Benefits of Using Zhaga Specifications
Interchangeable LED light sources, which are enabled by Zhaga interface specifications, offer a number of benefits for different user groups within the lighting industry.
Standardized components of LED luminaires, which are enabled by Zhaga interface specifications, offer a number of benefits for different user groups within the lighting industry.
BENEFITS FOR LED LUMINAIRE MANUFACTURERS
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Zhaga specifications provide many potential benefits for LED luminaire manufacturers.
The availability of compatible components from multiple suppliers can reduce supply-chain risks and bottlenecks, while making procurement easer. Interchangeable components can allow OEMs to use a platform model to offer a broad portfolio of luminaires with diverse properties. And Zhaga-based products can reduce time to market, reduce development and production costs, and make it easier to keep pace with technology evolution in the LED market.
These benefits are explained below in more detail:
- Easier to compare properties of interchangeable components where some characteristics, such as dimensions, are standardized.
- Negotiations with suppliers are simpler when interchangeable components are involved and it is easier and inexpensive to change suppliers.
- Possibility to offer a broad range of luminaires by selecting LLEs with different characteristics such as colour temperature, lumen output, CRI, reliability, stability or lifetime.
- Opportunity to segment luminaire portfolio into different price-performance categories.
- Use of interchangeable components enables a platform approach to luminaire production, with reduced complexity and more flexibility.
- Mechanical compatibility means that the amount of production tools can be reduced, e. g. stamps or drilling tools for fixation holes for the LED module.
- Reduced tooling cost in other areas such as housing, optics and packaging of integrated circuits.
- New LLEs or upgraded generations of current LLEs can be adopted into existing luminaire designs with less re-engineering and fewer modifications.
- Ability to easily adopt new or upgraded LLEs allows luminaires to keep pace with short innovation cycles in LED technology.
- Technology upgrades can take place inside the interchangeable LLE, so that luminaires are future-proofed against technology evolution.
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Benefits for Specifiers and End-Users
Latest-generation technology (e.g. LED light engines with higher efficiency) can be adopted easily.
Luminaires are future-proofed against rapid LED technology evolution.
Luminaires can be specified for future projects in the knowledge that a current, up-to-date LED light source can be fitted when the project is actually installed.
If maintenance or upgrades are necessary, standardized parts will be in stock from numerous suppliers.
Socketable LED light sources enable tool-free interchangeability in the field. This allows different options for color temperature, CRI, and – in some cases – lumen levels.
Benefits for Manufacturers of Light Engines, Modules and Drivers
Standardization leads to a reduction in complexity of product mix, and results in a higher quantity per type.
Servicing demand for replacement parts may continue further into the life of future-proof luminaires.