Optec for track
The key design feature of the Optec spotlight range is the separation of light head and control gear housing. The thermally separated mounting compartment ensures excellent heat management for the electronic control gear of the lamps. Because of the comprehensive system structure with its various lamp options and beam angles, Optec is particularly ideal for lighting sales areas, restaurants or galleries. The relationship between visual comfort and light output ratio is optimised for the wide range of applications of these spotlights. The different characteristics and the robust aluminium luminaire housings have stood the test in many practical applications.
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The quality of the optical systems greatly affects the overall efficiency of an LED luminaire. To produce directed light, as occurs in spotlights, ERCO develops their optical projection systems in-house. A collimating lens, as a secondary lens, is the interface between the LED lens on the printed circuit board and the exchangeable Spherolit lenses acting as tertiary lenses. The collimating lens directs the light of the LEDs into a parallel beam in order that the required light distribution can then be formed by a tertiary lens. The principle of total internal reflection in the collimating lens contributes to the high efficiency of the optical system. Decades of experience in injection-moulded polymers ensure the highest quality levels from our in-house production plant.
Characteristics with Spherolit lenses

Narrow spot To accentuate small objects with high light intensity or to cover large distances between luminaire and object. Beam angle < 10°.

Spot
The standard characteristic for accent lighting for objects of all kinds, especially to reveal the three-dimensional shape.
Beam angle: 10° - 20°.

Flood
To efficiently illuminate larger objects or to emphasise spatial zones such as a specific area.
Beam angle
25° - 35°.

Wide flood To give a flexible, flood illumination of surfaces and spatial zones, especially in retail presentation. Beam angle> 45°.

Oval flood The Spherolit lens, oval flood, has an axially symmetrical light intensity distribution, producing an oval beam of about 30° by 90°.

Wallwash The light distribution of the lens wallwasher has been optimised to provide excellent uniformity.
Spectral distribution
Coloured light

The radiation spectrum of warm white LEDs is free of ultraviolet and infrared components and has a reduced blue component. Its relative damage factor for sensitive exhibits is less than for halogen lamps with UV filters, making warm white LEDs recommendable for museum lighting.

The saturated LED lighting colours enable a wide variety of mixed colours within the triangle of red, green and blue. LED modules with additional white LEDs, known as RGBW modules, improve the colour rendition for the colours of light with respect to the Planckian locus.
Neutral white and warm white
Binnings

ERCO offers LED luminaires in neutral white or warm white . This allows lighting designers to select the colour of light to suit the material colours and spatial atmosphere or to create cold-warm contrasts.

The LED manufacturing process results in certain variations in the colour loci of LEDs. LEDs are accordingly sorted into so-called "binnings". Uniform lighting quality requires the strict selection of components from defined binnings.
Characteristics of LEDs
The relative spectral distribution of the warm white LED with luminescence conversion is closely related to the relative brightness sensitivity of the cone cells of the human eye. The result is high luminous efficacy and good colour rendition.
RGB LEDs are ideal for mixing highly saturated coloured light. However, the white light from RGB LEDs does not give satisfactory colour rendition quality, making it less suitable for lighting tasks where colour is critical.
LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) are semiconductor elements that directly convert electrical energy into light via electro-luminescence. The outstanding characteristics of LEDs include robustness, long functional life and a high luminous efficacy with high potential for further increase. White LED-light is free of ultraviolet and infrared components and therefore has advantages from a conservation point of view. Daylight white LEDs offer higher efficiency, whereas warm white LEDs have better colour rendition quality. LEDs are dimmable and offer high switching stability, making them ideally suited for lighting control and additive colour mixing. Unlike other light sources, RGB LEDs do not produce any transmission losses through colour filters. To exploit the luminous flux of the temperature sensitive LEDs to the full, good thermal management is indispensable.
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Projects with Optec for track
International projects and application studies introduce interestingarchitecture and exemplary lighting applications. Concrete descriptions ofthe lighting solutions with impressive photos explain how the lightingeffects are achieved.
Carrasco International Airport
Carrasco (Montevideo)
Putna Monastery
Putna (Rumänien)
Iittala flagship store
Amsterdam
Hotel Nixe
Binz
Fondation Beyeler
Riehen, Basel
The Rug Company Showroom
Stockholm
Augustinian Museum
Freiburg
Christie's auction house
New York
National Gallery
London
Max Ernst Museum
Brühl
Lumas gallery
Düsseldorf
Bonnefanten Museum
Maastricht
Dreipunkt furniture showroom
Stuttgart
Terminus gallery
München
Lehmbruck-Museum
Duisburg
Lufthansa Aviation Center
Frankfurt am Main
Leonardo Glass Cube
Bad Driburg
Grimm Brothers' House Museum
Steinau an der Straße
Kvadrat Showroom
Stockholm
The Uffizi
Firenze
ZARA, Via del Corso
Roma
MPreis supermarket
Lans
Bailly Diehl boutique
Darmstadt
Julie Sohn boutique
Barcelona
Brunner Communication Centre
Rheinau-Freistett
Guide
The Guide section provides thorough information on everything from the physical bases of lighting to suggested solutions for different lighting situations. The interactive knowledge modules vividly illustrate lighting solutions that are possible with this product range.
Design. with coloured light
Designing with white light colours and coloured light
Washlighting
Illuminating objects and emphasising surfaces in the room
Accentuation
Emphasising objects to attract attention
Spotlights
Flexible luminaires for tracks to produce accent lighting
Floodlights
Lighting tools with a wide-beam light distribution
Wallwasher
Lighting technology for vertical surfaces
Wall
From scenic wall illumination through to vertical visual tasks
Object
Eye-catching lighting effects for objects in the room and pictures
LED
Powerful lamps with an extremely long life




















Recessed spotlights, recessed floodlights and recessed wallwashers
Uniqlo flagship store SoHo
museum kunst palast, 'Auf Papier' (On Paper) exhibition
Legoland Germany
Domus international furniture
Winecenter winery Kaltern
National Portrait Gallery
2004 Venice Architecture Biennial
Audi Forum Manhattan
Dahlem Ethnological Museum, Africa Exhibition
Coal washery, Mine Zollverein
Tod's Tokyo flagship store
Restaurant Guillaume at Bennelong, Sydney Opera
De Bijenkorf department store, shop window
Students' Union, University of Bath
Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG
Aldo Coppola Hairstylist Showroom
Centro Cultural Fundación Circulo de Lectores
Museo Superior de Bellas Artes Palacio Ferreyra
Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York's HQ
