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1. Raptor builds sales team with two new appointments.

   September 2021 Leave a Comment

   Raptor Photonics welcomes two new members of staff to the sales team. Joe Graham joins the team as Sales Manager. As a key part of Raptor’s growth strategy to expand and pursue new markets, Joe will be responsible for growing sales worldwide. Joe is qualified in Mechatronic engineering and previously held leadership positions in the telecoms industry.

   Cameron Black comes on board as Technical Support Engineer. Cameron will be responsible for product support with our customers, primarily in Europe and Asia and is a welcomed addition to our team as we focus on providing excellent customer service. Cameron is a qualified Electronic Engineer and has worked previously in QC and support roles.

   For further information, please contact:

   Raptor Photonics Ltd

   Telephone:+44 28 2827 0141
   Email: sales@raptorphotonics.com

   Joe Graham (l) and Cameron Black (r)

   

    

2. Raptor wins brace in Larne Business Excellence Awards

   September 2021 Leave a Comment

   Raptor Photonics, a leader in innovative digital camera solutions has recently picked up two awards at the Larne Business Excellence Awards dinner, held on Thursday 9^th September at The Ballygally Castle Hotel. The company picked up both the Excellence in Innovation and Best Export Company Awards in a glittering ceremony celebrating success in the Mid & East Antrim Council area.

   Raptor celebrates 15 years of being in business this month, the awards acknowledge the company’s growth to become a global market leader in camera design.

   

   The prize for Best Export Business of the Year was awarded to Raptor Photonics with Joe Graham accepting the award.

   

   The Excellence in Innovation Award was won by Raptor Photonics with Mark Donaghy accepting the award.

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

   Contact:
   Raptor Photonics Ltd
   Telephone:+44 28 2827 0141
   Email: sales@raptorphotonics.com
   www.raptorphotonics.com

3. Raptor camera used in XUV, Soft X-ray and Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) spectroscopy applications

   July 2021 Leave a Comment

   High energy spectroscopy requires precision analytical tools that help scientists and researchers to investigate molecular and atomic spectra from the infrared into the soft x-ray and short ultraviolet wavelength regions. Raptor has worked with McPherson Instruments to develop a unique solution using their Model 251MX flat field spectrograph and Raptor’s Eagle XO, a cooled, direct detection CCD.

   https://www.raptorphotonics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/X-Ray-App-Note-June-2021-1.pdf

   Contact:
   Raptor Photonics Ltd
   Telephone:+44 28 2827 0141
   Email: sales@raptorphotonics.com
   www.raptorphotonics.com

4. Raptor SWIR camera used for In-Vivo Imaging in NIR-II (600-1700nm)

   June 2021 Leave a Comment

   Non-invasive fluorescence imaging of small animals has been a technique widely used for years as a method in preclinical research. Techniques have developed considerably in recent years, but still face a number of limitations. Researchers detecting in the 500-900 nm range suffer from shallow imaging depth and high background due to light scattering and tissue autofluorescence. Over the last five years there has been a growing interest in NIR-II/SWIR imaging detecting in the 1000-1700 nm range to greatly suppress these effects, affording single-cell resolution at ~ 3 mm depth and useful resolving power at up to ~ 1 cm depth. Raptor has worked closely with Nirmidas to develop the right camera choice for DeepVision, the Ninox 640-II.

   https://www.raptorphotonics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/App-Note-In-Vivo-Imaging.pdf

   Contact:
   Raptor Photonics Ltd
   Telephone:+44 28 2827 0141
   Email: sales@raptorphotonics.com
   www.raptorphotonics.com

5. Raptor launches the fastest EMCCD on the market

   June 2021 Leave a Comment

   Raptor Photonics has launched a new EMCCD camera, the Kestrel 1000, offering ultra-low readout noise while running at 1,000 frames per second (fps) in full frame and up to 1,800 fps with ROI. The camera has a 128 x 128 back-thinned sensor with 26um pixels for optimum image resolution in low light imaging applications. It runs in 16-bit Camera Link output for realtime imaging for low latency photon to digital image and offers up to 95% QE

   For more information: https://www.raptorphotonics.com/products/kestrel-1000/

6. Raptor receives prestigious innovation award for Owl 640T camera

   May 2021 Leave a Comment

   Raptor Photonics, a leader in innovative digital camera solutions announced today that its Owl 640T camera was recognized among the best in machine vision by the judges of the Vision Systems Design 2021 Innovators Awards program. The judging panel consisted of esteemed experts from system integrator and end-user companies.

   The Owl 640T is the latest variant of the Owl 640 family, being the world’s first SWaP optimized ½” / VGA InGaAs sensor with a 10µm x 10µm pixel pitch, offering a spectral response from 0.6µm to 1.7µm. It has less than 50 electrons readout noise, with a high intra-scene dynamic range of 69dB that enables simultaneous capture of bright and dark portions of a scene. It is the perfect candidate for a range of machine vision applications.

   Contact:
   Raptor Photonics Ltd
   Telephone: +44 28 2827 0141
   Email: sales@raptorphotonics.com
   https://www.raptorphotonics.com/products/owl-640-t/

7. Raptor appoints a new Sales Engineer

   March 2021 Leave a Comment

   Raptor Photonics Ltd, a global manufacturer of SWIR, CCD, EMCCD and CMOS cameras, is delighted to welcome Nathan Tate, who has joined the company as Sales Engineer. As a key part of Raptor’s growth strategy to expand and pursue new markets, Nathan will be responsible for growing sales globally. Nathan has previously held sales positions across different industries.

   Contact:
   Raptor Photonics Ltd
   Telephone:+44 28 2827 0141
   Email: sales@raptorphotonics.com
   www.raptorphotonics.com

8. Raptor SWIR Cameras Improve Productivity For The Remote Sensing Of Vegetation

   March 2021 Leave a Comment

   Forage Mass Monitoring (FFM) analysis has been traditionally done using biomass sampling to calculate biomass yield per hectare. Raptor Photonics has recently published an Application Note showing how reflectance spectroscopy methods using drone based remote sensing systems are now being used to derive well-established vegetation indices (VIs) more efficiently than biomass sampling. Researchers from the University of Applied Science Koblenz have developed an imaging system in the form of a multispectral multi-camera system using two of Raptor’s Owl 640M cameras enabling the coverage from 600 to 1700 nm. Promising results prove the principal suitability of such systems for airborne monitoring of small to medium-sized farmland in agricultural applications for precision agriculture, such as biomass for crops and grasslands.

   https://www.raptorphotonics.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Remote-Sensing-of-Vegitation-with-SWIR.pdf

   Contact:
   Raptor Photonics Ltd
   Telephone:+44 28 2827 0141
   Email: sales@raptorphotonics.com
   www.raptorphotonics.com

9. Raptor wishes Happy New Year to our friends in China

   February 2021 Leave a Comment

   Best wishes from the staff at Raptor Photonics to all our friends in China. Happy New Year.

   

10. Raptor appoints a new Technical Support Engineer

    January 2021 Leave a Comment

    Raptor Photonics Ltd, a global manufacturer of SWIR, CCD, EMCCD and CMOS cameras, has announced that Daniel McConville has joined the company as Technical Support Engineer. Daniel will be responsible for product support with our customers, primarily in Europe and Asia and is a welcomed addition to our team as we focus on providing excellent customer service. Daniel is a qualified Electronic Engineer and has worked previously in support roles.