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Thorne & Derrick together with Raytec offer unrivalled product support helping the hazardous area industry to improve safety, reliability & operational performance.

We hold extensive UK stocks ensuring fast delivery worldwide and offer free, fast and expert specification advice from our skilled team with over 35 years’ experience.

Below Raytec have complied an overview of some of their favourite hazardous area lighting projects in the last year. SPARTAN LED luminaires are designed for use in hazardous areas and deliver outstanding and performance.

SPARTAN is a full range of Ex LED lighting approved for all ATEX, IECEx & UKEx Zone 1 and Zone 2 hazardous area environments, including UL /CSA C1D2 installations constructed to withstand the most challenging environments

With all this in mind, let’s have a look back at some of Raytec’s favourite installations from around the globe in recent months!

OFFSHORE OIL RIG, UAE

Working with AJV Technical Equipment, a leading supplier of hazardous and industrial lighting based in the Middle East, Raytec SPARTAN products were recently installed on an offshore oil rig in the UAE.

SPARTAN Floodlights and Linear luminaires, including emergency variants, were installed across the rig to provide a safe environment for offshore drilling workers during low-light conditions. This included illuminating the lifeboat areas (to support evacuation procedures in an emergency scenario), around the helideck, and general illumination throughout the rig.

Why Raytec Love This Installation:

SPARTAN products are specifically designed for the most challenging conditions, such as those in offshore locations, so we love to see our products being deployed in their natural habitat!

BIRD-FRIENDLY LIGHTING, NETHERLANDS

Raytec and Unique Lights have recently undertaken a project which has seen some bespoke SPARTAN Linear luminaires installed on an offshore platform located in a Natura 2000 area. Lighting regulations within a Nature 2000 area stipulate a special type of monochromatic lighting must be installed to protect local bird wildlife.
Raytec were able to develop a bespoke variant of SPARTAN Linear, using turquoise–coloured, monochromatic LEDs which conformed with the necessary regulations and would help to protect the wildlife.

Why Raytec Love This Installation:

Bespoke, engineered solutions are at the heart of Raytec. Raytec love to see how our lighting can be adapted and modified for specific requirements. Developing this bird–friendly lighting solution, which helps to support a positive environmental impact, makes our bespoke work much more rewarding and beneficial.

LNG FACILITY, AUSTRALIA

Working with Pacific Automation, we recently supplied a range of ATEX & IECEx certified LED fittings to one of Australia’s largest onshore LNG facilities. The site engineers approached Pacific Automation for help due to issues with existing lighting failing the visual inspections required for maintaining their hazardous area certification.

Why Raytec Love This Installation:

Raytec thrive on helping our customers to overcome issues and solve problems. Knowing that Raytec luminaires will provide a reliable, long-term solution to improve one of Australia’s largest onshore LNG facilities is extremely satisfying!

UV exposure, heat cycling and high ambient temperatures were causing embrittlement of ageing GRP fittings installed on site, with hinges on the enclosures cracking and
delaminating, rendering them inoperative.

With Raytec fittings designed using marine grade aluminium, the luminaires can disperse the heat more appropriately and also make maintenance more straightforward with the power supplies located in an easy-to-access end cap.

CHEMICAL STORAGE, UK

Specialist electrical installers Indacon LTD Electrical and Mechanical, recently provided us with these images of Raytec’s second generation of SPARTAN Linear luminaires, along with SPARTAN Bulkhead, installed inside a chemical storage room in the UK which had been designated as a Zone 1 hazardous area.

Why Raytec Love This Installation:

While this may appear a routine installation, it was one of the first to use the new SPARTAN Linear Generation II! Launched earlier in 2022, Linear Generation II provides a significantly upgraded lumen output, along with a redesigned front lens which improves durability and delivers twice the impact rating of the existing linear.

➡ Are you working on a project requiring hazardous area lighting? Contact Thorne & Derrick today to discuss your requirements. Using the latest software, we can provide a FREE LIGHTING DESIGN SERVICE for the specification and supply of ATEX & IECEx light fittings to provide safe and reliable lighting in hazardous areas and industrial locations.

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