EU standard implementation of the general lighting will increase the safety requirements of biological light

The European version of

standard EN60598-1:2015 general purpose luminaires will end on October 20, 2017 and enforced the transition period, compared to the previous version of EN60598-1:2008 do more revision technology, contains some important technical change, the biggest change is the biological safety for the first time into the mandatory standard requirements. The standard, if you use the LED, metal halide lamp and some special tungsten halide lamp light source does not relieve the retinal hazard assessment, according to the IEC/TR62778:2012 "biological safety assessment of blue light damage and light lamps application" to assess, and not to use the blue light source the harm is greater than RG2 group. In 2016, for example, China's LED lamps exports to the EU value of up to $about 2000000000. Once the product quality does not meet the standard requirements, the EU market checks and notification, will be removed from the city or the destruction of severe punishment, so that enterprises suffer economic losses, and even blacklisted. Therefore, for the Standard Version, involving the majority of export enterprises should raise awareness and pay close attention to the relevant work.

blue light on the impact of the human eye

natural light is composed of a variety of different colors of the spectrum, different wavelengths in the visual display of different colors. Physics research shows that the shorter the wavelength, the higher the energy, the stronger the penetration. Therefore, people will pay special attention to the harm of shorter wavelength blue light to the human eye. According to insiders, blue light may have effects on three aspects: one is the high content of blue eye may cause visual fatigue increase; two is the eye physiological development may influence; three is operating in this light environment for a long time, old age will increase human induced macular possibility. Therefore, for the protection of National Consumers' personal safety, and effectively prevent the blue light hazard, the EU will take the lead in the light of biological safety to the mandatory standard height, is expected in other countries and regions will gradually follow the implementation.

specific requirements for biosafety

new version of the standards involved in biological requirements are mainly reflected in the following two aspects: one is to increase the chapter 3.2.23 do not look at the bright light of the logo; two is to increase the chapter of the 4.24 bio security. Photobiological Safety requirements include radiation intensity, radiation intensity, and according to the test data of the product harm classification, including 0 kinds of risk (RG0 exemption level) and 1 kinds of risk (low risk RG1), 2 kinds of risk (RG2 risk) and 3 kinds of risk (high RG3) a total of 4 level. In addition, the new version of the standard also introduced IEC/TR62778:2012 light source and light biological safety of the blue light damage assessment application, specifically for the retina of the blue light hazards are as follows:

lamps use RG0 unrestricted or RG1 no limit level light source or complete assembly after the use of lamps for the RG0 unlimited or RG1 unlimited level, the blue light hazard does not apply;

for fixtures, the RG1 is attached to the IEC/TR62778 to find the distance between the luminaire RG2 and the Xm, and need to be marked and described;

more than 1 types of dangerous mobile lamps and handheld lamps need to mark the "Do not stare light source can not look at the light source" logo.

therefore, the inspection and quarantine departments to remind the relevant lamps exports to the EU's production enterprises: one is to advance the organization and technical personnel to study on the new standard, seize the first mover advantage, as soon as possible to grasp the new changes, with particular attention to the biological safety requirements issued for the first time. The two is to modify or design to meet the new requirements of the standard products, and as soon as possible with the third party laboratory qualification, completes the inspection and test of products before export, to obtain the valid certificate, prepared in the European Union before the end of the transition period. Three is to grasp the whole process of quality control in the actual production, to ensure that the quality of each batch of goods in line with the requirements of the importing countries, to avoid quality defects caused by the export of products blocked.

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