UFO High-Bay : More lights, dark areas and glare.

Power Bay: Less lights, uniform illumination across the face of the racks.

Benefits of linear arrays

PowerBay’s large linear format distributes light across the full face of the aisle, from floor to upper racking, improving visibility while typically requiring up to 30% fewer luminaires.

Uniform light across the full aisle

Conventional UFO high bays concentrate light beneath each fitting, creating high glare and pronounced dark areas between luminaires across the upper rack faces. This makes loads and racking more difficult for forklift operators to see and work around safely.

PowerBay distributes light along the aisle and across the full height of the racking, providing more uniform illumination with less glare and fewer dark areas where they matter most.

Fewer luminaires. Multiple benefits.

More effective light distribution means fewer luminaires are required. In typical high-bay applications, PowerBay can reduce luminaire quantities by up to 30%, reducing installation costs and the number of fittings and drivers to maintain over the life of the installation.

  • Eliminating Lost Product in High-Pressure Cold Storage

    Seeka operates high-throughput packing and cold-storage facilities for export kiwifruit, avocados, and soft fruit. During peak season, produce is moved rapidly from pre-chillers into storage using forklifts in tight aisles under intense time pressure. Dropped trays don’t just damage fruit — falling produce cascades into lower stacks, causing disruption, loss, and rework.

    In 2014, Seeka asked Isollux to upgrade their cool store lighting with a focus on reducing stacking related losses. We specified Light Bay as a one-for-one replacement to minimise cost, and utilised the variable optics to orientate the outer LED arrays toward the rack faces from a central mounting position.

    The Result:

    With a wide light distribution and fixtures oriented away from forklift drivers’ direct line of sight, illumination levels were lifted to the top of the racks, significantly improving uniformity and light penetration deep into the stacks. Increased background illumination and optimised aiming eliminated glare and retinal flare improving safety and enhancing visibility of the rack face, resulting in a 95% reduction in dropped trays compared with the previous year.

    Talk to our team to learn how Isollux can help resolve lighting-related safety and productivity issues in your cold store or ware house operations.