Introducing the FS Series Shutters
Vincent Associates is proud to announce our exciting new product: the FS Series shutter. The new FS25 and FS35 Uni-stable Optical Shutters are designed and…
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Vincent Associates Celebrates 50 Years
Rochester, New York – March 14, 2019 – Vincent Associates®, the manufacturer of Uniblitz® Shutter Systems, announces that 2019 is the company’s 50th year in…
What Drives Optical Shutters?
Behind every good electromechanical shutter is a good actuator; here, novel actuators with uniform force throughout their stroke are described. From laser scanning mirrors to…
The MS150B 150mm Optical Shutter – The Next Big Idea
Vincent Associates is proud to announce the Uniblitz MS150B – A bi-stable 150mm aperture optical shutter. This patent pending design is a bi-stable optical shutter…
Vincent Associates Launches Industry First 25-Million-Cycle Guarantee Shutter
April 25, 2018 – Vincent Associates is proud to announce the official launch of their new product, the ES6B series shutter. The Uniblitz ES6B is…
Uniblitz at LASER World of Photonics 2017
We look forward to seeing you at LASER World of Photonics Munich 2017. We’ll be showing off our all-new AI25 25 mm motorized iris diaphragm…
Imaging at the Speed of Light
Researchers at the University of Rochester’s Institute of Optics developed a technique that uses lasers to render materials hydrophobic—extremely water repellent. (Photo above courtesy of…
Uniblitz On-board the PICARD Satellite
Launched out of Yasny, Russia in June 2010, PICARD is a satellite designed to provide absolute measurements of the total solar irradiance (TSI) and spectral solar…
Optical Shutters: Asking the Right Questions Leads to the Best Shutter Design
The need for a shutter in an optical system sometimes becomes clear late in the development process. Answering some specific questions can help detect this…