02.16.23
TactoTek has introduced IMSE LightChannels, an advanced light platform for function, styling, and Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs) that uses injected light sources to create programmable light structures.
The platform will be available in the upcoming February release of IMSE Designer, and TactoTek plans to continue updating it to enable a wide range of applications using programmable digital plastics.
IMSE LightChannels is built using sources of injected light. It controls light along injection molded channels to create stunning light zones with superior light output, uniformity, and color mixing while eliminating unwanted light bleed. Like all IMSE solutions, IMSE LightChannels structures are extremely thin, eliminate air gaps, and simplify construction.
In addition to its light performance, IMSE LightChannels also offers significant cost advantages over traditional electronics and smart surface construction techniques by optimizing BoM and eliminating separate illumination structures.
“What TactoTek has achieved with IMSE LightChannels is already resonating with many automotive OEMs,” said Michael Höfgen, CEO of Lightworks GmbH, “achieving bright, even illumination while controlling unwanted light travel is often very difficult and can require very complex structures. IMSE LightChannels achieves these results in a solution that’s elegant in its simplicity and economy.”
The platform will be available in the upcoming February release of IMSE Designer, and TactoTek plans to continue updating it to enable a wide range of applications using programmable digital plastics.
IMSE LightChannels is built using sources of injected light. It controls light along injection molded channels to create stunning light zones with superior light output, uniformity, and color mixing while eliminating unwanted light bleed. Like all IMSE solutions, IMSE LightChannels structures are extremely thin, eliminate air gaps, and simplify construction.
In addition to its light performance, IMSE LightChannels also offers significant cost advantages over traditional electronics and smart surface construction techniques by optimizing BoM and eliminating separate illumination structures.
“What TactoTek has achieved with IMSE LightChannels is already resonating with many automotive OEMs,” said Michael Höfgen, CEO of Lightworks GmbH, “achieving bright, even illumination while controlling unwanted light travel is often very difficult and can require very complex structures. IMSE LightChannels achieves these results in a solution that’s elegant in its simplicity and economy.”