About Us

Fibro Light Technology Inc., a division of CFMII Technologies Inc., is a small high-tech company located in Goderich Ontario.  Our investigators are focused on research, development discovery and design of innovative, energy efficient and environmentally friendly solutions for water purification, wind energy, and lighting applications.

We seek out problems and issues in the field and research ways to replace current technologies with environmentally friendly and energy efficient solutions.  Our research seeks products, processes and technology that will offer low cost alternatives, or significant yield improvements in present methods. Once we have found solutions that work, we seek to commercialize them either through our own activities, or in conjunction with partners and licensees.

Our Successes

 

Huron Manufacturing Excellence Award:
	Fibro Light Technology are the 2006 co-winners, with Miser Lighting Inc., of the Huron Manufacturers Association award for the most innovative new product of the year. Our work on induction lamp technology led to a new High Bay lighting product, currently being commercialized by Miser Lighting Inc. Our R&D has produced a fixture which can replace the typical 400 watt high bay metal halide or HPS fixture (which usually uses about 450 watts of energy when ballast losses are included), with a fixture which consumes only 204 watts of energy and has a lifespan of 100,000 hours of operation!
The new highbay fixtures from Miser Lighting can save customers around 50% on the cost of typical high bay lights in energy and maintenance over the life of the fixture.

UV Water Disinfection:

Fibro Light has designed and prototyped a unique UV water treatment system adaptable to either "point of use" or "whole house" applications. An initial Canadian patent on the UV water disinfection technology, has been granted. A further US patent, covering the specifics of the technology application in this system, has been granted [CA 2477029  (Canada) - 7,002,140 (USA)]  . Other patents on commercial scale adaptations of the technology are in preparation. The design of the UV system obviates some of the major drawbacks of existing systems by placing the UV light source outside the water chamber so that no "drowned tube" is involved. This reduces the risk to consumers of ingesting glass particles and mercury in the event that a water pressure surge breaks the UV lamp and the tube as found in conventional designs.

The System is designed to reduce scale build-up obviating frequent cleaning by the user. The system is about 30% of the size of competing systems on the market. Computer modeling studies were undertaken which predicated results over 6 times the lethal dose would be delivered into the water. Prototypes have been designed, constructed and tested. Test results show an almost log 3 reduction in pathogens when operated at the design specification in a whole house application. In a point of use application where flow is limited, a log 5 reduction in pathogens can be expected. Fibro Light Technology has partnered with RK Global Consultants and the two companies have entered the design for manufacturing phase. RK Global is an international company with extensive engineering, product development and manufacturing experience.

Energy Efficient Lighting:

Fibro Light undertook research into improved and energy efficient lighting systems. We have partnered with a manufacturer in China and have designed and tested a variety of fixtures. Testing results on some of our magnetic induction lighting lighting fixtures indicated a saving of energy of close to 50% while maintaining light output. Magnetic Induction lighting is currently the most energy efficient and environmentally friendly lighting technology on the planet.  For those not familiar with Magnetic Induction Lighting, you can Click Here for a detailed article on the technology.

 

Wind Turbines:

A detailed evaluation of the state of the art in wind energy was undertaken. Large quantities of data were collected and analyzed. Further research determined that existing "propeller" type wind turbines were not as efficient as they could be due to the high overhead involved in their control. They are also not well suited to urban environments due to noise from the blades and ice build up in colder climates.. Fibro Light has undertaken the development and prototyping of a more rugged design of vertical axis wind turbine that would be more suited to these applications and especially to urban environments. Our turbine includes a unique, self-starting, omni directional rotor designed to be simple to manufacture and to be virtually maintenance free. The turbine system has a minimal number of moving parts to reduce maintenance requirements. The electrical generator uses a unique design, which has only one moving part and which has no brushes or commutators to wear out. Further technological innovations are included in the design but cannot be discussed here, as they may be patentable.

 

Agricultural applications:

Fibro Light has conducted initial research on a number of agricultural applications. We have compiled data which indicates we can increase dairy cow milk output by 10-15% through the use of specific lighting systems and techniques. The next phase will be to design the fixtures and control systems and then do field validation testing. We are also researching energy efficient greenhouse lighting systems with alternatives to conventional lamps. We have also completed theoretical work on an agricultural sterilization system, which uses electrically charged water in place of chemicals. This technology shows great potential to reduce, and in some case eliminate, the requirement for environmentally damaging chemical compounds.  We intend to follow up on this with computer modeling studies and the construction and testing of prototypes.