April 20, 2006... Latest devices challenge halogen, tungsten filament and fluorescent lamps; will debut at Germanys Light + Building Exhibition
Westampton, New Jersey USA-- Lamina Ceramics, manufacturer of award-winning solid-state light sources, has announced the introduction of a new line of ultra-bright LED light engines, including a record-setting warm white model designed to replace halogen and Tungsten filament competitors and a powerful daylight white model designed to replace fluorescents. Up to twice as bright but with the identical footprint of the companys award-winning BL-4000 line ? smaller than a US Nickel ? the new Atlas line also features an RGB LED Light engine generating any of 16,000,000 blendable colors, including white. Lamina will debut the new product line at the 2006 Light + Building show in Frankfurt, Germany.
The new Atlas Warm White is the first in a long-sought new generation of ultra bright LED light sources with warm color temperatures. Producing more than 100 lumens, Atlas enhanced red and orange color spectrum provides light output similar to a 10-watt halogen bulb But uses little more than half the power and lasts 3-4 times as long.
Until now, high power white-light output by LEDs has substantially been confined to color temperatures above 5,000?? cool light similar to fluorescent lamps, noted David McConaghy, Laminas vice president of sales. As lighting designers know, cool white light, while perfect For many applications such as office lighting, is generally not welcome for illuminating the more intimate interior spaces of home and leisure ? most people prefer a warmer light for reading, desk illumination and dining. Perhaps thats also because many fabrics, furnishings, textiles, woods ? and yes, people ? simply do not look very appealing under cool white light.
Daylight white and RGB excitement
The Atlas Daylight White rivals the quality of natural sunlight. Its designed for many architectural and office lighting applications, task lamps, machine vision and high-powered flashlights. With more than a 200 lumen output, it is more than twice as bright but the same Size as the companys BL-4000 LED light engine ? a drop ?in upgrade.
The brighter Atlas RGB+ LED light engine, through 3 independently controlled input/output channels (red, green and blue), can produce any of 16,000,000 beautifully saturated and blended colors (including white with variable color temperature) from a single point source. Its forerunner Laminas BL-4000 RGB +, earned top honors at LightFair International 2005 with Best Technical Innovation and Best in Category awards.
We developed our Atlas LED light engines by listening to the desires and needs of customers, said Mr. McConaghy. Laminas Atlas line pushes solid state lighting to center stage by making possible applications until until could only be accomplished with traditional lighting sources, and by Up to twice as bright as Laminas BL-4000 line, Atlas offers a mechanically robust package design, incorporating protective dome covered diodes and featuring Laminas solder-ease construction ? making soldering childs play.
Atlas was created with an identical footprint to Laminas award-winning BL-4000, thus enabling compatibility with BL-4000 accessories and standard LED driver electronics. Atlas features a lambertian light emission pattern that can be optically controlled with coordinating wide, medium, and narrow Optics.
All of these technical benefits result in unparalleled ease in design builds and integration, and Lamina provides unmatched product integration support. The companys experienced sales application engineers, knowledgeable in LED design integration, optics, heat sinks, and electronics are just a phone call away. To request a sample or to speak with a sales applications engineer, lighting designers can call the company at (609) 265-1401. Product samples are available immediately; production volume manufacturing begins in early June 2006.
About Lamina Ceramics, Inc.
Founded in 2001, Lamina Ceramics defines the state of technology in the development and manufacture of super-bright LED light engines. Laminas LED packaging technology and design with its proprietary packaging provides unsurpassed thermal management and interconnectivity. Laminas ceramic technology was twelve years in development by Sarnoff Corporation.
Lamina Ceramics is headquartered in Westampton, New Jersey, USA, (between Princeton and Philadelphia) and occupies a 50,000-square-foot state-of-the-art, automated manufacturing facility. The Lamina team consists of industry-seasoned engineering and production personnel Dedicated to designing and building long-lasting LED light engines to exacting specifications. Lamina is supported by an industry leading global sales and distribution network. Its investors include Morgenthaler Ventures, SpaceVest, Granite Global Ventures and CID Capital. For more information visit:
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