UK Based Motor Car Manufacturing Plant

The ongoing benefits of LED lighting in terms of cost of ownership and overall performance were critical factors taken in to consideration when the UK’s largest manufacturer of automobiles proposed to upgrade the lighting system in their paint shop and paint mix areas.

The Challenge

Petrel were asked to provide a detailed solution to the clients requirements of improved lighting efficiency, in terms of energy consumption, lumen performance and ongoing maintenance costs as well as providing a bespoke “plug and play” installation.

The Process

Petrel commenced a detailed survey of the site in conjunction with the client and installing electrical contractor to establish the best possible solution in terms of product and installation method to minimise labour costs and potential disruption to the client’s 24/7 production operation.

The Solution

The solution was to build a bespoke product from the specified 7 Series LED ExD range that offered the client full protection and compliance as well as industry leading performance in terms of light output, energy efficiency and quality. The products were hand built with a bespoke zone 1 plug and lead solution to enable the installing contractor to simply “plug in” to the existing circuitry to minimise labour and potential disruption to the ongoing manufacturing process. The project was also time critical and Petrel were able to meet the tight and specific delivery criteria to ensure the project was completed during the clients planned shutdown.

The Results

The client now enjoys vastly improved levels of light with a higher CRI as well as significant energy savings. In addition to this, maintenance costs have been vastly reduced as a result of using Petrel’s 7 series LED products which have industry leading performance in terms of product life with the driver units and LED arrays rated at 50,000 hours life.