What is the purpose of a tabletop map reading lamp?

A chart table reading lamp is designed to provide precise and focused lighting on work areas such as charts, desks, or command stations. It is particularly used in military, naval, or aeronautical environments where readability and discreet lighting are essential.

What are the advantages of ABEILLON lamps for demanding environments?

ABEILLON lamps are designed to withstand extreme conditions thanks to their robust structure and semi-rigid flexible arm, ensuring a secure fit. Their high-performance LED lighting guarantees excellent visibility without heat or UV emissions, with a lifespan of up to 70,000 hours.

What lighting options are available?

The lamps offer several lighting configurations with white, red, blue, or green LEDs, depending on operational needs. This diversity allows the lighting to be adapted to specific contexts, particularly for nighttime operations or situations requiring visual discretion, with features such as blackout mode.

Can the lamp be adapted to a specific technical environment?

Yes, ABEILLON designs custom lamps to meet specific technical constraints. It is possible to adapt the mounting interfaces, controls, supply voltages, and lighting characteristics to meet the requirements of the defense, naval, and aerospace sectors.

Why choose ABEILLON for your technical lighting?

With decades of experience in industrial and military environments, ABEILLON offers reliable, durable solutions made in France. The company supports its clients in custom design, guaranteeing products that meet the most stringent technical and operational requirements.

Tabletop map reading lamp

A technology designed for demanding military environments

tabletop map reading lamps ABEILLON have been specially developed to meet the specific needs of operators in military vehicles , armored vehicles, aircraft, surface ships, and submarines. They are distinguished by their robust design, LED-based lighting , and ergonomics designed for intensive use, even in extreme conditions.

Combining luminous performance, component durability and installation versatility, they are used on consoles, command posts or navigation tables, and integrate easily into different technical environments.

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Powerful, reliable, and lossless LED lighting

All lamps feature the latest generation of LEDs, ensuring a color temperature of around 5700K for white light, as well as red, blue, or green light depending on the model. This configuration allows the lighting to be adapted to situations such as map reading, nighttime operations, or low-visibility requirements.

The high-quality lighting provides a homogeneous and targeted distribution, without any loss of light, allowing for optimal concentration of the light beam. Color rendering is excellent, with no UV or heat emissions, ensuring user visual comfort. The LED lifespan exceeds 50,000 hoursand reaches up to 70,000 hours on certain models.

Onboard controls and advanced functions

ABEILLON offers various control interfaces directly integrated into the lamp heads. Depending on the model, users can:

Turn the lamp on or off using the integrated push buttons.
Switch between several lighting colours (white/red, white/blue, white/green)
Adjust the light intensityeither using the "+" and "-" buttons, or via an opto-mechanical system by rotating a ring.

Some models are also equipped with a Blackout mode, which allows you to lock or disable a color via an external control on the lamp. This feature is particularly useful in military contexts requiring enhanced light discretion.

The LED emitters are powered by a DC current of 20 mA for low-intensity versions, or 350 mA for higher-power models. The input voltage varies depending on the configuration, with standard ranges from 10 to 30 VDC, including 12, 24, or 28 VDC.

A robust assembly with a semi-rigid flexible hose

One of the lamp's main sub-assemblies is its semi-rigid metal flexible arm , which provides both mechanical support for the light head and freedom of positioning. Made of brass mounted on a stainless steel spring , or combining two semi-rigid flexible arm elements using different material pairs to offer excellent spatial orientation of the lamp head and very good holding capacity in the case of long flexible arms , the flexible arms are covered with black heat-shrink tubing in several options, including self-extinguishing tubing , conforming to UL-224 VW-1 .

The hose length varies depending on the product reference: from 400 mm to approximately 650 mm, with inner diameters ranging from 5 to 6 mmand outer sheathed diameters from 12 to 19 mm. A spiral sleeve or reinforcing spring is systematically added to the base on the fixing side to ensure good holding power and durability.

Some models, such as reference 16855, are distinguished by a lamp head that pivots up to 300°, thus offering excellent flexibility of use in confined spaces.

Mounting interfaces suitable for all configurations

The flexible cable's base is designed for direct mechanical and electrical integration onto a lectern or reading table. ABEILLON offers several types of interfaces:

M12 male threaded end with locking nut (e.g., model 16872)
Rectangular base with M12x150 cable gland for vertical mounting and axial cable passage (e.g. model 16857)
Rectangular base at 90° for cable passage perpendicular to the axis of the flexible hose (e.g. model 16914)
Mounting plate made of POM C or mechanical insulators ensuring electrical disconnection from the structure, to limit interference.

Some interfaces are designed to mechanically and electrically isolate the lamp from the metallic support structure, thus preventing any transmission of electromagnetic interference.

Tailor-made solutions for the defense industry

Thanks to its expertise, ABEILLON for several decades defense industry playersin France and internationally specific requirements, offering adaptability to: