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Making It Sweet As the old saying goes, “If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” So that is what we have done here at Unilux. During the past year, while the economy has been down, we challenged ourselves to expand, create and work diligently to serve you, our customers, better.
Quality and SafetyYou demand both quality and safety in every piece of equipment you buy for your plant – no matter what you produce. But you must be willing to pay the price for quality and safety when you purchase your equipment, or it could cost a lot more later on.
“You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet”To most people, the words “strobe light” either bring back memories of psychedelic images from the 60’s and 70’s, or make them think of the old automobile timing lights. Some might think of the lights on emergency vehicles or lights for photography. Indeed, these are all more commonly known examples of strobe lights.
Finding, Repairing and TrainingAfter many visits to Chinese steel mills, I find two problems exist for most of our steel customers. The first problem is that they don’t know where broken units can be repaired. In Chinese steel mills, most of our Sentry Systems and Miti-Lites were supplied by the line builder. There is no contact information on our units, and operation manuals have been lost. As a result, mills cannot find the Unilux Shanghai Representative Office to have their units repaired. That solution is very easy: just send them to us – the Unilux Shanghai Representative Office – and we’ll make the repairs and send the units back.
Hitting the SpotJust a few short years ago, when our Beacon spot-pattern strobe light was still in the prototype stage, I called on one of our paper-mill customers in northern Florida to show it to them. I got the greeting of my life.
Ah, here’s the solution!Everybody in technical sales lives for the day when he or she can deliver that special solution – the product that wasn’t on the shelf. It gives us such a rush of adrenaline and the great feeling that we helped a customer to solve a big problem.
UV Illumination Kits for PrintersBrightener or phosphorescence is added to many clear varnishes and adhesives in order to check registration and coverage of patterns applied with Ultraviolet light. In the past this could only be done statically with a black light tube while the web is stopped or at a remote inspection station. Now Unilux UV Illumination Kits can convert your Unilux strobe light into a UV inspection strobe allowing inspection of brightener added coatings on the press without slowing web speed. Now you can inspect without hurting productivity.
Gaining the EdgeUnilux is preparing to launch the EdgeTech, a remote video inspection tool to make sure steel sheet edges and scoring cuts exceed customer specs and mill requirements while eliminating costly re-trimming.
HD Cameras and Strobe Light SynchronizationAs digital technology takes center stage in the world of film & video, I couldn’t wait to see which HD camera would get the “high five.” Although there are many digital cameras on the market, the ones I’ve reviewed so far have a similar sync output signal that makes synchronizing a strobe a breeze. Manufacturers have dubbed “strobe output” or “sync out” as the names for the triggering signal.
My Thrill Ride Photography ThrillWorking in the middle of the development of thrill ride photography has been a thrill for me. I’ve shared many a social meeting with the people who’ve made great advances in the art and technology of their craft, and I’m proud of how Unilux has helped them succeed in hitting the bulls-eye on a moving target.
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