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| Since its foundation in 1988, LUMIX has won a solid reputation in the field of flash systems, and, more generally speaking, in that of intense pulse light sources, be it in visible light, infrared or ultra-violet.
Back in the early days, Lumix ran a business of flashlamps (a.k.a. flashtubes) for photographic applications, and a repair service for photographic studio equipment.
After years, due to an increasing involvement in industrial developments, Lumix had to redifine its goals, and quit the repair service in 2005.
Nowadays, along with its worldwide supply of flashlamps, Lumix carries out studies and surveys in various fields connected to intense pulsed light.
For example, Lumix has esigned flash systems for :
- Photography : with a "movement control flash". Please see the article from the french magazine "le chasseur d'images" (available in the download section).
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- Ultra-fast imagery, with a stroboscope used for ballistics and metrology, able to produce trains of light pulses to capture multiple positions of a high sppeed object (e.g. a bullet), in order to study its trajectory and deformations.
- Non-destructive testing : the related flash sets are mainly used by aviation industry.
- Oceanography survey : Multiple LUMIX custom made flash sets are being used by the french institute Ifremer, down to 6000 meters depth underseas. Their submersible housings able to withstand deep-sea pressure are made by Ifremer.
- Thermal tests of materials : for IR thermography and thermodiffusivity, Lumix flashes offfer a cost-effective alternative to lasers.
- Solar simulation :Photovoltaic cells can be tested by the calibrated radiation of a flash-set tailored to replicate solar illumination.
- Traffic control : The upcoming range of FR flash-sets offers a turnkey solution to manufacturers of automatic traffic boxes.
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