and driver unit.
➡ See also: Submersible Light Fittings | IP68 Zone 1 & 21 Hazardous Area LED Lighting
“We have seen significant interest in this LED product from modular accommodation providers who are looking to take advantage of the benefits that solid-state lighting can offer. The barrier has always been the availability of an Ex-certified emergency luminaire.” comments Gareth Bruce, Marketing Manager at Abtech.
“Unlike fluorescents, LED technology is digitally controlled. Thus, desirable features for living and working areas such a dimming can be much more easily achieved. The Nimbus has been designed with a push-to-dim functionality as standard”.
The emergency version has a 6V 4.5Ah, Ni-Cd power pack that provides 120-minute emergency duration with 50% of the mains mode light output. There is also a 90 minute, 100% output version. To ensure the highest levels of safety the emergency Nimbus light fitting also features battery and driver status monitoring with a bi-coloured LED to indicate healthy operation of highlight fault conditions.
The Hazardous Area Electrical & Lighting Products from Abtech include: hazardous area lighting, stainless steel and GRP junction boxes, high voltage enclosures, local controls, cable glands and connection accessories.
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Thorne & Derrick are Specialist Distributors of Hazardous Area & Explosion Proof Equipment with IECEx & ATEX Certifications to the onshore and offshore oil, gas, petrochemicals and process industries.
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