Professional Lighting Creates "Green Productivity" in the Automotive Industry

The latest automobile production and sales figures released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers show that in April this year, the domestic automobile production and sales volume had the first negative growth since February 2009. On the one hand, whether the "inflection point" of the industry's controversy has arrived or not, the other side is a tense energy-saving situation. Since March, many provinces and cities in China have experienced rare power shortages in the off-season. This year, for industrial power consumers, energy saving and consumption reduction will face new pressure. For the automotive industry, various means including efficient lighting not only help companies increase productivity and reduce safety risks, but also increase the integrated effect of lighting means, or create "green productivity" to respond to the fierce competitive environment and A powerful tool for cost pressure. On April 26, the 2011 Philips Green Motion Factory (Automotive Industry) Roving Seminar was held in Shanghai. At the meeting, Philips Lighting introduced the world's leading "green factory" concept, from the perspective of ensuring safe production, reducing energy consumption, and increasing production efficiency, integrated the auto industry's own production needs, providing the entire Chinese automotive industry with full coverage. Lighting solutions. On this basis, Philips also put forward a highly-executable trial program, which will bring new opportunities for cost reduction and efficiency enhancement to more automotive customers.

“Green moving factory” improves management efficiency At the seminar, lighting expert Ren Yuanhui stated: The scale, efficiency, and fine features of automobile production put forward higher requirements for lighting. Its positive impact is: Can help Improve production efficiency, improve product quality: ensure parts, assembly accuracy and increase the quality rate, reduce scrap rate; can also maintain the physical and mental health of producers: physical and psychological health, in order to achieve spiritual pleasure and efficient work. Safety is the first link in the management of the "Green Factory". The light environment with sufficient illuminance, high definition and suitable for production and work helps the employees to quickly and effectively see the details of the production and work process, identify details such as colors, and improve the efficiency of production work. This has become a modern management science. A common sense. The processes in automotive plants are often sophisticated and complicated, and many processes require the manual operation of complex instruments. Under poor lighting conditions, shadows projected by large-scale mechanical equipment can create dangerous safety corners; and lamps that are obscured by hot gas, dust, and oil generated during the production process can reduce the visibility of the working environment. It is easy to cause security risks and increase the intangible production costs for enterprises. For this reason, Philips Lighting recommends that in order to get rid of the safety corners and obtain the uniformity and light level of the entire space lighting, high-quality components should be selected and local lighting be provided around important machines. For example, the use of aluminum reflector lamps, in addition to qualified anti-vibration, anti-oil dust performance, but also to make lighting equipment in the long working environment to maintain the best illumination. Like a stamping shop, carbody molding is accomplished by using a giant die to stamp out the machine. During the production process, a lot of heat is generated. If the lighting system's electric appliances cannot withstand high temperatures, it can easily cause damage to the lamps and electrical appliances. For this subtle aspect, use Philips HPK888 series high ceiling fixtures to prevent the intrusion of water vapor and dust, optional IP66 grade aluminum reflector, and better protection in multi-dust and humidity environmental protection lamps, standard configuration, aluminum reflection The hood can be used at an ambient temperature of 45°C. It is equipped with special electrical appliances to maintain optimal performance even at temperatures up to 60°C. In addition, there are many links in the automotive industry, and the management benefits of lighting are also reflected in the scientific and rational distribution and maintenance mechanisms. For example, lighting experts recommend that production sites should be controlled according to natural light conditions, as well as workshops, sections, and sub-groups with centralized control. The number of lamps in each group should not be too high; an independently controlled on-duty lighting should be set up; public areas with little pedestrian flow (corridors, Staircases) should be equipped with self-extinguishing energy-saving or dimming control; rooms where no one regularly works and regularly visits, such as substations, machine rooms, pump rooms, warehouses, etc., should adopt interlocking switches with the door, or infrared, motion, etc. Energy-saving self-extinguishing or dimming control; also consider setting up sub-units to measure and assess lighting power consumption system. With regard to the guidelines, the “green factory” is not only improving the energy-saving and lighting performance of the factory, but also is a good opportunity to improve the management level of the industry.

The "green factory", the source of glory in the image project, can be seen as the most attractive "face" of a car. It is also an image project that is more important than other industries' automotive industries. For most consumers, the feeling of a car is largely determined by the first glance.

Therefore, the paint shop of the car, to some extent, is the first impression of the quality of the car. Workers in the paint shop must be able to quickly inspect small defects such as uneven surfaces, scratches, and protrusions at the first time, and therefore have strict requirements for lighting. According to experts from Philips Lighting, the basic lighting requirements of the paint shop are: in the horizontal, vertical and related slopes, the surface illumination is high and the uniformity is good; in order to reduce the possibility of glare, use optical technology or use white shutters to achieve Optimized viewing conditions; good color rendering allows easy inspection of production defects typical of lighting installations. Therefore, typical lighting solutions are: wide-beam white spray paint or aluminum reflector for general lighting; closed, entrance-protected lamps in the production work area; and protective lighting with scientific optical design to improve inspection conditions; Spraying cabinets are generally not recommended to install lamps internally, use lamps that are maintained from the outside, or use explosion-proof light sources when used internally, to minimize production interruptions and contamination caused by maintenance. If the degree of contamination is high, use a smooth, surface-free luminaire for cleaning. In the painting inspection, Philips also suggested that only when the brightness projected on the surface is as uniform as possible, can it achieve extremely high uniformity; using a special reflector system, a high color rendering light source. Proper spacing between light sources; use of special lamps to produce a clear stripe arrangement on the panel. At the same time, a fluorescent lamp with high color rendering and high color temperature (6500K) was used to project a clear wave pattern of the imitating waveform on the sprayed surface. Currently, it is in the paint shop of a domestic automobile manufacturer that has applied Philips lighting solutions. The inspection rate of defects has been increased from 90% in the old system to the current 98%; and the function of sandblasting and stain defects in the inspection of the silver paint body that could not be achieved in the old system can already be realized. It is reported that this painting inspection program has been extended to other manufacturers.

Philips, a global leader in industrial lighting technology, adheres to the concept of “Easy light to enhance life” and has been dedicated to providing tailor-made professional lighting solutions for the automotive industry. It has a full range of high-quality industrial lighting solutions to meet the automotive industry. The production requirements of each link. Liang Hanfeng, general manager of Philips Lighting in Greater China, said: “With the continuous upgrading and development of China’s auto manufacturing industry, the green voice in the automotive production sector is increasing. Philips as an advocate of green lighting, fully listen to the voice of the automotive industry manufacturers, Based on customer needs, we are committed to providing innovative automotive lighting solutions to meet automotive lighting standards, improve safety while reducing costs and increasing efficiency, and creating green productivity!”