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| Magnifying luminaire helps ensure quality standards at Marc Cain  The inspection of high-quality knitwear at Marc Cain requires not only extremely careful, meticulous workers, but also the right conditions for precise, ergonomic vision. To reduce eye strain, the fashion company from Bodelshausen uses the LED magnifying luminaire TEVISIO from Waldmann. The new building of the internationally successful fashion company Marc Cain in Bodelshausen was completed in August 2010. During 2009 and 2010, 36 million euros were invested in the new production and administration building with modern furnishings and machines.The color white dominates not only the administrative area, but the entire production area as well. The new building emphasizes the high quality of Marc Cain products and also demonstrates the company's close ties to the location. The business currently employs 800 people in Germany alone. At its headquarters in Bodelshausen, design, development and manufacturing facilities are located under one roof. This also includes a knitting division that encompasses 80 flat knitting and 8 circular knitting machines. While the workplaces were being set up in preparation for the move to the new building in August 2010, a search was made for a new lighting solution for the inspection benches. Here, the quality of sewing runs is checked, and the knitted fabrics are examined and reworked if necessary. Reworking means manually gathering up faulty stitches and integrating them back into the fabric. This necessary work of identifying faulty stitches and finishing the knitwear is especially hard on the eyes. The women who work at these workplaces perform highly concentrated, delicate work. So finding a lighting solution that gives them optimal support, thus reducing the strain on their eyes, was especially important. Marc Cain has been using Waldmann lamps in different areas of production, e.g. at the sewing tables, already for quite some time. "Waldmann is a leading, regionally-based supplier of industrial lighting systems, so we like working together with them," explains Evelyn Schütz, the clothing engineer responsible for setting up and equipping the manufacturing workplaces at Marc Cain. "The experts at Waldmann also take a close look at our workplaces and carefully consider which lamps best meet our requirements." After describing the requirements for the reworking tables, Schütz viewed them on site together with a Waldmann lighting consultant. The production workers could then test different lamps, until finally a decision was made in favor of the LED magnifying luminaire TEVISIO. TEVISIO has a very large magnifying glass with a 153 mm field of view, which allows both eyes to see through the lens without distortion. The implemented LEDs have a color temperature of 4,000 Kelvin. Their quality is evidenced by a high color rendering index of Ra = 90, which offers the best prerequisites for recognizing colors and color differences under the magnifying glass. In addition, the employed reflector technology ensures excellent light distribution that yields uniform light with smooth transitions and no annoying shadows. Depending on the requirements, the light can be dimmed to 10 percent of the maximum intensity of 6000 lux. The light quantity can thus be adjusted to individual needs. Regarding this, the following applies: the more difficult the visual task, the higher the level of illumination should be. Another very useful feature is that the four light segments making up the lamp can be switched on or off separately. This can generate structure emphasizing effects that allow, for example, irregularities in the fabric to be more easily seen. "The new lighting solution helped us counteract eye fatigue, which often creeps up fast when doing such work. The excellent illumination of the workplaces now fulfills the needs of our employees perfectly" says Schütz in conclusion. write your comments about the article :: © 2012 Construction News :: home page |