DEFINITION OF AVIATION OBSTRUCTION LIGHT

Definition of Obstruction Light:

A light indicating the presence of an object, which is dangerous to an aircraft in flight. The obstruction light is to be mounted at the highest point of the wind cone assembly to avoid being obscured by any other part when viewed from above.

Evolution of Obstruction Lights:

Aviation obstruction lights has it’s origins in Europe and the United States in the early 1920s when night flying began to be a practical proposition. It was soon realized that critical obstacles needed to be lit in order to prevent collisions. Various lighting schemes were tried in various places – there was not the standardization that we have today through ICAO.
Lighthouse beacons or Obstruction Lights are used to protect accidents caused due to the ship strike to obstacles in the sea like islands, rocks etc. These Obstruction Lights were started in Seventeenth century. 

Changing Technology of Obstruction Lights

For towers that require incandescent lighting, regular tower-light inspection and maintenance is a task that tower owners must undertake. Broadcasting's early days saw many station engineers climbing the tower themselves. The greater availability of qualified tower climbers has turned this into a regularly occurring event. Regardless, the problem of changing a burned-out lamp still remains, tower climbers don't come cheap, and tower lights seldom fail at a convenient time. The problem is solved by solid state Light Emitting Diodes as replacements for the beacons and obstruction lights. LED Light is a better option because of their longer lifespan, high intensity and lower consumption of power compared to filament lamps.
Xenon and Neon lamps are also getting popular in the field of obstruction lights but they are generally used for High intensity obstruction lights. 

Aviation Obstruction Lights:

Obstruction Light are high-medium-low-intensity lighting devices that are attached to tall structures and used as collision avoidance measures. Such devices make the structure much more visible to passing aviation / aircraft and are usually used at night, although in some countries they are used in the daytime also. These aviation lights need to be of sufficient brightness in order to be visible for miles around the structure.
Traditionally, red lamps (or beacons/hazard) use incandescent filament bulbs. In order to improve the otherwise quite short lifespan, they are made with a ruggedised design and are run below normal operating power (under-running). A recent development has been the use of arrays of high power red LEDs in place of incandescent bulbs, which has only been possible since the development of LEDs of sufficient brightness. LED based aviation lamps have a significantly longer lifespan than incandescent bulbs, thus reducing maintenance costs and increasing reliability.
Spectrum now offers the benefits of LED lighting in its collection of aviation warning light and LED aviation light. These aviation lights are installed atop high rise structures, buildings and towers and help in protecting the damage to life and property. 
We offer superior quality medium and low intensity aviation light, which meet all specification of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Montreal, Canada. These provide the benefits of LED lighting technology and require low initial as well as operating costs and serve for long. These aviation lights can be installed at high-rise structures as per their heights and widths and are vital for safe passage for aviation, and protection of valuable human life and property.
Spectrum has developed these LED based models with the objective of reducing the power consumption without making any compromise to the performance and specifications required. 


RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT:

We are a quality conscious company that places quality as the nucleus of all its endeavors. The entire production process is carefully monitored at every level and special attention is paid on the procurement of the raw materials. After the production, our products are subjected to multiple tests against extreme heat, water and chemicals and then only we approve them for packaging and delivery. All our lighting systems are checked for their performance in terms of illumination and defect.

MEDIUM INTENSITY

Medium intensity obstruction lights are required to be installed at high-rise buildings, which are more than 100 meters above the ground level. Our medium intensity light is designed to give a working life of 100,000 hours coupled with the advantages of lesser Power consumption. In the unlikely event of any malfunction or problem, the unit is provided with an in-built, audio-visual alarm system to warn the maintenance team.

LOW INTENSITY

Making use of the most advanced technologies we created new age low intensity LED lights. This is a special object that is no longer dependent on cumbersome, expensive incandescent bulbs and fluorescent lights. Our LED low intensity lights can deliver more at a lesser cost. Most importantly, they are maintenance free. They are safe, reliable, energy efficient (consume just 10% of the energy of an incandescent bulb) and eco-friendly.

ADVANTAGES

1. Use of quality components and sophisticated technology reduce chances of maintenance and replacement.
2. Low power consumption, which leads to huge savings on electricity bills.
3. SMPS redundant parallel power supply ensures improved product life.
4. Optimized for solar based, stand-alone applications.
5. Superior quality. We at Spectrum employ LEDs & other quality components manufactured by global market leaders and follow all quality checking procedures during different stage of production.