Products Manufactured by Pangolin Laser Systems Featured at Prolight + SoundLast week's 2014 Prolight + Sound exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany was a huge exhibition for the laser entertainment industry, with more media attention surrounding lasers at the show than ever before. In addition, nearly all exhibiting laser companies where showcasing new products, which will help to grow the laser entertainment industry at large. Pangolin Laser Systems, a manufacturer of laser control software and hardware, took part in the exhibition this year, as technologies manufactured by the company appeared throughout the show in many areas. Nearly all exhibiting laser companies were incorporating Pangolin products, from their laser control software, to their patented laser safety products, and also their all-new lineup of galvanometer-based optical scanning systems. At the Pangolin booth, a variety of new technologies from the company were on display. Demonstrations were given on new features inside of their Beyond laser control software, such as the advanced multimedia timeline which allows the user to easily combine laser effects together with video, for true multimedia shows. Pangolin also had a variety of laser safety products on display, including the Safety Scan lenses which help make laser shows safer and more enjoyable to watch, and also their PASS system (Professional Audience Safety System) which helps to guarantee the safety of an audience scanning laser light show, where laser beams are actually projected into an audience. While there were lot of new technologies shown at the Pangolin booth, perhaps the most exciting was their all-new galvanometer-based optical scanners including Compact-506 and Saturn 1 models. Optical scanners are used inside of almost all entertainment laser projectors. Scanners are essentially two small motors, that move a beam on an X/Y axis, and allow the projector to create various laser effects, including atmospheric effects as well as laser graphics. For many years, show producers in the laser industry have faced challenges with optical scanners made in a conventional way. The company says present scanning solutions can not perform at speeds fast enough to create the types of effects desired, and they are not reliable enough to withstand the rigorous applications laser show operators use them in. Pangolin formed a new company division of the company called ScannerMAX, which has been developing galvanometer-based optical scanners for both laser show and industrial laser applications for the past two years. The company says their scanners have overcome the problems of conventional scanners, allowing laser show and lighting designers to create the types of laser effects they have always dreamed about. During the Prolight + Sound, Pangolin displayed two separate scanning systems. The first, the "Compact-506" is ideal for applications where clients needs a reliable, high performance scanning solution, at an affordable price. The second optical scanning system, called the "Saturn 1," drew a lot of attention. Pangolin integrated the Saturn 1 into one of their laser projectors, and projected three graphical laser shows (which are said to be very hard on optical scanners), all from one laser projector, all at the same time, and at a 30-degree scan angle, running at 90kpps -- new for the laser show industry. In a recent interview taken during the Prolight + Sound Frankfurt exhibition, William R. Benner Jr., Pangolin's president and CTO was quoted saying: "Innovation is the driving force behind everything we do here at Pangolin. Our goal is to create products that help benefit the laser and entertainment industries as a whole, so our colleagues in the field can create events which leave people in awe. It is such an amazing feeling to know that a product you've worked to develop has helped contribute to another person's joy. When you create products for an industry you love, it's not work. It's fun, and we wouldn't want it any other way." A video showcasing many of these new technologies from Pangolin and their partners can be found online here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xATKWJkxL0&feature=youtu.be 
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