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Starscape: Fiber Optic Star Ceiling Lighting Systems Fiber optic star ceiling lighting has carved a unique niche for itself in the commercial and residential lighting market because the end emitting points are small and very bright, and many points of light can be created using one light source or lamp. Today, fiber optics is the
The benign nature and unique advantages of light transmission through optical fiber have led to some unusual applications, from sensing methane gas to flow cytometry. Because fiber doesn’t use or conduct electricity, optical fiber is already widely used “as a conduit for temperature sensors based on infrared (IR) light.”1 These pyrometers, typically utilized in high-temperature
Fulfilling it’s commitment to ease the task of fiber optic design for OEM engineers, FTI recently added 3 new fiber optic design tools to their website. The tools make it easy to identify the acceptance angle of a fiber, given its Numerical Aperture, calculate the resulting Acceptance angle for any core/clad combination, and convert temperature
Sheathing has three core values for use in fiber optic design: Protect the fiber. Keep ambient or stray light from creating signal noise (for sensor applications). Improve component handling. PROTECT THE FIBER Glass fiber and plastic fiber is fragile. When individual fibers break, light transmission and uniformity are reduced. After the first few fibers break
When the vision industry was just a fledgling niche technology, everyone invested all their time in software and video technology. Nobody ever considered the role lighting plays in application effectiveness. Any type or method of lighting would do; the camera coupled with the software would distinguish important features and the computer would perform the proper
If you’re a fiber optic user, you know that light output is cast as a cone, like a broad beam flashlight. For many applications, this is exactly what’s expected for general illumination. Sometimes, the application can’t use a broad beam; maybe the user is trying to control the spot size, focus or diffuse the output,
Uniformity is probably the most misunderstood lighting topic, with many differing points of view. Certainly, uniformity is important for robust, accurate, repeatable vision applications. No one wants false positives or missed defects. Fortunately, hardware and software continue to evolve, making uniformity less of an issue, but nonetheless, still important enough. To determine how uniform your
Our fiber optic scope and fiberscopes, also known as boroscopes or endoscopes, have a myriad of uses including automotive, industrial engineering, surveillance / law-enforcement, quality assurance, mining, veterinarian applications, construction, mold abatement, and more. Excellent resolution from the quartz image array produces a bright, detailed image, while an innovative linkage design allows us to market
Testing has shown that fiber skew causes great differences in light transmission between otherwise identical parts. Defining fiber skew is simple. Understanding the impact, and how to control the occurrence, is more complex. Fiber skew occurs if the end face (of the fiber) is not cut at a 90 degree angle (perpendicular) to the long
During the last three decades, the advancement and adoption of both solid-state laser and fiber laser systems have increased dramatically. They are particularly important in the industrial, medical, scientific, military/defense, semiconductor capital equipment sectors. The days of delivering laser beams through free space optics or cumbersome, bulky, and expensive articulating arms have long passed. The
Manufacturing Standard and Custom fiber optics for Industrial, Medical, Commercial, Military and Machine Vision applications since 1977.