Revitalisation
In this project, an emergency sign had to be installed in a very confined space between the baffles of a sound-absorbing ceiling. This posed a particular challenge, as every electrical product must be protected against accidental contact and must therefore not be exposed. Unfortunately, a housing for the electronics was too large in this case.
Due to the limited space available, a special solution had to be found to ensure the necessary protection and to install the electronics safely and securely. Careful planning and innovative approaches were required here in order to ultimately avoid having to compromise on safety or functionality.
In order to adequately protect the electronics, we had to find creative solutions, as standardised approaches were not feasible here. The electronics had to be housed in a casing, which was ultimately realised with a wooden pendant. For the installation of emergency signs, we generally offer suspended solutions using cable suspensions. In this particular case, however, this was not possible as the housing of a cable suspension would have been too large for the space available between the baffles. We therefore developed a customised solution in the form of a specially manufactured wooden pendant. This could be mounted precisely between the baffles and stabilised the attached emergency sign. A special cut-out was made at the top of the pendulum to feed through the electronic cables. Once the prototype had been created and approved, we were able to realise an elegant solution in which the electronic cables were routed inside the baffles to the connection side of the emergency sign.
Not emergency light
For event venues, anti-panic lighting with an illumination of at least 0.5 lux is required by law. This ensures that it never gets darker than the limit value in this area. This is not normally a problem. Unless there is no roof or ceiling and the anti-panic lighting is exposed to the weather - as is the case with the Seebühne in Bregenz.
Monument protection
In this project, we were faced with the challenge of combining monument protection and modern emergency lighting without having to interfere with the historic walls.