O’Blaney Rinker Associates stopped by with Janmar Lighting to show us their latest products. They have focused on bringing a line of fixtures that would replace legacy lamp technology. With their improvements to their CMH and LED lines, they are staying in the front of the pack in terms of quality light sources. Their new line of track fixtures has the ability to be specified with adapters allowing them to fit any brand of track. Janmar does not make its own track or busway. As a result they have primarily been known for their ability to provide retrofit track fixtures in existing installations. Another change Janmar has incorporated into their track fixtures is the overall design. Their new fixtures come with three options that allow for smaller profiles. The first option is placing the track head to the side of the transformer/LED driver. The second option comes with the transformer/driver in a vertical cylinder and the track head is attached at either the top or the bottom of the housing. The third option comes with the vertical cylinder as well; however the track head is able to be attached to the side. All of these options are great additions especially for display lighting where space is limited.
Another big highlight Janmar focused on is their interchangeable modular solutions. They have incorporated a modular system in all of their lines. This allows for easy adjustments in the field. The system incorporates the lamp, shield, reflector, and all accessories, including lenses and filters held in by rings. The module is then unscrewed and parts can be easily replaced without the use of tools.
Janmar is using the latest LED modules provided from CREE which give them very bright sources, which is nice and when combined with their new lenses produces a nice smooth light. With all of their great additions to their products the one thing that we noticed that had not been updated to their product line is that they do not have the ability to use two-circuit track, which can cause issues when trying to pass code.
Janmar also showed us that all of their fixtures can be located in a recessed housing that can be provided with trimmed or trimless options.