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Lumiglas® Luminaires

Luminaires illuminate process vessel interiors in pharmaceutical, food processing, and chemical plants.

Choose from standard Luminaires (Non-Ex) and explosion-proof Luminaires (Ex) housings as well as halogen or LED designs.

Some applications require safe, high-intensity illumination for sight glasses, ports, or general applications in hazardous (classified) locations.

Lumiglas luminaires are available with aluminum or stainless steel construction and, depending on the size and wattage, can be equipped with momentary push button switches for safety and longevity. Remote or pneumatic timers and pushbutton switches are also available as Lumiglas light accessories. A new series of  Lumiglas LED Luminaires is now available.

In short, the luminaire is the entire device and the lamp is the specific replaceable component that produces light.

“A lamp is a light source that is placed in a luminaire!”

A light fixture (US English), light fitting (UK English), or luminaire is an electrical device used to create artificial light by use of an electric lamp. All light fixtures have a fixture body and a light socket to hold the lamp and allow for its replacement.

Sight Glass Lights

There are many considerations for selecting the optimum light to illuminate your process vessel. This online guide walks you through the steps.

Dedicated or Separate Light Port

Often process vessels have two sight glass windows: one port for viewing and a separate port for the light. The light is typically mounted directly over the light port. To save cost or space, some vessels combine light and sight at one window. The light is typically mounted with a bracket, although sight glasses are available with integrated lights (combo style). 

LED or Halogen

Traditional halogen lights use trusted incandescent light bulbs. LED lights offer brighter light, lower energy consumption, and longer life (lower maintenance costs.) Halogen light brightness is selected by wattage: 5 to 100 Watts, with 50 Watts typical. LED light brightness is selected by lumens: 1000 to 3000 lumens.

Explosion Proof or Non-Explosion Proof

Some industrial environments require explosion proof lights (ex lights) that are sealed so they cannot introduce a spark into the atmosphere. The widest selection of ex lights are halogen style, although explosion proof LED lights are also available.

Stainless Steel or Aluminum Housing

Virtually all sight glass lights use stainless steel housings. A few ex light models are available with aluminum housing, lowering their cost while removing heat more efficiently.

Available Power Supply

Most lights are available in a range of voltage options. Make sure that the model you select will work with the power you have available: 120 VAC, 24 VDC/VAC, 230 VAC, 12 VDC/VAC.
 
When deciding upon a proper luminaire for your application, be sure to consider all of the properties of the light. The size, weight, voltage, wattage, materials of construction, mounting configuration, and light pattern (Lux diagram) are all very important factors you should be aware of.
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ATEX: VISULEX Ex-Camera Type K55P-Ex and K55N-Ex, stainless steel – Process Vessel Fixed Lens Camera

VISULEX Camera Systems (Ex)

  • Ex II 2G Ex d IIC T6 Gb
  • Ex II 2G Ex tb IIIC T80°C Db

same technical details as K07-Ex
stainless steel housing
especially for aseptic fields

Overview:

This fixed lens CCD camera is best used for inspection and remote  observation in hazardous locations.

  • Mounting: bracket or sanitary clamp mount.
  • Explosion proof: Ex Zones 1, 2, 21 and 22, Group IIc and IIIc.
  • Power: 12 V from power supply, transformer provided.
  • Housing: polished stainless steel (Type K55).
  • Size: 78 mm dia. x 163 mm length.
  • Resolution: 480 lines, 0.4 megapixels.

 

 

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ATEX: VISULEX Ex-Camera Type K25-Ex, stainless steel – Process Vessel Zoom Camera

VISULEX Camera Systems (Ex)

 

  • Ex II 2G Ex d IIC T6 Gb
  • Ex II 2G Ex tb IIIC T80°C Db

same technical details as K07-Ex
Stainless steel housing
especially for aseptic fields

Overview:

This CCD video camera has a zoom lens and is rated for use in hazardous environments.

  • Mounting: bracket or sanitary clamp mount.
  • Explosion proof: Ex Zones 1, 2, 21 and 22, Group IIc and IIIc.
  • Power: 12 V from power supply, transformer supplied.
  • Housing: polished stainless steel (Type K25).
  • Size: 71 mm dia. x 140 mm length.
  • Resolution: 480 lines, 0.4 megapixels.
  • Zoom lens: 10X optical, x4 digital.

 

 

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Lumistar Luminaire USL 06-Ex, aluminium

Luminaires (Ex)

Product Picture: Lumistar Luminaire USL 06-Ex, aluminium
  • ex II 2G Ex d (e), IIC T3/T4 Gb
  • ex II 2D Ex tb IIIC T195°C/T130°C/T120°C/T80°C Db

Suitable for Explosion hazardous areas

Temperature Class: to T4(depending on power rating)
Ambient temperature: up to 60°C II C (all explosion classes)

Suits Lumiglas Sight Glass Fitting, circular DIN 28120/28121 or similar from size DN 50 and Lumiglas Screwed Sight Glass Fitting MV from DN 65 to DN100

Operating voltage: 12V, 24V, 120V, 230V, 240V
Power, depending on voltage: up to 50W

Electric connection:

Version I: resin cast gland/cable tail,

Version II: terminal box and cable gland

Secured by hinged bracket or adapter flange

Please note that the halogen bulb 230 V – 75 Watt is no longer available.

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Lumistar Luminaire USL 08-Ex; T4A, T3B, aluminium

Luminaires (Ex)

Product Picture: Lumistar Luminaire USL 08-Ex; T4A, T3B, aluminium

Suitable for Explosion hazardous areas

 

Lumistar Luminaire USL 08-Ex, UL-listed + T3B, T4A

 

Safe high-intensity illumination for sight glasses, ports, or general applications in hazardous (classified) locations.

For illuminating the interior of tanks, hoppers, silos, agitators and other, usually closed, vessels and reactors as well as visual flow indicators in potentially explosive environments with UL requirements. Suitable for use in food processing industries.

  • Protection: dust-proof and splash-proof, IP 65 acc. to EN 60 529/ DIN VDE 0470, Part 1
  • Ignition protection, explosion group:
    UL 844 listed for Class I Div. 1 and 2, Groups C and D
    UL 1571 for “wet conditions”

Temperature Class: to T4A. Ambient temperature: up to 40°C
Ignition protection: Class 1, Div.1 & 2, Explosion Group: C & D

Suits circular sight glass fittings to DIN 28120/28121 or similar from size DN  50 and screwed sight glass fittings DIN 11851 from DN 100/125

Operating Voltage: 120 V
Power rating: up to 100 W

These sturdy, compact lights are now available in 35 W, 50 W or 100 W  versions.

Secured to sight glass flange by twin brackets fastened

UL-listed
(Ex) Div. I, Div. II

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Lumistar Luminaire ESL 25-Ex, stainless steel

Luminaires (Ex)

Product Picture: Lumistar Luminaire ESL 25-Ex, stainless steel

ex II 2G Ex d IIC T4/T6 Gb
ex II 2D Ex tb IIIC T130°/T80°C Db

Suitable for Explosion hazardous areas

Safe high-intensity illumination for sight glasses, ports, or general applications in hazardous (classified) locations.

For illuminating visual flow indicators, pipelines, laboratory mixers, bioreactors as well as the interior of pressure vessels, tanks, agitators and other – normally closed – processing vessels in potentially explosive environments. Gas: Zones 1 and 2; Dust: Zones 21 and 22.

UL approved for Class 1, Division 1 and 2, Groups C and D applications.

Particularly suitable for use in sterile environments

Temperature Class: to T6 (depending on power rating)

Ambient temperature: up to 60°C

Protection: IP 65 and IP 67 to DIN EN 60529

Suits circular sight glass fittings to DIN 28120/28121 or similar from size DN 40 and screwed sight glass fittings DIN 11851 from DN 65 Operating Voltage 12 V, 24 V, 120 V, 230 V 

Voltage type: AC/DC, depending on lamp

Power, depending on voltage: up to 20 W

Secured by hinged bracket or adapter flange modified by an inside mounting flange specially for Aseptik Technology

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Lumistar Luminaire ESL 27-Ex, stainless steel

Luminaires (Ex)

Product Picture: Lumistar Luminaire ESL 27-Ex, stainless steel

ex II 2G Ex de IIC T3/T4 Gb
ex II 2G Ex tb IIIC T195°C T130°C T80°C Db

Suitable for Explosion hazardous areas

This Ex-type sight glass luminaire is designed for universal applications in potentially explosive environments. It is ideal for use in combined sight and light glass units, either as a single flange version or with two separate flanged ports.

For illuminating visual flow indicators, pipelines, laboratory mixers, and bioreactors as well as the interior of tanks, hoppers, silos, agitators and other – normally closed – vessels in potentially explosive environments – Gas: Zones 1 and 2; Dust: Zones 21 and 22.

Compact yet powerful:

Dazzle-free illumination; suitable for use with circular sight glass fittings to DIN 28120/DIN 28121 or similar, with screw-type sight glass fittings in compliance with DIN 11851, and in visual flow indicators.

Optimum screw-in lens design ensures maximum light efficiency and convenient access when replacing lamps.

Ideal for applications in sterile areas.

Protection: IP 65 and IP 67 to DIN EN 60529

Temperature Class: T4/50W; T6/20W
Ambient temperature: up to 40 C
Suits circular sight glass fittings to DIN 28120/28121 or similar from size DN 50 and screwed sight glass fittings DIN 11851 from DN 100

Operating Voltage 12 V, 24 V, 120 V, 230 V, 240 V

Power, depending on temperature class: up to 50 W

Secured by hinged bracket or adapter flange
modyfied by an inside mounting flange specially for Aseptik Technology

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Visulex Camera System – Intrinsically safe

Visulex Camera Systems – an intrinsically safe remote observation camera system

REMOTE OBSERVATION NEVER SEEN BEFORE

The Visulex Camera System is ideal for inspection and remote observation of process operations, particularly in explosive environments and for monitoring objects that are not normally accessible.

The Visulex Camera System has 2 different types of cameras to suit either explosive environments with cameras that have been certified as explosion proof and non-ex cameras.

The Visulex Cameras are encased in a stainless steel housing, making them ideal for use in sterile room technology.

Visulex Camera Systems for remote observation giving you greater safety and less down time.

Visulex Camera Systems gives continuous availability of visual process data in a central control room saving considerable costs, work and travel time.

Perfect CCTV for on-site inspections of critical production areas or external facilities. The Visulex Camera System meets remote observation requirements with optimum cost effectiveness.

Similar to the internationally renowned Lumiglas luminaires, the camera system can be attached to a sight glass fitting using a hinged bracket. If the standard illumination of the process is not sufficient, an additional Lumiglas luminaire can be attached if fitting allows.

An advanced system that is easy to operate

With Visulex Camera Systems, the visual process data is displayed for control and evaluation purposes and is also available for further image processing, this enables, for instance, the digital storage of the entire process sequence for trace-ability purposes. The Intrinsically Safe  Visulex Camera System with Lumiglas Luminaires provides ideal lighting conditions to illuminate the object to be observed.

  • simple installation and operation
  • transfer data via cable, wifi, web or 3G/LTE
  • option to store single images or video sequences
  • weather resistant
  • ideally suited for sterile conditions for laboratory bio processing
  • industrial applications
  • explosion proof (fully Ex certified)

For further details on the system control device and the data management software, please read the supplied information sheet (PDF).

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Lumiglas Ex Motor Drive EMA I-Ex EEx d IIC T5 / Biogas Sight Glass with Light, Wiper and Camera System

Versatile, high-performance Ex-class motor drive with compact dimensions for numerous applications

  • Special advantages of the Lumiglas Ex-class motor drive:
    Especially in environments that require the remote  monitoring of processes in reactors (e. g. biogas plants), ex-type cameras are frequently mounted on sight glasses, enabling process engineers to observe what is going on in the vessel from a central control room, which is frequently located at some distance from the reactor itself.

This eliminates the need for physical presence at a reactor, frequently entailing safety-relevant situations made more difficult by adverse environmental conditions, e. g. bad weather.

In certain processes, problems can arise if there are deposits of the substance in the reactor on the sight glass screen, thus making it difficult or even impossible for the camera to view the process. This can be remedied by using one of the proven wipers from the Lumiglas range: SW I and SWII. These wipers are normally operated by hand when the observer wants to inspect the reactor.

In many cases, however, the remote observation of reactors, e. g. via Lumiglas camera technology, is mandatory, making it essential to install a motor-driven wiper that can be actuated remotely from the control room.

The Ex motor drive EMA I-Ex has been developed specifically for such applications.

Because remote observation is mainly carried out in potentially
explosive environments, an Ex-class motor drive is now available in addition to the Ex camera

 

  • The Ex-class motor drive is mainly intended for operating wipers on sight glasses and is suitable for short- or long-term operation.
  • Especially in environments that require the remote monitoring of processes in reactors
  • Compact overall size; high turning moment; excellent motor power; low energy consumption.
  • Approved for use in potentially explosive environments, Zones 1 and 2 as well as 21 and 22
  • Approved for use in ambient temperatures of between -20°C and +50°C
  • Type of protection: Terminal connection and motor enclosure IP68, motor shaft IP54

Small dimensions, great effectiveness:

The Ex-class motor drive is designed for both short-term and continuous  operations.

All development targets have been achieved:

  • Compact overall size; high turning moment; excellent motor
    power; low energy consumption.
  • The Ex motor drive is thus ideally suited for operating, for
    instance, Lumiglas screen wipers:
    a) SW I (the wiper blade axis passes through a hole in the
    sight glass) – for low pressure
    b) SW II (the wiper blade axis is operated from the side
    through a hole in the sight glass fitting by means of a
    flexible shaft) – for higher pressure

Combination with a spray facility is also possible.

Structure of compact unit:

  • The unit is made up of a DC electric motor with a flanged drive and special coupling by way of which (e. g.) the wiper axis of a screen wiper is turned. 

Biogas Sight Glass with Light, Wiper and Camera System

Biogas sight glass for digester tanks and methane digester tanks. Our light glass gasket creates a gas-tight seal by conforming to cement walls and ports used in digester tank construction. 

lumiglas biogas production packages

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Lumiglas Sight Glass Wiper SW II

product photo: Lumiglas Sight Glass Wiper SW II

Effective assembly for wiping clean glasses in sight glass fittings DIN 28120 – DN 100 to DN 200

For manually activated cleaning, when required, of inside face of glass in sight ports. Particularly suitable for pressure and vacuum, vessels requiring test certification both in explosion hazardous as well as non hazardous operating areas.

The glass discs fitted into the assemblies correspond to DIN 7080 or DIN 8902 standards.

Suitable for circular sight glass assemblies nominal size DN 100 … DN 200.

Pressure rating same as whole fitting up to 16 bar
All contact parts stainless steel

Manual wiper suited for DIN 28120 style sight glass. Requires threaded bore through sight glass assembly and weld pad.

  • Temperature: up to 220 C. (depending, however,  on type of glass disc used)
  • 316 stainless steel wetted metal parts 
  • Vacuum tight and up to 230 psig
  • All stainless construction with Teflon or Silicone wiper blade
  • Sizes: DN Sizes 100 to 200 DIN28120 sight glasses.

Possible combinations:

Simultaneous fittings of Lumistar luminaire, flame proof or standard design, is possible with the wiper SW ll BW, as is the fitting of a spray device

 

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ATEX: VISULEX Ex-Camera Type K06-Ex, aluminium

VISULEX Camera Systems (Ex)

Product Picture: ATEX: VISULEX Ex-Camera Type K06-Ex, aluminium
  • Ex II 2G Ex de IIC T6 Gb
  • Ex II 2G Ex tb IIIC T80°C Db

Camera with fixed lens. With this simple standard camera, the lens is set permanently at the time of installation so as to focus the camera on the subject (outdoor areas/outside plant or process operation).

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Similar to the internationally renowned Lumiglas luminaires, the camera system can be attached to the cover flange of a sight glass fitting using a hinged bracket. If the standard illumination of the process is not sufficient, an additional Lumiglas luminaire can be attached if fitting allows.

Application check list

Please make use of our system conformity for your application of the VISULEX-Lumiglas-camera system so that we are able to submit a correct offer fitting your specific application.