Sealite Research and Development
Manufacturing Capabilities
The Sealite team is dedicated to servicing the marine industry through the efficient design and production of leading-edge products.
Through close working relationships, marine authorities and private customers around the globe now trust Sealite to enhance the safety of their operations.
The company is a technology leader in the design and development of marine navigation aids, including solar marine lighting, buoyage systems, bridge & barge lights, and general products to enhance marine navigation.
Part of Sealite’s business philosophy is to invest in state-of-the-art equipment to achieve superior efficiencies and the highest levels of quality control.
Keeping the manufacturing process in-house achieves better value for customers, superior quality standards and faster delivery than many of our competitors. Sealite’s manufacturing process includes experienced electronics and software engineers, a skilled production team, cutting edge machinery and first rate QA procedures.
Some of Sealite’s key capabilities include:
- 45,000sq ft purpose-built manufacturing plant
- Manufactures in excess of 30,000 navigation aids per year
- In-house SMT Electronics assembly line
- In-house rotational-molding capabilities
- ISO9001:2000 registered
- Victorian Manufacturer of the Year
- Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame inductee
Design
To service the needs of our customers
worldwide,
Sealite employs an in-house team of professional
engineers who design and develop the products
to exacting standards and industry requirements.
Mechanical, structural and optic systems are developed from concept to completion. The remarkable design skill of Sealite’s engineers ensures the characteristics of each product are extensively researched and, as a result, offer advanced features which greatly enhance performance and operation.
Surface Mount Technology (SMT)
Sealite’s in-house surface mount
assembly line is an automated system which is used
for high speed and precision placement of
electronic components onto printed circuit
boards (PCB). This allows Sealite to control
every aspect of the construction and testing
of the purpose built PCBs.
Sealite has adopted SMT as a fast and accurate way to manufacture circuit boards for high-volume marine lighting.
As a result, our LED light drivers and micro controller boards are built using an automated system which increases production rates, reduces labor costs and results in products with an increased level of reliability over traditional fixtures.
The extremely small size of SM components
allows them to be placed on both sides of
the circuit board. This has allowed us to
reduce the size of the boards in the products
to produce lights which are remarkably compact
in size. Circuit boards made using this technology
also perform better when used in conditions
where shake and vibration are a factor.
Electronics
After the components are loaded on the
circuit board in the SMT line they then move into
the ESD (electrostatic discharge) protected
electronics rooms where skilled technicians
calibrate, test and program the lights to
customer specifications.
All boards are programmed and set using a computer controlled system. Each PCB is set according to detailed instructions to ensure that every light is manufactured to specification.
Photometric Testing
Of key importance in building navigational
aids is the compliance to industry photometric
requirements. Sealite’s testing laboratory
allows the design and evaluation of products
to comply with local and international requirements
such as IALA.
Sealite is able to quickly and accurately validate the horizontal and vertical light distribution, and peak intensity of the products to ensure they consistently meet industry standards.
Assembly
All Sealite lights are assembled to
exacting standards and strict guidelines. Once the
technicians complete construction of the
circuit boards the production team then assemble
the lights and perform a series of final
inspections prior to dispatch.
Every high-intensity marine light processes through a 24 hour burn-in test, whereby proprietary software is used to cycle the lights through a series of operating conditions repeatedly over a 24 hour period. This is just one of the final inspection tests performed on every product we build.
Inventory
To service the often "urgent need" requirements
of our customers, Sealite USA maintains a working inventory of
finished goods. In emergency cases, products can be shipped within
24hrs of order placement, for destinations across the United States
and around the world.
Sealite also has key relations with Defense departments who have selected our systems as their expedient deployment standard. In emergency situations, options exist to draw on these resources for fast deployment around the country.
Rotational-molding
Sealite Pty Ltd, has over 20 years
experience in building products for long
term deployment
in some of the harshest conditions known.
The products are built to withstand extreme
elements of icing, cyclonic winds, salt-spray,
prolonged UV exposure and tropical humidity.
The Sealite buoy division provides turn-key production of navigation aids, from tooling development, raw material selection and production, to final testing and inspection. Keeping this entire process in-house allows us to guarantee the superior quality of the products we put the Sealite name on.
Sealite is one of the only full-line navigation aid producers to manufacture marine buoys on-site with state-of-the-art rotational-moulding equipment. In-house manufacturing allows us to ensure marine buoys are robust and able to withstand the severest of conditions.
Rotational-molding is a process used for manufacturing plastic parts of complex shapes and varying sizes. Sealite’s rotational-molding machinists are specialists in their field and are highly skilled in this craft ensuring that every piece they produce is strong, robust and able to survive the elements for many years.
Once products are molded, Sealite staff measure the wall-thickness of each buoy in critical areas by ultrasound – just part of the extensive quality procedures we put into every product.
Quality Control
All Sealite’s products are manufactured
under a process that complies with
ISO9001:2000
conditions for quality assurance, and continual
process improvement. They are
subjected to strict quality control procedures
to ensure
that each and every product will meet or
exceed customer expectations before they
are dispatched.
Throughout every stage of production each product undergoes testing & raw material batching – ensuring clear trace-ability through the build cycle, and minimizing interruptions to our clients.
All Sealite products are manufactured to exacting standards under strict quality control procedures. Sealite’s commitment to research and development, investing in modern equipment and advanced manufacturing procedures has made us an industry leader in solar marine lighting.
By choosing Sealite you can rest assured you have chosen the very best.
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