Luxo Corp. has developed a dimmable high-output LED ring light. It not only can maximize light output and distribution, but can prevente harmful glare and reflections, the company says this ring light can be used for a wide variety of inspection, assembly, and rework applications. Its pure-white LED light makes it well-suited for inspecting circuit boards, surface cracks and defects, welds, solder joints, flux residues, and hairline stress cracks.

The Model 18743 ring light works with Luxo’s binocular and trinocular microscope systems. It employs 80 high-output LEDs that draw only 18 W of energy and produce up to 5800 footcandles of illuminance at a working distance of 4.5”. The LEDs are distributed among two concentric rings of lights, each containing 40 LEDs, and are controlled using eight quadrant switches. A color temperature of 6000 K, combined with dimming to 15% output, enables the ring light to be used with digital equipment, such as Luxo’s System 373 trinocular microscopes. What’s more, the ring light’s lamp life of 50,000 hours makes it an energy-efficient replacement for conventional 150-W fiber-optic illuminators.

The Model 18743 ring light has a removable and replaceable diffuser to allow easy cleaning and comes with a 5-year warranty.