Nuventix, Inc., developer of SynJet® thermal management solutions for LED luminaires, recently announced a distribution agreement making the company’s LED cooling products available from LED lighting component and support services provider Future Lighting Solutions. The agreement extends the reach of Nuventix products to 169 locations in 41 countries in the Americas, Europe … [Read more...]
Product & Industry News
Mitsubishi Adds LED-Based Cube to Display Wall Line-up Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America’s Presentation Products Division has expanded its SeventySeries display wall line with the SeventySeries: LED, an LED-based, rear-projection display wall cube designed specifically for control and command rooms for government, traffic and utility facilities, and network operations … [Read more...]
Thermal Management Printed Circuit Board for LED Cooling Applications
SinkPAD Corporation is a thermal management company addressing thermal challenges facing the solid state lighting industry specifically in aluminum PCB (LED PCB) applications. IMS PCBs with efficient through plane thermal conductivities are important for high heat generating LEDs. Although high thermally conductive metals are used, IMS PCB performance is dependent upon the … [Read more...]
Interest in LEDs Grows as Historic Bridge, Cities Get Funding
Built in 1872 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the West Dummerston covered bridge in Dummerston, Vt., had been lit by high-pressure-sodium (HPS) lights until they were replaced recently by Philips Gardco LED luminaires. According to the Building Green blog, local resident, electrician and regular bridge-crosser Stan Howe led a movement to have the HPS … [Read more...]
Solid State Lighting Connector
New from Tyco Electronics is an IDC solid state lighting (SSL) connector for quick, tool-less termination of discrete wires onto LED printed circuit boards (PCBs). The product terminates 18 through 24 AWG solid and stranded wire utilizing insulation displacement technology to eliminate the labor-intensive task of pre-stripping wires and soldering. The robust design of the IDC … [Read more...]
