Compact flashes: The Sharp line
Phoxene Sharp line
Sharp is a product line of compact flashes for small and medium flashes generation, with high capacities in continuous stroboscopic operation.
The sharp line products:
- Sx-1 : A xenon strobe for stroboscopic pulses with a high stability in light emission over the entire life of the flash unit.
- Sx-3 : A compact flash strobe for short and mid-range illumination.
- Sx-IP : A versatile IP67 xenon flash strobe for outdoor and harsh environement.
- Sx-LED: IP67 high power LED Flash with good repetition capacity. Ideal for continous stroboscopic applications.
Sx-1: A xenon strobe for regulated light pulses
Designing a strobe able to produce pulses of light with constant output is very challenging: a flashlamp tends to behave differently at each shot, and loses overall efficiency when ageing occurs, hence reducing the amount of light produced for a given energy.
Sx-1 strobe brings a solution and opens the way to many possibilities in terms of image processing and analysis.
A patented light regulation system
Sx-1 flash unit is fitted with a patented retroaction system for light regulation. This enables a real-time adjustment in the amount of energy injected to the flashlamp, leading to a very stable pulse-to-pulse production of light. Furthermore, this system balances flashlamp’s ageing and ensures a high stability in output over its entire lifespan.
Accurate and stable colors
Sx-1 flash unit also ensures superior color rendering thanks to Xenon flash large spectrum. Particular attention has been given to stabilize the color of light on the X, Y and Z axes.
A short and powerful pulse
Sx-1 flash unit for industrial applications produces an intense pulse of light out of 2.5J energy, with a pulse duration of 60µS. It addresses primarily machine vision applications where LEDs cannot compete – i.e. very short exposure times and/or mid- to long-range.
Sx-3: A very compact and powerful xenon strobe
With its ability to produce powerful pulses with a high repetition rate (1Hz), and with a long life of its lamp (1 Million shots), Sx-3 excels as a compact, active-cooled, mid-range (<15m) Xenon strobe for image capture.
Sx-IP: A IP67 versatile xenon strobe
Designed with an IP67 aluminum enclosure, the Sx-IP is the perfect flash strobe for outdoor and harsh environnement applications.
Its versatile conception makes it suitable for wide range of applications.
Its burst capacity makes it an efficient device for traffic enforcement and for amusement park photography. Its powerful and high frequency flashes make it valuable for precision agriculture.
Sx-LED: An IP67 LED strobe
Sx-LED strobes are available in white and IR light, and in several power variations. It is very compact, especially in Sx-LED-S version. Sx-LED provides high power LED Flash with good repetition capacity. It is ideal for continous stroboscopic applications. Its IP67 aluminium enclosure make it suitable for outdoor and harsh environement applications.
