Conductive slip rings make VR devices move!

In the first half of 2024, with the release of Apple Vision Pro, the AR/VR headset market has been injected with new vitality!At the same time, products such as Ray-Ban Meta and Apple Intelligence are leading a new wave in the AI terminal market. In addition, the launch of Vision Pro has also spawned a new market segment – mixed reality (MR) headsets. It combines the technical advantages of VR and AR, creating a new form of head-mounted display.

 

It must be mentioned that the conductive slip ring plays a key role in this technological advancement. It can ensure the stable operation and accurate data processing of the head-mounted display device by realizing efficient power and signal transmission between rotating parts and static parts.

 

Currently, many VR devices on the market still rely on dedicated cables to transmit information, which to some extent limits the flexibility of the device and user experience.In order to solve these problems, conductive slip rings came into being, which are specially used to solve the problem of winding during the rotation of equipment. It plays an important role in mechanical and electrical equipment with high technical content and has become an indispensable connector for many electrical equipment.

 

In the VR industry, the application of conductive slip rings is particularly important. As a magic tool to solve the problem of wire restraint, conductive slip rings enable VR devices to rotate freely, greatly improving the flexibility of the equipment and user experience. JINPAT has designed a number of VR special slip rings for overseas VR equipment manufacturers, and has corresponding solutions for both large and small devices. For example, the conductive slip ring designed by JINPAT for VR swivel chairs integrates high-definition video signal pathways and USB2.0 signal pathways, supports video signal transmission up to 4K@30Hz, solves the problem of wire winding during rotation, and enhances sensory experiences such as touch, making VR devices more comprehensive in terms of vision, touch, and hearing. Stimulation.

 

With the continuous development of the VR industry, the evolution of equipment from static to dynamic and from simple to complex is an inevitable trend. In this process, professional VR conductive slip rings have become an indispensable technical component. JINPAT has not only developed different types of combined conductive slip rings and special signal slip rings for small and medium-sized equipment, but also developed large integrated conductive slip rings that integrate multiple high-power channels, high-definition video signal channels and other signal channels for rotating ultra-large VR dynamic theater systems. These innovative solutions have greatly improved the power and signal rotation transmission capabilities of the equipment, and promoted the further development and application of VR technology.‌

What impact will the launch of “Black Myth: Wukong” have on the slip ring market?

At 10:00 am on August 20th, Beijing time, Black Myth: Wukong, the only purely domestically produced 3A game in China, was launched globally. Prior to this, both the hot searches and the capital market had set off several climaxes, which was also a big shock to other industries. However, some overseas reviewers also pointed out that they did not understand the storyline and historical background of Journey to the West, so some reviewers mentioned: I was confused if I couldn’t understand the story, and I needed to make up for it in advance. However, if Chinese culture wants to succeed overseas, it cannot be accomplished by one industry or one company.

The launch of “Black Myth: Wukong” will undoubtedly allow more domestic companies to invest in high-budget, high-quality game development, promote innovation and competition in the entire industry, prompt them to improve their production level and pursue higher industry standards, which also indirectly means that the demand for high-end gaming equipment and simulators will increase significantly.

The innovation and complexity of gaming equipment require slip rings with higher precision and durability to support rotation control and signal transmission, thus increasing the market demand for slip rings. In addition, this growth in demand will prompt slip ring manufacturers to develop more professional solutions for gaming equipment. As a company that has been committed to the forefront of domestic conductive slip rings, JINPAT has produced many products for gaming equipment: used in racing cars and flight simulators, providing stable signal transmission for the rotating part of the flight control joystick; designed a number of VR-specific slip rings for overseas VR equipment manufacturers, whether large or small devices, there are corresponding solutions; in high-end game joysticks that require complex rotation, JINPAT slip rings provide stable power and data transmission.

Due to the boom in high-end gaming devices and simulators in the market, some slip ring manufacturers may cooperate more with gaming hardware manufacturers, VR/AR device developers, etc. to jointly develop innovative products with integrated slip ring technology to promote business growth for both parties. In general, although the application of conductive slip rings in the gaming industry is relatively niche, its role in high-end gaming devices cannot be ignored. With the development of gaming technology and the increase in market demand, JINPAT Electronics has the opportunity to achieve its own growth through technological innovation and market expansion.

JINPAT Electronics Multi-Functional Integrated Slip Rings

Slip rings with small size are the most frequently used and widely applied slip ring kind. Among JINPAT Electronics slip rings, there are three series, namely JINPAT capsule slip ring LPC series, miniature slip ring LPM series and super miniature slip ring LPMS that feature mini size and light weight. JINPAT Electronics has hundreds of standard slip ring models of these branches. JINPAT Through Bore Slip Rings are also very popular in the industry. Both slip rings and rotary unions are most custom products for there are many details should be adjusted according to the installation platforms. Over 90% of JINPAT’s production are custom slip rings and rotary unions. And most of JINPAT’s custom solutions are based on the capsule slip rings and through bore slip rings.

So how are the two custom solutions different? To begin with, the small size slip ring branch is limited by its small volume somehow. Take the Gigabit Ethernet Integrated Slip Ring basing on LPM-30B for example, this custom slip ring solution can only integrate 3 channels at max. This limitation is due to the leads for Ethernet signals are twisted pairs which tends to take up more room than general cables. On the top of that, Ethernet signal demands better shielding layers.

Similar to Ethernet slip ring, HDMI slip ring and DP slip ring are also two special types. These two kinds of slip rings demand more channels and it’s more challenging to make impendence matching. The transmission of signals like HDMI, DP and USB3.0 are very sensitive to the slip ring size. The slip ring body are kept within certain range to facilitate impendence matching.

As for more sophisticated custom slip ring, a simple integration or medication is not enough. That’s when totally reconstruction come in. Some small size slip rings are installed within the through bore structure. And for other, JINPAT Electronics recommend a brand new design to fit the special needs.

JINPAT Electronics Radio Frequency Slip Rings

Radio frequency slip rings, also known as high frequency slip rings, is a special branch among all the JINPAT slip rings. The radio frequency rotary joint belongs to the electrical slip ring type while also serving as signal collector ring. Adopting cables with different impedance, JINPAT high frequency rotary joint can transmit radio frequency signals or high definition video signals. JINPAT high frequency slip ring series is coded as LPHF or LPCC. Slip ring of this branch features high rate transmission, interference-free and low package loss.

In terms of applications, radio frequency slip rings can be installed on the radar electronic combat system. They are important military slip rings. For sure, high frequency rotary joints are also used in civil area like medical equipment and other testing instruments. Slip rings that transmit high definition video signals find their way in surveillance system and robotic vision. JINPAT Electronics, as a slip ring manufacturer, is also devoted to developing radio frequency slip rings.

Aiming at various requirements of the market, JINPAT Electronics develops two high frequency slip ring series. The LPHF series adopts aluminum alloy as housing material while the LPCC series doesn’t has any housing. The former types are widely used in military equipment like radar systems.

Aside from transmitting radio frequency signals and current, JINPAT LPHF slip ring can be integrated with the hollow shaft slip ring to achieve a more versatile function. As for LPCC slip ring, thanks to the no housing design, its diameter can remain within 8mm and therefore fits for those small applications.

In shorts, JINPAT Radio Frequency Slip Ring excels in its performance and enjoys a long service life. It is the best choice for your product. If you have any special requirements, you can consult our technical team to work out a custom solution. Contact us!

JINPAT Large Volume Slip Rings for Construction Machines

JINPAT Electronics is a slip ring manufacturer based in China. JINPAT provides both standard slip ring models and custom solution. Today, we are going to look at a typical custom slip ring solution for construction machines.

JINPAT LPA000-031000-01PE-2005-F006 is a large volume slip ring that takes up a case housing. This large volume slip ring is big in size and has a high power capacity. It adopts modular design. In the power module, there are 3 1000A power channels. And as for the pneumatic part, there is one fluid channel. It is also integrated with optical module. The multi-mode fiber optic transmits optical signals with wavelength from 850 to 1300nm. Thanks to the modular design, different medium can be transmitted without interference. FC and PC are two optional connector types. With insertion loss less than 4dB and other great electronic performances, JINPAT high power optical integrated slip ring is able to serve in construction machines and industrial machines that requirement stable and smooth rotary transmission.

LPA000-031000-01PE-2005-F006 with a high protection grading at IP66, can adapt to complex environment. And with the extra shielding of the housing, it adapts well to the dusty environment. This large volume slip ring is applied in construction machines like coal pilling machines.

JINPAT Electronics is a reputed slip ring provider. You can browse our website page to find out more. If the standard slip ring models do not fit your needs, you can always contact us for a custom slip ring solution!

JINPAT Ethernet Slip Rings for Surveillance Camera

JINPAT Electronics is a dynamic slip ring manufacturer with an independent and experience R&D team. Since establishment, JINPAT has been devoted to bringing slip ring with better performance and quality.

For surveillance camera, JINPAT Electronics also provides innovative slip ring solutions. Generally speaking, JINPAT capsule slip ring that features mini size is sufficient for those camera system without specific requirements. However, in terms of surveillance camera that demand high speed data transmission while maintain high video quality, Ethernet slip ring is needed.

JINPAT LPC-24A-E4 is an Ethernet slip ring with 24 power/signal channels and 1 Gigabit Ethernet channel. This Ethernet slip ring is a specially improved version. Compared to the former slip ring models, this slip ring embraces a higher transmission rate and therefore able to transmit video data in a rapid way while ensuring a high video quality.

JINPAT capsule slip ring is perfectly fit for small applications like surveillance cameras, VR devices and handheld stabilizer. With capacity of transmission Ethernet signals, this mini size slip ring become a best choice for high and middle end applications.

Contact JINPAT Electronics for better slip ring models and custom solutions.

JINPAT Electronics Integrated Fluid and Electrical Slip Ring Solutions

Rotary unions and electrical slip rings are two kinds of essential components for today’s automated production industry. Generally speaking, rotary unions and electrical slip rings operate separately to fulfill different rotary transmission task. However, modern manufacturing demand a more complex rotary transmission. And this is why an integrated solution is demanded.

JINPAT Electronics offer standard slip rings and rotary unions for the production industry. JINPAT has a wide range of standard slip rings and rotary unions that can fit various kinds of applications. Off-the-shelf slip rings and rotary unions fulfill most needs of the clients and can be produced in a short time and prompt to delivery. Our electrical slip rings have different features like compact size, hollow shaft, flat design and so on. They demonstrate excellent electronic performances and embrace a long service life. In term of rotary unions, JINPAT Electronics applies special surfacing handling technique and ensure an intact sealing and smooth rotation of the rotary unions.

Aside from JINPAT’s standard solutions, we also provide our clients with custom solutions. For example, for automated production machines that demand integrated transmission of fluid, gas, data and power, JINPAT develops integrated versatile slip rings. JINPAT integrated slip ring take up module design, combining the function of a rotary union and an electrical slip ring. Thanks to the module design, signals, power and fluid/gas can transfer without interferences. The advanced sealing guarantees no leakage. Clients can choose standard slip rings and rotary unions to make a simple integration. And if the requirements are more demanding, clients can also talk to the technical team directly to design a brand new model.

Depending on the actual need, clients can also request an integrated custom solution with radio frequency slip rings or optical slip rings. Contact JINPAT for more efficient and practical slip ring solutions!

What JINPAT Slip Rings Fit for Robots

JINPAT Electronics is a slip ring manufacturer with long history. JINPAT Electronics has a wide range of standard slip rings that can serve different applications. Slip rings function to solve the task of rotary transmission of power and signals.

In a robot, there are many rotary joints to allow the robot complete a human-like movements. The joints allow the robots to complete different tasks. Aside from movement, there is also need to transfer power and signals between various part of the robot. Therefore, slip rings are irreplaceable components for them.

Generally speaking, JINPAT capsule slip ring and miniature slip ring are ideal slip rings for robot. These two serious are both very mini in size and light in weight. So, they are very handy and won’t burden the robot at all. And given the stable performance and long service life of JINPAT slip rings, clients are very satisfied with our product.

JINPAT through bore slip ring, also known as hollow shaft slip ring is the other popular slip ring solution for robots. Its hollow shaft, through bore design makes it very convenient to be installed on the robot joints.

Aside from these solutions, JINPAT is also good at making an innovative and efficient custom solution. Clients can request a hybrid solution with optical slip ring or rotary unions to make a more complex design. JINPAT has niche slip ring design for robot of certain purpose like sweeper robots, pipeline robots and production robot arms, etc. Feel free to contact us for better advice and slip rings!

Highly Integrated Slip Rings for Construction Machines

JINPAT Electronics is a professional slip ring provider established in 1996. Since then, JINPAT Electronics has been devoted to developing slip rings for different purposes. Aside from the commercial industry, slip rings are also installed in many heavy industrial equipment and machines.

To begin with, JINPAT Electronics has produced many high power integrated slip rings that are intended for cranes. For example, LPT200-0430-0210-06S is a large current slip ring with a large central through bore. It takes up aluminum alloy as housing. The special structure design and handling technique ensures a good protection of the inner structure. With IP67, this integrated slip ring is waterproof and can function smoothly even in harsh environment.   There are 4 30A power channels, 2 10A power channels and 3 5A power channels, 4 CANBUS channels and 1 throttle signal channel. The sufficient power channels and their capacity guarantee the slip ring with excellent rotary drive. Besides, the module design and special insulation layers can guarantee an interference-free and stable transmission of power and signals.

JINPAT Explosion-proof Slip Rings are also efficient and practical solution for construction machines. Generally speaking, construction machines like cranes and winches work in dust environment. And therefore demand slip rings that are explosion-proof and with higher safety level. JINPAT LPA000-05200-01PE-0563Ex is an explosion-proof slip ring that serves in offshore platform. There are also other salient features like high power capacity, and integrated transmission of gas. This slip ring model is a highly integrated one. JINPAT Electronics is technically skillful to produce slip ring with versatile functions. JINPAT Electronics can make a custom slip ring solutions that transfer signals, power, fluid and gas.

JINPAT Electronics Slip Rings Provider for Medical Robots

With the wide practice in the automated production industry, robots and robotic arms have gradually been applied to other fields. Some robots and robotic arms manufacturers develop special type of equipment for medical purpose. The slip ring industry is one of the downstream sector of industrial robots. JINPAT Electronics provides efficient and reliable conductive solutions to robots. JINPAT slip rings, upon special demand, are able to transfer power, signals, fluid and gas while sustaining a 360-degree rotation. JINPAT has over a hundred slip ring models for robots and robotic arms.

The robotic arms applied in the medical scenes are basically are auxiliary equipment. One of the typical examples is the surgical robot for cardiovascular treatment. Such device assists surgeons to complete a high precision operation at the millimeter scale. This medical robot arm features high flexibility and accuracy. For medical robot arm, JINPAT Electronics recommend the through bore slip ring series and machine-vision high definition video signal slip ring.

 

JINPAT Through Bore Slip Ring is a popular slip ring series to refer to in term of robots. Through bore slip ring is convenient to install on the robotic arms. Clients can deceive the bore diameter according to their needs. These slip rings function to enable a flexible movement of the robotic joints while transmitting power and signals. JINPAT Integrated High Definition Video Signal Slip Rings are adopted in the medical robots to transfer high definition image back to the processing center. This type of slip rings is applied in surgical robots for minimally invasive operations. This machine-vision slip rings help to transmit a vivid image of the organs and therefore facilitate the operation.

In the medical machine vision field, radio frequency slip rings are frequency used to transmit signals and power. By far, another potential and relatively mature solution is the optical slip rings. The optical slip ring is interference-free and therefore is a great option for medical practice that involves MRI and radioactive therapy.

Contact JINPAT Electronics for more innovative and reliable slip ring solutions!

Advantages of JINPAT Large Current Slip Rings

Among JINPAT Electronics slip rings, those with power capacity over 50A and adopt carbon brush friction pairs are named large current slip rings. Given their specialness, there’s no standard models in this series. By far, JINPAT has developed over a thousand large current slip ring models. There are more representative models. Compared to standard slip ring, this large current type has salient features of its own. Now let’s see the advantages and features of this slip ring type.

To begin with, let’s look at the MW level podded electric propeller slip ring that has the highest power capacity among all the slip rings. Relatively, this large current slip ring is larger than the others. JINPAT LPA000-062000-01PE-72S-11L-01A is a 3MW high power slip ring that stands rather representative. Since the working voltage is only 690V, it demands high power capacity in a single channel. Meanwhile, this demands a larger copper ring. Together with the hollow structure design, this slip ring actually takes up a large volume.

Vary from this high voltage large current slip ring, JINPAT Electronics also has a slip ring model that has high working voltage but in relative small figure. Without the hollow structure, this slip ring is more space-saving. LPA000-1480-04FO-EX is a typical model among this type. This large current slip ring integrates a 4-channel fiber optic rotary joint. With a length of 1050mm and a diameter of 140mm. It is the slenderest slip model of the group.

Among JINPAT large current slip rings, there are models with very low working voltage which tend to below 100V with a single channel power capacity above 100A. LPA000-08200-1530-88S-03U2- 02E3-02S is a special high power solution designed to serve certain purpose. This slip ring integrates high definition video signal channel, Ethernet signal, USB2.0 channel and over 80 channels for other signals. This slip ring is a high integrated and diverse type.

These above mentioned large current slip rings are very mature in technology and well-made. JINPAT has kept improving the electronic performances of our products. You can always talk to JINPAT about your actual need, we are confident in bringing you a satisfied answer.