COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — Wybron announced a new drive mechanism and new motors for its Eclipse IT series of mechanical dowsers, including the Eclipse IT Shutter, shown here. New motors will be installed in six versions of the Eclipse — three Iris models and three Shutter models. The Iris models use a camera-like aperture to block the light, and when the fins retract, 100 percent of the light shines through. The Shutter models use vertical blades to black out the beam, a style often used for quick cuts and chase sequences around arenas.
Both styles are used to dowse sports lights and other discharge lights that can’t be dimmed electronically.
The new drive mechanism inside the three Iris models simplify the pieces used to open the aperture fins, according to Lee Schlais, Wybron’s vice president of engineering.
“The Eclipse units were already reliable, but the changes we have made will improve their reliability and durability,” Schlais said.
The names of the new models have also changed to reflect the dowser styles. The Shutter unit, formerly called Eclipse I IT, will now be called Eclipse IT Shutter, and the Iris unit, formerly called Eclipse II IT, will now be called Eclipse IT Iris.
For more information, and to watch videos of the dowsers in action, visit www.wybron.com.
