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Powerhouse Projector Clock
Millions of reasons for partnerships ...and the time’s right too
DIVERSE is always willing to consider working in partnership developments, providing the necessary skills and experience to develop a product that can beat the competition.
The latest shining example is the Timebeam POWERHOUSE clock from By Design.
The POWERHOUSE projects a stylish choice of working clock face images. It has been launched in Germany at the Hanover Fair in time for the new millennium.
The application of the latest CDM technology and the DIVERSE optical design has resulted in a bigger, brighter, clearer clock image suitable for architectural, exhibition and promotional situations with high levels of ambient light.
If you would like more information on this unique product, visit the By Design web site:
Luminaires - more than just optical design
Another example of partnership came from DIVERSE linking with Chloride Safety Systems, a long established and experienced UK manufacturer of emergency lighting and fire detection systems.
The Chloride Zenith range of emergency luminaires have a unique self-test and monitoring facility to ensure they will be in perfect working order if the unthinkable happens. The range also provides a level of usable light which is as much as 80% higher than that produced by conventional luminaires.
The improvement in usable light comes from DIVERSE’s revolutionary optical design which combines the control of a prismatic front lens with the additional efficiency of an optimised reflector surface on the gear tray.
The increase in usable light, combined with the unique in-built self-test and monitoring facility, has made the Chloride Zenith range a leader in emergency luminaires.
DIVERSE has got stuck into joining
Contact us if you have a sticky problem
Did you know that a medium sized saloon car uses around 20-25kg of adhesive products? There are many types for bonding such essential items as brake linings and laminated windscreens.
Adhesives are now an essential component of most manufactured items. The use of adhesives in place of traditional joining methods can reduce costs and increase productivity.
Care must be taken in the selection of the right adhesive for a particular material. The joint design will have and effect on both quality and productivity. With some adhesives the bonding procedure can be critical and for all jobs there must be quality assurance. The advantage is that the application of adhesives can solve problems that other joining methods get stuck on.
When DIVERSE was approached with a joining requirement by a major aerospace company the specification was simple. Two man-made, light weight materials had to bond as one. The difficulty was that both materials were designed to be non-stick.
The answer was in the surface preparation. Both surfaces had to have a key for the adhesive.
Finding answers is what DIVERSE does best; the intelligent application of key technologies to create solutions to problems that otherwise are a permanent sticking point.
Creaking Joints?
The method of joining one part of a product to another is often crucial to the manufacturing process both in terms of durability and cost.
Altering the joining method can reduce costs and save time.
Many joining problems are easy to solve, some need the right surface preparation for the bonding solution, others require expertise in mechanical design to complement the adhesion.
Consider your joints from a fresh perspective, then contact DIVERSE for the solution.
Passing the message - Infrared and Lightguides
Small, battery operated portable computers are commonplace today and many now carry an IrDA link to communicate to a host computer. DIVERSE’s customer, Radix, wanted to combine the concept of re-charging multiple units with a wireless link to a host communicating with all of the portables.
In this case the solution was to design lightguides which allow the host IrDA to communicate to up to three units at the same time while each unit signals back to the host. The system is fully modular so that lightguides can be chained together enabling the customer to link one, two or three units on the charger to the host.
Understanding Lightguides
The picture below shows two lightguides with their ends almost touching. Light was fed from a single source to one lightguide. There is a little light spillage where the guides meet but most of the light is captured and redirected along and then up on both guides. This capture and redirection can be predetermined for both proportion and direction.
The lightguides could be delivering light from a surface mounted LED to the display controls of a hi-fi or to a car dashboard, using intrinsically the same technology.
Using lightguides is generally so efficient and cost effective that new designs have a noticeable effect on profits. One of our lightguide designs recently helped a company to increase the profits on one high volume product by £350,000 per annum.
Applying Lightguide Technology
Both light guides and infra-red data handling have applications that cut across all industries. Just consider how you could apply this technology within your area of experience. Contact DIVERSE and let us help you turn your idea into a reality.
The DIVERSE Ferrite Meter is now available with an air cooled probe that can be used on surfaces up to 300C. A client had the requirement, we had the technology.
The DIVERSE Ferrite Detector measures Ferrite Number in the range 0 to 100 and displays both the ferrite number and the percentage ferrite content. It indicates the extent of delta ferrite in Austenitic, Duplex and Austenitic-Ferritic steels and weld metal.
In addition to industries that concentrate on the manufacture of steel products, the detector is in demand in sectors such as the Nuclear industry where the quality of steel used can be critical.
Diverse sells its products world-wide and the Ferrite Detector has generated sales and enquires from as far afield as China, India and Australia as well as Europe and America.
Many of our new international contacts find us through using the internet, which is beginning to show its power as a marketing tool. We have the opportunity to make contact with overseas customers and provide them with ongoing sales support, web pages, free software upgrades, product applications and user advice information from our web pages.
The world seems to have become a lot smaller with the increase in electronic communication.
DIVERSE’S new baby
The first image of a foetus in its mothers womb is achieved using ultrasound. Acoustic vibrations are produced and the image arises because of the different reflectivities of bone and flesh to this acoustic energy. Vibrations in materials have been utilised for many years with the earliest application being in range finding (SONAR). Acoustic waves are now used in wide ranging applications including; non-destructive testing, chemical analysis, flow meters, range detection and medical imaging.
The frequency of acoustic wave used is application dependent. Often, a trade off exists between a requirement for high spatial accuracy (corresponding to high frequency acoustic waves) and low acoustic energy losses (lower frequency acoustic waves). DIVERSE has been involved in projects utilising acoustic waves in the frequency range from 10kHz (audio) to MHz (ultrasound).
Recent projects using ultrasonics include flow meters, material property measurement and metrology. No matter what the requirement, we endeavour to meet our customers specifications with cost effective and long life components.
Ultrasonics
DIVERSE has worked on systems which use acoustic waves to determine position, time-of-flight, resonant frequency, machinery noise or flow rate.
We can provide mathematical models to evaluate design parameters such as resonant frequency, electro-acoustic efficiency, linearity, harmonic interaction, bandwidth and input and output impedance.
For advice on materials, mountings, construction, cost and stability speak to DIVERSE about your ultrasonic needs..
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