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With Nu-Tech exhibitions rapidly approaching we have some exciting new and existing products from DEI and Z-Laser that we believe may be of interest to you! So please read on for high power current sources, cost-effective laser projectors and where you can find us on May 1st and 2nd!

We like to keep our newsletters nice and concise, therefore not showing ALL of our fantastic products. Simply click the link below to see how Alrad can benefit you and your company with the wide range of products and suppliers we work with!

ELDIM are a French company with over 30 years of expertise in display technologies and metrology. They provide advanced optical metrology tools that increase the competitive advantage of their customers sufficiently. Based on home made advanced optical designs, their products provide outstanding resolution and angles whilst not compromising  their competitive price.

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VCProbe-NIR

OFScope-NIR

VCProbe-NIR is ideal for the measurement of small aperture NIR sources. This product is capable of a map within a ±70° viewing angle cone, calibrated in at a wavelength of 940nm. This system operates at a high speed whilst guaranteeing accurate measurements. This product is specifically manufactured with R&D, Mass production/QC in mind! Ensuring a wide range of use in various applications with consistent, high quality in demanding markets.

OFScope-NIR is particularly optimised for measuring large aperture NIR sources. Featuring an angular aperture of ±40° with outstanding angular resolution, measuring in real time with a full map of any NIR source. This product is calibrated at a wavelength of 850nm, 905nm, 940nm. With the full capabilities of measuring all kind of sources such as LIDAR, Flash Lidar, diode laser and VCSEL (Such as the self-driving car market) allowing versatility for various uses!

The Imaging Source

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From February 26 - 28th our principle The Imaging Source will be attending their first ever Embedded World exhibition in Germany, displaying their incredible NEW MIPI / CSI-2 line-up together with a Novel FPD-Link III™ Serializer / Deserializer bridge. The new products feature a wide variety of industrial sensors and supported platforms, therefore emphasising their flexibility when it comes to your challenging applications. Furthermore, the modules directly execute demosaicing, colour correction and other post-processing tasks via the ISP of the embedded platform.

The Imaging Source provides embedded system solutions based on the most powerful embedded platform currently on the market: The NVIDIA Jetson TX1 / TX2. In addition to its powerful GPU, it offers a dedicated ISP which processes 12 CSI-2 camera lanes with up to 1.5Gbps per lane and up to six simultaneous camera streams. Pick & Load tasks are affordable and efficient for the automation of machine loading and unloading tasks and now even small - medium sized companies have the opportunity to automate their CNC capabilities. With minimal time and effort, Pick & Load can be configured to load and unload unpalletized parts from tables, drawers and pallets.

For more information please do not hesitate to contact us directly at sales@alrad.co.uk, visit our website and go visit Embedded World to see the incredible products from The Imaging Source.

Product Spotlight

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When it comes to ground-breaking technology, you should look no further than the incredible TeraSense High-speed imager (featured in our product spotlight this week). With the High Speed Linear 300GHz scanner customers can inspect hidden defects or conduct non-destructive testing in a wide range of industries including quality control, security and the detection of water presence in various products. This type of application has never been faster OR safer and with the growing pressure on food and security industries it could be the option for you! TeraSense remains affordable yet highly effective, emphasising its versatility for a wide range of customers in almost any industry! If any of these applications are applicable to you, or you have any other queries regarding TeraSense products, please contact us and we can show you how their outstanding technology can benefit you.

Currently our Product Spotlight features on our Twitter page so please follow our social media accounts to keep up to date with new products, updates and where you can find us!

The starter kit, for example, contains all necessary hardware with smart camera mvBlueGEMINI, power supply unit, accessories such as I/O box and a lens as well as the mvIMPACT Configration Studio - ICS for short - the software which enables both users without any programming knowledge and developers without any knowledge of image processing to perform visual inspection tasks quickly and cost-efficiently. Without the time-consuming process of selecting individual components the kits offer a perfect development system with at an attractive price.

Just select the suitable kit for your smart camera.

More information on all Matrix Vision smart camera products can be found at http://www.alrad.co.uk/imaging/Profile-Matrix%20Vision.html

The image processing software EyeVision now supports the GigE cameras by Sentech. With the new

Video Input Channel (VIC) for Sentech cameras, EVT offers now an image processing solution with a

combination of EyeVision and Sentech. And this combination delivers fast measurement and

inspection for the production plant – a feature which is mostly demanded, when having to

detect defects and to reject faulty products in an early stage of the production process

The Sentech GigE cameras are therefore ideal industry cameras with their fast frame rate and high resolution.

The powerful team play between  EyeVision software and Sentech  cameras is not only suitable for fast

inspection flows, such as label printing, but also for solutions for a huge number of image processing applications.

The application areas are in medical engineering, as well as in the pharmaceutical industry,

but also in the automotive branch an in most areas of industrial automation.

And what‘s more, the EyeVision 3 software allows the user, to create inspection programs with only

a few mouse clicks, even without programming skills. The graphical user interface can be handled

intuitively and easily. The EyeVision 3 offers the convenience, that the user can create their own

commands, which can be integrated into the graphical user  interface. And with the GUI-Designer,

the creation of an individual user interface is also very easy.

More information is available at www.alrad.co.uk

Sentech have launched and now shipping new high resolution cameras using the latest SONY IMX250 and IMX252 Pregius sensors. The cameras feature 3.2 and 5.1 MegaPixel Global Shutter CMOS sensors in both monochrome and colour. The cameras have multiple ROI capability. Maximum frame rates are 75.7fps for 5.1MP camera and 121fps for 3.2MP camera. 8, 10 or 12 bit output is available via the USB3Vision interface. The compact size of the cameras makes them ideal for a wide range of Machine Vision applications.

More Information available at www.alrad.co.uk

In 2000, the founders of Directed Energy (myself included) sold the company to IXYS in order to scale production of the IXYSRF MOSFET and have closer access to die design resources.
Over the next 18 years IXYS and Directed Energy developed a number of innovative MOSFETs and RF MOSFET Drivers for the RF industry.
As of January 2018 IXYS itself was purchased by Littelfuse. The integration of IXYS into the Littelfuse family presented a unique opportunity for me to reacquire the high voltage pulsers and laser diode drivers offered by Directed Energy and move the business back to private ownership. 
The IXYSRF products which are best served by a components manufacturer will remain part of the Littelfuse family. 
Rest assured that any open orders for Directed Energy products were transferred along with the business and will be fulfilled by the same great team you have always worked with!"

Please note that the long standing relationship between Alrad and DEI will continue as before.

Alrad Imaging team up with Caeleste
Caeleste was present at the Image Sensors Conference in London. The Caeleste booth was manned by Ian Alderton of Alrad (photo) and Dirk Van Aken, Sr. Project Manager at Caeleste. In the margin of this conference, they  showed  a selection of exciting Caeleste developments. Call us to discuss your future sensor needs.

Alrad has a history of passionately striving to provide its customers with the 
best possible service.

The suppliers we use are all vetted though our in-house quality management system which is recognized by ISO9001:2015 certification through Approachable Registered.

Certificate Number 10852

We are constantly reviewing our quality and customer service procedures so we can ensure our attention to you, our customers, is always of the highest quality.

Furthermore, Alrad Instruments Ltd takes its responsibilities under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE regulations) extremely seriously and has taken steps to be compliant in line with our corporate and social responsibilities.

In the UK Alrad has joined a registered compliance scheme WeeeCare (Weeecare registration number WEE/MP3538PZ/SCH)Alrad’s registration number is WEE/DF1333XT.

http://www.alrad.co.uk/quality.html

HAPPY EASTER FROM ALL OF US AT ALRAD! OUR OFFICIAL MARCH NEWSLETTER IS NOW HERE. This month we are focusing on our photonics division with a glimpse of lighting and custom CMOS sensors!

With OVER 40 Years of experience it is our mission to take your desired application and turn it into a reality to provide your company with more efficiency, quality and competitive edge! So, CONTACT ALRAD today for advice and quotations from our experienced sales team!

PHOTONICS

High Power Laser Grating from Bach Research

• Gratings ruled directly into Gold deposited onto Copper, Invar or Stainless Steel.
• 95% absolute efficiency guaranteed at 10.6 microns with high damage thresholds.
• Peak efficiencies can be adjusted from 9 to 11 microns
• Efficiencies to 99% are achievable, if required.
• Standard line spacings offered, including 15 l/mm, 150 l/mm and 200 l/mm.
• Custom line spacings, blaze wavelengths and substrates considered.

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS from BACH RESEARCH

Bach Research offers a comprehensive range of ruled master and replica gratings both plane and curved for a variety of applications:

• For Laboratory Instrumentation – eg monochromators and spectrophotometers -where substrates are typically float glass or pyrex 
• For High Power Lasers – used as both intracavity components and output couplers – where substrates are typically copper, stainless steel or invar.

The master grating list includes line spacings from 6.61 to 3600 lines per mm and blaze wavelengths from 75 nm to 77 microns.

Bach offers competitive custom ruling service when the requirement is not covered by one of their extensive master inventory.

Bach have a particular expertise in the manufacture of Echelle type gratings and in satisfying the demanding requirements of one-of-a-kind optical hardware that has found itself booked on many space missions, from Voyager to the James Webb Space Telescope due to launch in 2018.

After yet another successful year at the UKIVA’s Machine Vision Conference, it has been a pleasure to see so much interest from new and existing customers and we look forward to working on all of your projects with you! As well as this we also welcomed Julian to the Alrad team at the MVC, and he has already provided crucial attributes to the team and the future of Alrad! Please feel free to contact our sales team directly or through sales@alrad.co.uk!

The Imaging Source helped us to steal the show with embedded face recognition systems and their all new MIPI CSI-2/FPD-Link III Modules, which make for a perfect all-in-one option for industrial embedded-imaging needs, containing a range of sensor modules.. Furthermore, we provided a great insight into products for microscopy from Sentech, BitFlow framegrabbers and more! We had a fantastic time at the show and hope that you have found the solutions that you are looking for. We will be counting down the days to MVC 2019 and cannot wait to share what we will be working on to show you in the future

At 10:30 am, Ryan from our Support and Marketing team conducted a presentation on ‘Lighting and the Importance of Getting it Right’, helping to give members of public a better understanding on the importance of using lighting correctly and efficiently. This was shown through various lighting methods used in machine vision and followed by examples of how you can use different lighting techniques to create entirely different effects. Machine vision is analysing reflected light, therefore to get the best out of your desired image you must understand the principles behind illuminating the image to suit your requirements. If you are interested in our presentation please contact support@alrad.co.uk and we will be happy to supply you with a copy!

Bach Research Corporation is a leading manufacturer of precision custom optics and diffraction gratings.

Bach high power laser gratings are ruled directly into Gold deposited on Copper, Invar or Stainless Steel

They feature a high 95% absolute efficiency guaranteed at 10.6 microns (up to 99% available on request) Efficiency can be tweaked from 9 to 11microns.

Nominal Standard line spacing include:  200, 171, 163, 150 and 135 lines per mm

Bach gratings have been successfully utilised over an extensive period by various US and European Government agencies, including US Army and US Air Force together with major laser OEMs, national laboratories and multiple universities.

Bach gratings, for example, have proven effective in lasers with a 5kW output, noting that the intra-cavity location of the grating can be dealing with a factor of approx 50 times more power.

These components have supported TEA lasers where the grating has survived 100 million shots

In addition to intra-cavity gratings, Bach also manufacture output coupler gratings, where efficiencies are split between zero and first order (or any orders desired)

Also offered are gratings that combine beams for increased power.

As a European distributor for Bach Research, Alrad welcome all enquiries for laser gratings.

Please send your full requirements / specifications to:

Alrad Photonics

(a Division of Alrad Instruments Ltd)

Alder House

Turnpike Road Industrial Estate

Newbury, RG 14 2NS

United Kingdom

Tel:    +44 (0) 1635 30345

Fax:   +44 (0) 1635 32630

Web: www.alrad.co.uk

Email: sales@alrad.co.uk