Founder and visionary head behind Occhio
A luminaire »head« fits on several luminaire »bodies«. This makes an entire luminaire system possible: the same luminaire is available for ceiling, wall, floor and table. An entire room or even an entire house can be equipped with luminaires in one style of the same quality. Existing lighting can also be supplemented if there is a change in apartment size, for example.
1. via »touchless control« at the head itself: Longer holding of the hand in front of both sensors - below and above - changes the color temperature. If you want to change the "direction", just take the hand away and start again.
2. at the body sensor of Mito raggio: Also on the body sensor you have to operate both sensors at the same time to change the light color. Just hold two fingers or the whole hand longer in front of the sensors.
3. »color tune« in the Occhio air app: Prolonged touch on the light symbol opens a "color tune" control, the color temperature can then be adjusted exactly in steps of 50 K.
DALI stands for Digital Addressable Lighting Interface and is a digital control option for luminaires. More precisely, it is a manufacturer-independent interface standard for dimmable electronic ballasts. With DALI it is possible to control several luminaires or electronic control gears with only a few wires. In addition, DALI can be integrated into higher-level building system technologies such as KNX, EIB (European Installation Bus) or LON (Local Operating Network).
The Occhio surfaces are gold matt and some of the chrome matt surfaces are anodized. In the following, this method will be briefly described.
The anodizing process (from Eloxal, abbreviation for electrolytic oxidation of aluminum) is a surface technique for producing an oxide protective layer on aluminum by anodic oxidation. In this case, in contrast to the galvanic coating method such as the PVD coating, the protective layer is not precipitated on the workpiece, but formed by conversion of the uppermost metal layer, an oxide or hydroxide. The result is a 5 to 25 micron thin layer, which protects against corrosion - the natural oxide layer of aluminum is only a few nm.
First, the aluminum parts are pretreated, i.e. cleaned and degreased and pickled to remove the thin natural oxide layer of aluminum. After the surface pre-treatment, the actual anodizing takes place:
In a sulfuric or oxalic acid bath, a metal is electrolytically "dissolved" by means of electricity and then settles on the aluminum.
The electrolytic dyeing is carried out with AC voltage. The electrolyte contains a coloring metal salt. The duration of the electrolysis depends on the desired color depth. The metal ions penetrate deeply into the pores of the layer. The pores, which are partly filled with metal, now cause a lightfast coloration due to their absorption and scattering effects.
Color temperature is measured in Kelvin. The lower the Kelvin value the warmer the light; the higher the kelvin value the cooler the light.
Color temperatures of the light sources used by Occhio:
luminous flux Lumen is the unit in which luminous flux, the amount of light a light bulb or luminaire emits, is measured. So put simply: How much light comes out of the light bulb or luminaire?
light intensity Light intensity on the other hand is measured in lux and indicates the luminous flux emitted by a light source to illuminate a specific area. So: How much light reaches the area lit up? Example: 1 lux = if the luminous flux of 1 lumen lights up an area of 1 square meter evenly.
Occhio air is a bluetooth-based control system for Occhio luminaires. Handling is simple and intuitive using Occhio air app or the Occhio air controller and offers an entirely new dimension of ease of use. Thus, individual lights or groups of lights can be switched on and off or dimmed with the smartphone via Bluetooth. In addition, some models also offer an "up/down fading" or "color tune" option. There are three courses on Occhio air. Here is the first course: Occhio air I
Definition PVD stands for Physical Vapor Deposition. In the PVD process, a metal is evaporated and applied to a basic body.
Production The aluminum luminaire component to be coated is prepared for metallization by cleaning it and then obtaining a so-called galvanic coating in an electrolytic bath. Only then is the actual PVD coating applied. This takes place in a vacuum chamber. In this chamber, previously prepared luminaire components are clamped, metal discs (the later color) are bombarded with the aid of a laser beam and thus vaporized. The vaporizing metal ions then attach themselves to the components and coat them. In order for the metal to accumulate evenly, the components must be rotated during this process.
Application for Occhio The Occhio surfaces bronze, rose gold and phantom are produced with this PVD process.With the PVD technology there is a high variance in the colors, depending on how many particles accumulate. This leads to many unusable parts making these surfaces especially expensive.