Recommended brightness according to DIN EN 12464
| Type of room or activity (examples) | Illuminance in lux |
|---|---|
| Traffic areas and corridors | 100 |
| Social room | 100 |
| Stock and storage rooms (not always occupied) | 100 |
| Loading ramps and areas | 150 |
| Roadways with people traffic | 150 |
| Control stations | 150 |
| Rough assembly work | 200 |
| Cast ironing, machine molding, sand preparation | 200 |
| Processing of heavy sheets (from 5 mm) | 200 |
| Switch rooms and building services | 200 |
| Open die forging | 200 |
| Canteens, tea kitchens | 200 |
| Wardrobes, washrooms, toilets, baths | 200 |
| Medium-fine assembly work | 300 |
| Processing of lightweight sheets (up to 5 mm) | 300 |
| Shipping and packaging areas | 300 |
| Coarse and medium machine work (tolerances from 0.1 mm) | 300 |
| Electroplate | 300 |
| Welding, drop forging, hand and core forming | 300 |
| Control station in rolling, metallurgical and steel plants | 300 |
| Production facilities with permanent manual intervention | 300 |
| Fine machine work, grinding (tolerances below 0.1 mm) | 500 |
| Fine assembly work | 500 |
| Body construction and assembly | 500 |
| Surface treatment and painting | 750 |
| Very fine assembly work | 750 |
| Manufacture of tools and cutlery | 750 |
| Painting, spraying and grinding cabins in the automotive industry | 750 |
| Mark out and control | 750 |
| Painting: Mending and inspection in the automotive industry | 1.000 |
| Tool, gauge and fixture construction | 1.000 |
| Precision and micromechanics | 1.000 |
Link to: Farbtemperatur
Color temperature
Daylight white, normal white, warm white – these are the differences.
Link to: Installation, Fernschalt-Signal, Dimmung, IO-Link
Installation, remote control signal, dimming, IO-Link
Replacement circuit diagrams for our LED luminaires give you an overview.
Link to: Schutzarten
Protection class
Overview of the different degrees of protection under different environmental conditions.