New Illuminance Spectrophotometer CL-500A for LED’s and EL lighting
Nieuwegein, January 2012
Top class accuracy to meet DIN and JIS standards
The new CL-500A enhances the wide range of Konica Minolta’s instruments for measuring light sources. It is a very compact, lightweight and fully stand alone Illuminance Spectrophotometer for the accurate measurement of a wide range of light sources including LED’s and EL illuminations. With its spectral wavelength range of 360 – 780nm, the CL-500A can calculate all major chromacity values, colour temperature including , and colour rendering index (CRI) with spectral accuracy.
Its accuracy and overall performance make the CL-500A the first hand-held illuminance spectrophotometer which fully conforms to DIN 5032 Part 7, Class B as well as JIS C1609 Class AA.
Broad range off application and data evaluation including colour rendering index
The CL-500A measures not only illuminance, chromaticity, and colour temperature, but also CRI (colour rendering index). The colour-rendering index is a quantification of the colour rendering properties of a lamp or other light source, and was defined to provide objective criteria. The colour-rendering index expresses the comparison of colour appearance effects between the light source being tested and a standard illuminant.
The CL-500A can be used for a range of applications, these include:
- Field measurement and analysis of light of a wide range of sources in terms of colour rendering index, colour temperature, chromacity and illuminance
- Development and quality assurance in addition to maintenance of LED signboards
- Measurement sensor for analysis of total flux and light distribution characteristics
in a integrating sphere
- Research and colour inspection of video data projectors
- As Master instrument in a quality management system using Illuminance Meter
T-10A and Chroma Meter CL-200A
Stand alone or software supported
With its large LCD screen and rechargeable lithium-ion battery, the compact design and full portability, the CL-500A is perfectly suited for measurements in the field. The display is capable of showing numeric values as well as spectral irradiance graphs with peak wavelength. The included Excel add-in software allows easy transfer of measurement data in to Excel spread sheets.
The optional Data Management Software CL-S10w offers many more functions and graphics, for example easy to read and analyze graphics for colour rendering index deviation or quantitative binning of LED’s . For multi point measurements, the CL-S10w software allows measurement and data control of up to 10 CL-500A instruments.
Informative colour-rendering index display
Colour-rendering indexes can be represented graphically. Shifts between a test light source and a standard light source can be seen at a glance, with bar graphs showing the general colour-rendering index Ra (the average of special colour-rendering indexes R1 to R8) and the special colour-rendering indexes for a total of 15 colours (R1 to R15).
PoC:
Konica Minolta Sensing Europe B.V.
Swiss Branch Dietikon
Riedstrasse 6, CH-8953 Dietikon 1
Andreas Ullrich
Phone: +41 (0)43 322 98 02
Fax: +41 (0)43 322 98 09
andreas.ullrich(at)seu.konicaminolta.eu
About Konica Minolta Sensing Europe B.V.:
Konica Minolta Sensing Europe B.V., an affiliate of Konica Minolta Sensing Inc. Japan is a leading provider of measurement solutions for applications in the fields of Colour & Appearance, Light, Display and 3D form digitalisation. Konica Minolta Sensing Europe serves the industry in the EMEA region with Branches and Distributors in more then 30 countries. Derived from our state-of-the-art optical and image processing technologies, measuring solutions from Konica Minolta Sensing help improve quality control and support R&D in a wide variety of industries.
Our colour management solutions are essential to control and monitor quality in many areas of manufacturing, such as automotive, coatings, plastic, construction materials, food, chemicals and pharmaceutics. In the innovative area of Light & Display technology, Konica Minolta Colour Analysers enjoy an “industry standard” position. Our 3D digitisers are widely used in applications such as medicine, cultural heritage and academic education and research. Konica Minolta Sensing will continue to innovate, utilising the latest high-accuracy sensing technology providing solutions which meet the ever-changing needs in diverse fields.