A global leader in product safety testing and certification of Underwriters Laboratories Inc. a (UL) announced the release Safety Standards ANSI LED (light emitting diode) lighting products / UL 8750. The first edition standard creates a global security standard platform, will be able to serve a variety of LED lighting equipment, as well as the use of LED lighting technology, the entire parts supply chain.
"UL8750 provides manufacturers around the much-needed single safety standard to test its LED products and related components sold in the US." Alberto Uggetti UL Lighting Business Unit General Manager, said "This new standard will also provide a vast number of consumer confidence, that the UL mark LED products have passed the necessary safety tests. "for the vast Chinese market, this standard will be released to the UL domestic LED manufacturers to provide one-stop solutions to help they succeeded in obtaining access to markets in North America provide a strong technical basis.
As governments to promote energy efficiency and clean energy, LED lighting technology on a variety of products has become more and more widely, from general lighting lighting, pool lights to electronic or even holiday lights, this low-power products we are gradually changing our lives. According to market research firm Strategies Unlimited report shows that the market benefited from technological innovation and energy saving, environment, global LED market is expected to more than 5 billion US dollars in 2012. This is also reflected in the rapid development of the Chinese market, China's LED industry is growing rapidly in the past few years in the New Year, and with the Chinese Ministry of Science and in the country to promote the "city of ten thousand," semiconductor lighting project, China's LED lighting market It is expected to enter a new course of development. However, due to the LED technology used for new high-voltage electrical products, light output, it brings security risks can not be ignored, such as electrical overheating, electric shock or fire and so on, are likely to hinder the LED technology to accelerate the pace of development, expanding penetration areas.
Taking into account this potential risk, the lack of industry standards has become an urgent problem. To this end, UL lighting industry held a special summit, invited more than one hundred representatives of the parties from industry, government, research and testing institutions, the development of LED technology, lighting design and manufacture of future applications and other topics in-depth exploration of. Thanks to the forum to discuss the fruits of lighting and UL in the field of security more than 80 years of experience, UL published in January 2007, three safety standards outline of the study, and based on the final outline of the three released UL8750.
UL testing capabilities across the world, and its excellent laboratories to provide customers with standards-based product testing services UL standards and IEC (International Electro-technical Commission), to help customers get access to global markets. In addition, UL is also the sole owner of the National Accreditation LED energy efficiency testing laboratory body. UL is very optimistic about the Chinese market, by virtue of its strong global operational experience and strong local service capabilities, UL provides global certification scheme that simplifies testing and certificate issuance process, greatly improve certification efficiency, China's manufacturing enterprises successfully entered the international market protection.
LED lighting technology is the UL global business an important part. As early as in the early twenties of the last century, UL has already drafted the first standard for the lighting industry, the standard is widely used in lighting history, it has gone through many changes, such as the widely used fluorescent lamps and the like. Now, UL based on more than 30 kinds of safety and performance standards to provide testing and certification services for the global lighting products, parts and components products. In the human face yet another technology overflew the moment, UL will take up actively promote the development of LED technology responsibility, as we have a safe and energy-efficient lighting products and efforts.
