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It's likely not the first thing that
comes to mind when thinking about
flight, but lighting plays a vital role
both inside and outside an aircraft,
with LED technology becoming the
new industry go-to.
by Walker Jaroch
C
onsistency is the hallmark of any light, be it in a
bedside lamp or at 30,000 feet, but the technology behind lighting has gone through a handful of
iterations. Halogen, xenon and fluorescent are all
giving way to what is becoming the norm - LED.
"LED is probably the most widespread technology that
you'll see being used for the next decade," said Bob Lenz,
product line director for aerospace lighting at Honeywell.
Honeywell, who Lenz said were one of the first companies to start
developing and selling LED lighting, are now on their fifth generation
of LED lights. First developing and selling their LEDs in 2001, Lenz said
that each new generation of lights since has increased LED's benefits,
making them an increasingly attractive lighting solution. "What's different about the fifth generation than our previous generations? I'd
characterize it by three different things: Number one is improved LED
power and efficiency. Number two is integrated power supplies and
number three is reduced weight. With each successive generation of
LEDs, they get better and better," Lenz explained.
The greatest benefit of LEDs, Lenz said, is the cost savings. "The most
obvious benefit is the reduced operational and maintenance costs. In
an LED lighting solution, you can get anywhere from 10 to 100 times
the increase in service life over a comparable legacy technology. You
also get improved pilot and aircraft visibility, reduced power consumption, reduced size and weight. And with that reduced size and weight,
you can sometimes get to - and this is like one of the hallmarks of
our fifth-generation - up to a 50 percent reduction in size and weight
with the smaller LED packaging and our integrated power supplies,"
Lenz described.
Looking at the market, Philip Odackal, vice president and general
manager of lighting solutions for Collins Aerospace, said that the industry is focused primarily on power, weight and reliability - all advantages of LED. "As we've completely shifted into LED, we're drastically
reducing the power draw that lights take on. The reliability goes up
because the longevity, as you've seen on the ground for LED lighting,
continues into the air. Then the weight also comes down as you take
out some of the mechanical complexity that you have with a traditional
light," Odackal said.
Steve Scover, general manager of lighting solutions, interiors for Collins
Aerospace, said that their business started primarily as a fluorescent
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Aircraft_Maintenance_Technology_January-February_2020
Editor's Viewpoint
Industry Inspection
Should Operators Still Outsource?
All Lit Up
Supplying the A&P Demand
All Booked Up
Aviation Education Demands Better
Positively Charged
ARSA Insight
Professionalism
Securing a Skilled Workforce Amid Labor-Related Headwinds
Advertiser's Index
Editor's Takeoff
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Aircraft_Maintenance_Technology_January-February_2020 - Editor's Viewpoint
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Aircraft_Maintenance_Technology_January-February_2020 - Industry Inspection
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Aircraft_Maintenance_Technology_January-February_2020 - Should Operators Still Outsource?
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Aircraft_Maintenance_Technology_January-February_2020 - All Lit Up
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Aircraft_Maintenance_Technology_January-February_2020 - Supplying the A&P Demand
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Aircraft_Maintenance_Technology_January-February_2020 - All Booked Up
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Aircraft_Maintenance_Technology_January-February_2020 - Aviation Education Demands Better
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Aircraft_Maintenance_Technology_January-February_2020 - Positively Charged
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Aircraft_Maintenance_Technology_January-February_2020 - ARSA Insight
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Aircraft_Maintenance_Technology_January-February_2020 - Professionalism
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Aircraft_Maintenance_Technology_January-February_2020 - Securing a Skilled Workforce Amid Labor-Related Headwinds
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Aircraft_Maintenance_Technology_January-February_2020 - Advertiser's Index
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