A comprehensive set of tools and ink to easily apply an effective speckle pattern to a range of surfaces for use with the DefleX® DIC systems. 

A powerful introduction to Digital Image Correlation (DIC) for teaching and demonstration

The DefleX® Starter Kit (DSK1) is a complete teaching tool and demonstration system designed to introduce the fundamentals of digital image correlation (DIC). Using our DefleX®-2D or DefleX®-3D software, the user quickly learns how to set up, calibrate, and operate a DIC system, an advanced non-contact measurement technique widely used across research and industry. 

The DefleX® Starter Kit (DSK1) features four main testing areas: torsion, a tensile vice, cantilever bending, and a panel deflection apparatus that demonstrate a variety of use cases for DIC and showcase the capabilities of the DefleX® software as a measurement and visualisation tool.

A 300 mm wide, 5 to 15 m long flume for student study and advanced research into a wide range of fluid flow topics. A huge range of ancillaries are available to extend learning potential and offers the opportunity for innovative experimentation.

Entry-level DIC System for Education, Making Materials Come Alive in the lab

DefleX®-2D is an entry-level, 2D digital image correlation (DIC) system, designed to help students visualise and understand how materials and structures behave under load. The camera and software kit tracks how surfaces stretch, bend and move – turning invisible stresses into clear, visual colour maps of strain and displacement in real time. 

Ideal for material science, structures and mechanical engineering courses and labs, this compact, fully integrated teaching tool makes complex concepts easy to see and explore. DefleX®-2D provides a powerful yet simple way to visualise and analyse strains and deformations meaning students can directly compare experimental data with theoretical predictions or computer simulations, supporting a deeper blended learning experience.

From theory to reality - Seeing in microscopic detail

Combining theory, hands-on experimentation, visual learning, and technology evolution, DefleX®-3D is our teaching system helping students learn about 3D digital image correlation (DIC) that measures and visualises full-field surface deformations, strains and displacements. 

Designed for teaching, it enables students to explore material behaviour, experimental mechanics, and design validation with real-world data. Simple to calibrate and quick to set up, using two digital cameras and image analysis software, DefleX®-3D captures surface changes in real-time or playback, enabling footage manipulation and data analysis whenever, wherever.

The TecQuipment Hydro-Electric Turbine is a versatile, floor-standing, self-contained apparatus for demonstration of hydro-electricity. It is supplied with five different propellers. The product focuses on exploring the best efficiency point of different propellers and perform energy audits to analyse system performance.

Bench-top test set that allows students to investigate the operation and performance of a single centrifugal pump and two centrifugal pumps in both series and parallel. Has VDAS® Onboard for automatic data acquisition.

A starter set consisting of the Subsonic Wind Tunnel 305 mm (AF1300), Basic Lift and Drag Balance (AF1300z) and a set of Three-Dimensional Drag Models (AF1300j).

Bench top apparatus that investigates the free and forced vibrations of a rigid beam with a spring, and a simply supported beam. Demonstrates Rayleigh's approximation and Dunkerley's method.

An experimental unit to show how cross-flow water to air heat exchangers work.

Investigates short, medium and long transmission line performance in single-phase and three-phase systems.

Benchtop apparatus that demonstrates the operation characteristics of an evaporative cooling tower.

A self-contained, benchtop, fully integrated teaching apparatus that mimics industrial process engineering, including a comprehensive range of experiments in flow, level, pressure and temperature, ranging from basic theories through to more advanced principles.

A self-contained, benchtop liquid flow and level process, providing a physical system to experience the programming of programmable logic controllers, for use with the PLC Trainer (CE123).