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LED technology has long been hailed as the future of lighting technology. Despite the energy savings, lower maintenance costs and an impressive lifespan, something has been holding the LED revolution back. And it might just be pure aesthetics. Especially in architectural environments, the ‘pixelated’ appearance and glare of LEDs have overshadowed any cost benefit.
This got Eaton thinking: What if we could re-imagine the way LEDs work, right from the source, and take lighting design and the industry in an entirely new direction?
The fundamental job of a lighting fixture is to steer light as it leaves its source, typically using reflectors, diffusers or other mechanics. But when you consider LED applications in back-lit and edge-lit electronics displays, it opens the door to some radically different thinking.
The breakthrough came when engineers realised that they could make a light panel act like a reflector, effectively combining two components in one. By moulding complex patterns of tiny, computer designed ‘prisms’ into optical grade acrylic, it became possible to redirect edge-lit LED light with exceedingly high precision and accuracy. And WaveStream was born.
WaveStream is actually an integrated set of components that no other technology can match. It starts with advanced couplings that maximise the amount of light sent into a 3 mm optical grade acrylic panel. As light travels though the acrylic, it gets reflected and redirected, by advanced prisms called AccuAim optics, into precise distribution patterns. The result is a luminous plane of light that can be designed to fit just about any residential, commercial or industrial application.
Armed with WaveStream technology, Eaton brought together an expert team of mechanical, optical, industrial and thermal engineers to explore never-before-seen luminaire designs for increased efficiency and decreased wattage consumption. The WaveStream team launched nine product families and quickly changed the way architects and contractors think about lighting environments, from the shop floor and offices to outdoor lighting, parking garages and design accents.
WaveStream takes LED technology decisively into mainstream light fixtures. And with its stunning looks come all the energy efficiency and life-cycle cost benefits that today’s buildings, businesses—and lighting designers—truly need.
Learn more about WaveStream products, Eaton’s lighting systems and see how Eaton innovation is energising customers’ business across industries and around the world.
