"It has been possible for some time to replace every other lighting fixture - washlights, cyclights, striplights and moving heads - with LED alternatives," explains Robert Juliat sales director, Lionel Garraud. "The only fixture that could not be replaced was a generic profile - until now."
Aledin's 85W LED light source generates an output of 4500 lumens presenting, for the first time, a viable LED profile for venues wishing to reduce their carbon footprint without reducing their technical performance quality.
Aledin combines all the benefits of an LED light source (including a LED life of over 50,000 hours and no UV or IR emissions) with the renowned qualities of a standard Robert Juliat profile. A choice of two colour temperatures, akin to tungsten or discharge sources, is available, with emphasis on the precise binning qualities of the LED. There is also an integral variable strobe option.
Aledin offers high quality dimming with a smooth dimming curve across the full dimming range, even at low levels. It is flicker-free and silent making it suitable for TV studios. The effects gate and internal parts of the gate remain cold which increases the safety and comfort for the technician and enables the use of plastic gobos or slide film. Colour filter can be placed inside or outside the unit, lasts longer while the lack of heat means there is less damage to internal parts and correspondingly less maintenance time and cost.
Aledin is available with three zoom options (narrow, medium and wide) whilst the design allows the LED module to be retrofitted to RJ's existing tungsten fixtures.
The opinion of the PLASA Innovation Award Judges was that they felt that Robert Juliat's usual high standards have not been compromised in the search for a useable LED profile spot.
Robert Juliat MD, Francois Juliat, collected the award from PLASA Committee vice-chair Ed Pagett.
He commented: "I am very happy that Robert Juliat received this Innovation Award as it is a recognition of a product which clearly makes no compromise on quality. Aledin is our first step into LED and we shall develop further in line with future technology."
Aledin generated great interest at the show and is already in use in a number of theatres and television studios in Europe, the company reports. "The public response has been tremendous," continued Juliat, "not only in relation to the quality of optics and dimming, but also in the immediate accessibility of the technology behind Aledin. Visitors arrived at the stand curious and full of questions and expectations of how an LED would perform in a zoom profile."
(Lee Baldock)
