Assembly Line Lighting
Assembly Line Lighting
(OP)
I am working on improving the lighting on our assembly line and am wondering if anyone has any recomendations as to what is appropriate in terms of foot candles, light color etc.
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.





RE: Assembly Line Lighting
Detailed or high precision work tends to utilize higher levels of ambient illumination. We do a lot of precision assembly and run about if I remember correctly use around 60-100 foot candles (measured at the work surface) with full spectrum type bulbs. Essentially, we have an expensive setup to operate and maintain but it is necessary for the type of work being done.
Regards,
RE: Assembly Line Lighting
Are you familiar with the Western Electric study at their Hawthorne regarding light levels?
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section 1.3.7
We have always given the operators input into light levels. We run assembly in 2 person teams on conveyors. Every couple years someone has a new idea for a desk lamp and we try it. We let the operators who like it change. Over the past couple decades we have changed several times. I think the ability to control light levels in the workplace is much more important than the actual light levels. Engineering tests have shown that our light levels are fine without the individual lamps. Still the operators like the lamps and the like goosenecks or something similar they can adjust.
It is a bit of a hassle but we encourage operators to feel empowered about quality and performance.
Tom
Thomas J. Walz
Carbide Processors, Inc.
www.carbideprocessors.com