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Recommended lighting level for the activities

Type of industry Foodstuffs . . . . . Tobacco Wood . . . . Ceramics . . . Dealing with chemistry in the process . . . . . . Leatherwork . . Electrical and electronical construction . . . Foundry / Casting . . . . Books . . . General mechanics . . . Paper Storage

A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 B1 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 D1 D2 D3 D4 E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 F1 F2 F3 G1 G2 G3 G4 H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 I1 I2 I3 I4 J1 J2 J3 J4 K1 L1

Activity Brewing Raw chocolate preparation Sweets Cannery Dairy Firing/Cooking Sampling Sawmill Workbench work Machinery work Finishing/Polishing/Varnishing Final checking Oven Moulding Vernishing Decoration Lighting of the circulations Crusher/Grinder/Mixer Calender/Injection Pneumatics production Quality checking room Laboratories Colors comparison Vernishing Sewing Colors comparison Assembly Medium-sized parts work Small-sized parts work Delicate work / Small-sized parts Cleaning Rough modeling Fine modeling Sand quarry Nucleus production Typography Typesetting Litography Binding Tools machine/Workbench/Welding Medium-sized parts work Small-sized parts work Delicate work / Very small-sized parts Calender Warehouse

Textile .
. . . . Glass . . . . Clothes . Offices and administratives room . . . Outdoor working areas . . .

M1 Carding/Drawing M2 Winding
M3 M4 M5 M6 N1 N2 N3 N4 N5 O1 O2 P1 P2 P3 P4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Spinning Rough or bright weaving Fine or Dark weaving Colors comparison Boiler room Composition Glassblowing or moulding Decoration Engraving Stiching Final inspection Reception General work, Typing, Meeting room Drawing Stairs, corridors Entrance/Coutyards/Paths Covered paths Docks/Quays Pumping station/Service station

mmended lighting level for the activities performed in different industries

Data from the European Norm Average lighting level needed without additional task lighting 300 200 500 500 300 300 500 300 300 500 750 1000 200 300 750 1000 150 300 300 500 500 500 1000 500 1000 1000 750 500 750 1500 200 200 300 300 300 500 1000 1000 500 300 500 750 1000 300 300

500 500 500 500 750 1000 300 300 300 750 750 1000 1000 300 500 750 150 30 50 75 300

stries Data from the European Norm NF EN 12464-1 Average lighting level needed with additional task lighting 200 150 300 300 200 200 300 200 200 300 500 750 150 200 500 750 100 200 200 300 300 300 750 300 750 750 500 300 500 1000 150 150 200 200 200 300 750 750 300 200 300 500 750 200 200

300 300 300 300 500 750 200 200 200 500 500 750 750 200 300 500 100 25 30 50 200

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