Lixys SA - welding mask

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Lixys has developed and will commercialize a new generation of welding masks based on a new mode of vision, the synchronized vision.

In most of the modern welding source arcs are operated through pulsed currents. The innovation developed by TELECOM Bretagne and Lixys is a fast liquid crystal filter that allows a real time following of the light pulses induced by the pulsed arc current.
Lixys liquid crystal filter is about fifty times faster than a liquid crystal flat panel display.

Lixys welding mask main advantages:
- decrease of the welder fatigue during pulse welding
- clearer vision for low frequency (<30Hz) pulse welding

Lixys welding mask is compatible to constant current welding.

The advantages of pulsed welding (click on the link to download, pdf 30 ko)

For more information, see Lixys "white paper" on synchronized vision (available on request contact@lixys-sa.com)

Lixys welding mask specifications:

Size of liquid crystal filter :	100mm x 52mm
UV protection :	Scale number DIN 14
IR protection :	Scale number DIN 14
Dark state - variable :	Scale number DIN 9-13
Safe state :	Scale Number DIN 4
Switching time :	200µs (@20°C)
Temperature range :	-5°C to +55°C
Batteries (rechargeable)	AAA type (x4)
Autonomy (working)	50 hours

For information or quotation, see the contact page or send an email to sales@lixys-sa.com

Lixys autodarkening filter response during pulse synchronization : perfect following between light and filter transmission

Lixys has completed recently a prototype and has tested it at the Institut de Soudure (Welding Institute, Paris). This prototype includes a fast shutter at a standard size for welding masks (10x5cm), a nematic cell (combination patented) and an optical sensor to detect light pulses. A paper has been published in the journal “Soudage” of the Institut de Soudure. The potential of Lixys innovation has been validated by this test.