Fiber light or fiber optics, is a way of lighting that becomes more and more popular due to the numerous applications related to this light. Nobody can really predict tomorrow’s applications of fiber light - new areas appear all along.
The big difference
Basically, the difference between fiber light and traditional light is the separation of the light source from the light, a difference that offers three important advantages:
- The light source can be placed where it is easily accessible for maintenance
- The light has no heat radiation (no IR-rays)
- The light does not carry current
The many ways of application
Fiber light has meant a revolution in many areas so far dominated by traditional lighting, places that are not lit at all, or maybe lit by expensive special solutions:
- showcases and vitrines
- inaccessible and elevated areas where maintenance is difficult, expensive, or even impossible
- special projects for which a unique effect is required; many light points, colour shift, sparkling,
or light directing
- installations where UV and IR radiation is undesirable, like in museums
- light installations under water as fiber light carries no current
- “light framing” of pictures, paintings and information tables
- where light has to be placed very close to an object without harming the object
- where light fittings have to be very small and discrete
- areas exposed to danger of explosion or vandalism
The Optical Fiber Light System
A fiber light system consists of 2 or 3 components:
- Light generator
- Fiber harness
- Fittings on the fiber ends (can be omitted)
