NVLAP Expands IES LM-80-08 Accreditations for Orb Optronix
KIRKLAND, WA (May 21, 2012) - Orb Optronix, the first fully-independent ISO 17025 certified IES LM-80 testing facility in the United States, has been awarded accreditation by the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program under the Energy Efficient Lighting Products Program (NVLAP #500055-0). This new accreditation scope includes IES LM-80-08 Lumen Maintenance Testing, IES LM-79-08 Integral Lamp Testing, and greatly expands the number of accredited measurement services available from the company while adding NIST-sponsored proficiency testing.
"NVLAP is our industry's gold seal for accreditation, and we are proud to be the U.S. leader in third-party LM-80 testing", said Rand Lee, President. "Our early appreciation of the growing need for turn-key LM-80 systems has started placing Orb Optronix' vertically integrated LM-80 hardware and software solutions into laboratories around the world."
Orb Optronix now has accreditation in the following measurement standards, expanding on previous accreditations in LM-79-08 Integral Lamp Testing and IES LM-80-08 Lumen
Maintenance Testing:
Color Measurements
o [22/S01] IES LM-58:1994 Spectroradiometric Measurements
o [22/S02] CIE Pub. 13.3:1995 Method of Measuring and Specifying Color Rendering of Light Sources
o [22/S03] IES LM-79:2008 (Sec. 12) Solid State Lighting Luminaires - Color Characteristic Measurements
o [22/S04] IES LM-16:1993 Practical Guide to Colorimetry of Light Sources
o [22/S05] CIE Pub. 15:2004 Method of Measuring and Specifying Color Rendering of Light Sources
Electrical Measurements
o [22/S06] ANSI C82.2:2002 Ballast for Fluorescent Lamps - Methods of Measurement
o [22/S07] ANSI C82.77:2002 Harmonic Emission Limits - Related Power Quality Requirements for Lighting Equipment
Life Tests
o [22/L10] IES LM-65:2001 Single-Ended Compact Fluorescent Lamps - LifeTest Performance
o [22/S08] IES LM-80:2008 Solid State Lighting Luminaires - Lumen Maintenance
Photometric Measurements
o [22/S09] IES LM-79:2008 (Sec. 9) Solid State Lighting Luminaires - Total Flux Measurements (Luminous Efficacy)
o [22/S10] IES LM-79:2008 (Sec. 10) Solid State Lighting Luminaires - Luminous Intensity Measurements
About Orb Optronix
In addition to NVLAP accredited ISO 17025 IES LM-79 and IES LM-80 test and measurement services, Orb Optronix offers LM-80 hardware solutions, LED Characterization Software, and complete LED Characterization Systems. The company also offers PWM and Single Pulse Electrical-Thermal-Optical LED Characterization, DC ETO LED Characterization, Angular Distribution Characterization, IES Photometric Testing, and LED Eye Safety Testing. For more information on Orb's LED characterization products and test and measurement services, visit http://www.orboptronix.com/
About NVLAP
The National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) provides third-party accreditation to testing and calibration laboratories. NVLAP's accreditation programs are established in response to Congressional mandates, administrative actions by the Federal Government, and requests from private-sector organizations and government agencies.
