Recommended luminance for chemical industry

Luminance is important to carry work efficiently, recommended luminance for chemical industry is mentioned here for information.

Sector Task and Activities L R H
Petroleum Chemical and petrochemical works Exterior walkway, platforms , Stairs and ladders 30 50 100
Petroleum Chemical and petrochemical works Exterior pump and valve areas 50 100 150
Petroleum Chemical and petrochemical works Pump and compressor house 100 150 200
Petroleum Chemical and petrochemical works Process plant with remote control 30 50 100
Petroleum Chemical and petrochemical works Process plant requiring occasional manual intervention 50 100 150
Petroleum Chemical and petrochemical works Permanently occupied work stations in process plant 150 200 300
Petroleum Chemical and petrochemical works Controls rooms for process plant 200 300 500
Pharmaceuticals and Fine Chemicals Grinding,granulating,mixing,drying,tableting,sterilising,washing,prepration of solutions, filling, capping, wrapping, hardening, 300 500 750
Fine chemicals Exterior walkways, platforms, stairs and ladders   30 50 100
Fine chemicals Process plant 50 100 150
Fine chemicals Fine chemical finishing 300 500 750
Fine chemicals Inspection 300 500 750
Fine chemicals Soap manufacture and general area 200 300 500
Fine chemicals Automatic process 100 200 300
Fine chemicals Control panels 200 300 500
Fine chemicals Machines 200 300 500
Paint works General 200 300 500
Paint works Automatic process 150 200 300
Paint works Control panels 200 300 500
Paint works Special bath mixing 500 750 1000
Paint works Colour matching 750 1000 1500
L              Lower Value
R             Recommended
H             Higher value  

Higher valuesshould be used at exceptional cases where low reflectance or contrasts arepresent in task, errors are costly to rectify, Visual work is critical,accuracy or higher productivity is of great importance.

Lower values should be used at exceptional cases where reflectance or contrasts are unusually high, speed and accuracy is not important and task is executed occasionally.  

Recommended luminance for chemical industry can be used for assessing lighting installation and managing lighting efficiently.

For luminous performance of common light fitting, please click here

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