Summary: At present, in the lighting industry, the discussion on LED light engine products has gradually increased, and people often have very different views on LED light engine products. Some people think that the product and the emergence of this technology is to save the current savior of the LED lighting market, and some people think that this product and the technology is a waste of LED resources, is a transitional product. Some people think that LED light engine products are the future of traditional lighting companies, and some people think that this product will only lead traditional lighting companies to a dead end. Why is this the case? Is the product immature? Is the technology difficult to master? Or is the product useless? Therefore, this article helps the reader to fully understand and master the LED by analyzing and analyzing the LED light engine and the international alliance ZHAGA. Light engine products and their applications.
Key word: LED light engine; promotion advantage of LED light engine; ZHAGA Alliance;
What is the LED light engine?
The LED light engine consists of an LED package (component) or LED array (module), an LED driver, and an overall combination of other photometric, thermal, mechanical, and electrical components that pass through a conventional connection that matches the LED fixture. The device is directly connected to the branch circuit. Therefore, the LED light engine is a device between the LED lamp and the LED lamp. The difference from the LED lamp is that it does not contain a standard lamp cap and cannot be directly connected to the branch circuit. The same point as the LED lamp can have a set light distribution. And cooling function. This product can effectively improve the stability of LED indoor lamps and improve various performance parameters (such as color rendering, system light effect, etc.), so it is the focus of future research and development and promotion of major LED lighting manufacturers.
What are the advantages of LED light engine?
1. Standardized manufacturing is conducive to the promotion of LED lamps.
At present, LED lighting fixtures are booming, especially indoor LED lamps are newly added by new companies every day, and new lamps are born. Therefore, the LED indoor lighting market is varied and has its own way, which brings great inconvenience to the standardized production and promotion of indoor LED lamps. Since the LED light engine is a standardized product, different LED lighting manufacturers can select different LED light engines to design and manufacture LED lamps according to different applications. Especially for new LED lighting manufacturers entering the market, just need to find several standard LED light engine products to design their own lamps, there is no need to worry about mass production, because the same standard LED light engine products can have Many manufacturers choose, and the standardized LED light engine products can be easily mass-produced.
2. Reduce the R&D expenses of LED lighting manufacturers and shorten the production cycle.
Traditional light source luminaire design only needs to involve optics and structure. However, due to the lack of standards for LED luminaire products, current LED lighting manufacturers need to deploy electronic, electrical, and heat-dissipation in addition to optical and structural professionals. Such as professionals, thus greatly increasing the burden on LED lighting manufacturers, and formed a high threshold for new LED lighting manufacturers, which is not conducive to the development of the entire LED industry. Therefore, how to effectively reduce the research and development costs of LED lighting fixtures and shorten the production cycle has become a major problem in the LED industry. With the standard LED light engine, the above problems can be solved. Since LED light engine products have considered electronic, electrical and primary heat dissipation and primary light distribution, LED lighting manufacturers only need to consider the structure of the lamp, secondary heat dissipation and secondary light distribution. Yes, which greatly reduces the development cost of LED lighting fixtures and shortens the production cycle.
3. Improve the overall performance of LED lamps (such as luminous efficiency, color rendering and color temperature), and improve the application quality of LED lamps.
Since the LED light engine clearly specifies the output lumens, color rendering index, system luminous efficiency, color temperature persistence, viewing angle width and other parameters of different applications, and the specified parameters are up to the highest level in the industry, the application of the LED lighting is improved. Quality has been greatly improved and effective protection.
ZHAGA Alliance promotes LED light engine
The European-based ZHAGA Alliance is an organization that standardizes LED light engine product standards and develops standardization of LED light engine product interfaces. Its purpose is to achieve the interchangeability of lamps used by different LED lamp manufacturers based on ZHAGA standard products. The continuous and rapid development of LED technology, ZHAGA standards cover the physical link, optical, electrical, light distribution, heat dissipation and other major links, and ultimately achieve the compatibility of products between different manufacturers in the ZHAGA Alliance. Change, replacement, etc., so if the country's LED regulations and standards focus on performance quality (such as: life, energy efficiency, color temperature and so on), then the ZHAGA Alliance solves the problem of interchangeability between manufacturers, such as Figure 1 shows:
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