An industrial engineer designed a workstation where the seeing task was difficult because of the size of the components going into the assembly. The desired brightness was 150 foot Lamberts and the workstation was painted a medium green having a reflectance of 52%. (1) What illumination would be required at this workstation to provide the desired brightness? fc (Please keep as an integer) (2) By referring to the table in slide 7 (lecture 5), please estimate the required illumination if you repainted the workstation with a light cream paint: fc (Please keep as an integer)

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An industrial engineer designed a workstation where the seeing task was difficult because of the size of the components going into the assembly. The desired brightness was 150 foot Lamberts and the workstation was painted a medium green
having a reflectance of 52%.
fc (Please keep as an integer)
(2) By referring to the table in slide 7 (lecture 5), please estimate the required illumination if you repainted the workstation with a light cream paint:
(1) What illumination would be required at this workstation to provide the desired brightness ?
fc (Please keep as an integer)
Transcribed Image Text:An industrial engineer designed a workstation where the seeing task was difficult because of the size of the components going into the assembly. The desired brightness was 150 foot Lamberts and the workstation was painted a medium green having a reflectance of 52%. fc (Please keep as an integer) (2) By referring to the table in slide 7 (lecture 5), please estimate the required illumination if you repainted the workstation with a light cream paint: (1) What illumination would be required at this workstation to provide the desired brightness ? fc (Please keep as an integer)
ILLUMINATION - MEASUREMENT OF LIGHT
Table 6.1 Reflectances of Typical Paint and Wood Finishes
Color or finish
Color or finish
White
Light cream
Light grey
Light yellow
Light buff
Light green
Light blue
Medium yellow
Medium buff
Medium grey
Medium green
Percentage of
reflected light
85
75
75
75
70
65
55
65
63
55
52
Medium blue
Dark gray
Dark red
Dark brown
Dark blue
Dark green
Maple
Satinwood
Walnut
Mahogany
Percentage of
reflected light
Copyright (c) 2014 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights Reserved.
35
30
13
10
8
7
42
34
16
12
7
Transcribed Image Text:ILLUMINATION - MEASUREMENT OF LIGHT Table 6.1 Reflectances of Typical Paint and Wood Finishes Color or finish Color or finish White Light cream Light grey Light yellow Light buff Light green Light blue Medium yellow Medium buff Medium grey Medium green Percentage of reflected light 85 75 75 75 70 65 55 65 63 55 52 Medium blue Dark gray Dark red Dark brown Dark blue Dark green Maple Satinwood Walnut Mahogany Percentage of reflected light Copyright (c) 2014 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights Reserved. 35 30 13 10 8 7 42 34 16 12 7
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