Upgrading To LED Hazardous Area Lighting Solutions

At Thorne & Derrick, we understand that harsh industrial or hazardous environments demand reliable & correctly certified equipment. That is why we are constantly striving to improve your operational performance by protecting you, your plant and your equipment. This includes upgrading a plant’s legacy lighting system or designing a new facility, you can count on us to specify the correct LED hazardous area lighting solution for your application.

To ensure you have the correct illumination in extreme conditions, you need a lighting manufacturer who engineers their hazardous are lighting to ensure optimal light dispersion, creating more usable light. Upgrading from Appleton™ HID luminaires to Appleton LED luminaires is seamless with a one-to-one installation retrofit.

There is an international trend in the global hazardous area industry sector to upgrade conventional explosion proof lighting to use energy-efficient LED lighting technology with ATEX certification.

From floodlights to general purpose lighting for industrial or hazardous locations, Appleton™ LED platform by Emerson is designed to make usable light the foundation for safer, more productive environments.

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LED Light Quality

Thorne & Derrick together with Appleton are committed to ensuring you get the most value from your LED lighting. The value in lighting is in enabling you to comfortably and safely work in harsh or hazardous environments. The challenges of bad colour, shadows, glare, and inconsistent illumination are complex.

Each application deserves a tailored lighting solution for any mounting height or level of illumination needed. Appleton luminaires maximize usable light that is comfortable and safe for the application: providing a high quality LED experience.

 💡 Did you Know? Using the latest software, Thorne & Derrick can provide a FREE LIGHTING DESIGN SERVICE for the specification and supply of ATEX, IECEx & UKEX light fittings to provide safe and reliable lighting in hazardous areas and industrial locations. Our lighting design experts will guide you through the entire process, ensuring the optimum solution is achieved.

How Does Hazardous Area LED Lighting Work?

There are three main points to consider when upgrading to LED lighting.

• Usable Light – Lumens where you need them most through unique design approaches to targeted applications
• LED For Improved Safety – Improved light quality and uniformity leads to better detection and safer environments
• Lighting For Comfort – Diffusers reduce glare and refractors provide comfortable lighting at any mounting height

Retrofit

When converting to LED, labour is a key consideration. Emerson’s designs allow for seamless installation of energy efficient LED luminaires. This ensures your labour is cost effective and drives a faster total cost of ownership payback.

Our Appleton LED Luminaires easily retrofit into existing Appleton HID installations as well as into our competitors’ luminaires. We provide a one-for-one installation for your existing layout while maintaining usable and comfortable light.

Safety

Safety concerns go beyond glare and dark spots. Emerson understands.  Vibration is often a concern in harsh environments, so we conduct extensive vibration testing and offer redundant safety cables.

Emergency battery backup options protect productivity and safety during power outages. Ensure injury-free installation and maintenance with captive screws that prevent falling hardware. Your safety drives the design of every product in our Appleton LED offering.

Progression of Lighting Candle, Tungsten, Fluorescent & LED

Reliability

You need light you can depend on even in the harshest of environments. Emerson brings a long history of corrosion resistance protection to our Appleton LED lighting. Tough outdoor applications such as lightning strikes and dirty power are challenges; extra surge protection is our solution.

A key to LED luminaire longevity is quality components. Emerson uses top tier LED components and continues to seek the best solutions as technology evolves.

Thermal Management

The enemy of LEDs is heat. Emerson’s superior thermal management design maximizes the life of the LEDs and the luminaire. All of our Appleton LED luminaires are tested to provide the expected lumens at maximum ambient temperature. If the maximum ambient temperature is exceeded, our systems are designed to reduce light output without causing a lighting outage to ensure safety in the area. Our priority is to maintain usable and high quality light throughout the designated temperature range.

Global Certifications

Emerson together with Thorne & Derrick recognises the importance of having the correct certification for your geographic location and the environment it will be used in. Whether your geography requires ATEX, IECEx, UKEx, NEC or CEC certification, our regulatory involvement, technical expertise and range of Appleton LED luminaires solve the challenges of outfitting your facilities.

Thorne & Derrick are leaders in ATEX & IECEx Product Innovation providing Lighting, Heating, Ventilation and Security in Explosive Atmospheres.

Talk to us today about how we can improve operational safety, energy efficiency and optimise productivity in your hazardous areas.

We are your proactive problem solvers experienced in succession planning for the replacement of obsolete, non-conformant and legacy equipment in hazardous areas.

Your first-choice provider of innovative and competitive solutions to ensure ATEX & IECEx Compliance for your UK and international projects.