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Successfull Provision of Prototypes of a Fully None-Contacting Rotary Joint System

Begin of 2013 SPINNER has launched the development of a fully none-contacting rotary joint system, compound of a DC power transmission module and a fiber optic channel. Therein, the fiber optic channel is highly integrated into the DC power module, allowing most compact form factor with rotation velocities up to 3,000 rpms.

After a short development and production cycle of only four months, SPINNER delivered the first prototype to our development partner ScopusTech in Israel.

The rotary joint has already been integrated and tested in the Rotating Image Generator (RIG™) which comprises a device and software for producing 360° spherical moving pictures in real time.

The core components of the device include one sensor and one lens, which constantly rotate at high speed. The device continuously captures an array of images in a fraction of a second around 360 degrees. The software renders the se-quence of images into spherical moving pictures which can be managed, recorded, transferred as standard digital video or other image formats. The rendered spherical movies can be displayed on multiple screens (e.g., LCD) or special displays (e.g., projection full-domes, goggles) for real time viewing.