Lumencraft
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Lumencraft Inc. is a flashlight
manufacturer producing LED
flashlights. Lumencraft lights are Swiss designed and US built and target the luxury/high end market of the flashlight industry, with prices as high as $370 for a single flashlight .
Popular Mechanics
has referred to Lumencraft as the Rolex
of Flashlights.
The nature of Lumencraft products can be seen in the use of materials such as titanium
and carbon fiber
and aerospace
manufacturing processes and technologies. Some of Lumencraft's products, such as the GatLight, have up to 80 individual parts, including custom machined metal parts. Lumencraft uses computer-aided design
as well as photon
and thermal simulation technologies.
Lumencraft lights are typically pre-ordered with individual serial numbers assigned to each light.
The company was founded by an American aerospace engineer and a Swiss designer in 2006 and is incorporated in the state of California.
Flashlight
A flashlight is a hand-held electric-powered light source. Usually the light source is a small incandescent lightbulb or light-emitting diode...
manufacturer producing LED
LEd
LEd is a TeX/LaTeX editing software working under Microsoft Windows. It is a freeware product....
flashlights. Lumencraft lights are Swiss designed and US built and target the luxury/high end market of the flashlight industry, with prices as high as $370 for a single flashlight .
Popular Mechanics
Popular Mechanics
Popular Mechanics is an American magazine first published January 11, 1902 by H. H. Windsor, and has been owned since 1958 by the Hearst Corporation...
has referred to Lumencraft as the Rolex
Rolex
Rolex SA is a Swiss watchmaking manufacturer of high-quality, luxury wristwatches. Rolex watches are popularly regarded as status symbols and BusinessWeek magazine ranks Rolex No.71 on its 2007 annual list of the 100 most valuable global brands...
of Flashlights.
The nature of Lumencraft products can be seen in the use of materials such as titanium
Titanium
Titanium is a chemical element with the symbol Ti and atomic number 22. It has a low density and is a strong, lustrous, corrosion-resistant transition metal with a silver color....
and carbon fiber
Carbon fiber
Carbon fiber, alternatively graphite fiber, carbon graphite or CF, is a material consisting of fibers about 5–10 μm in diameter and composed mostly of carbon atoms. The carbon atoms are bonded together in crystals that are more or less aligned parallel to the long axis of the fiber...
and aerospace
Aerospace
Aerospace comprises the atmosphere of Earth and surrounding space. Typically the term is used to refer to the industry that researches, designs, manufactures, operates, and maintains vehicles moving through air and space...
manufacturing processes and technologies. Some of Lumencraft's products, such as the GatLight, have up to 80 individual parts, including custom machined metal parts. Lumencraft uses computer-aided design
Computer-aided design
Computer-aided design , also known as computer-aided design and drafting , is the use of computer technology for the process of design and design-documentation. Computer Aided Drafting describes the process of drafting with a computer...
as well as photon
Photon
In physics, a photon is an elementary particle, the quantum of the electromagnetic interaction and the basic unit of light and all other forms of electromagnetic radiation. It is also the force carrier for the electromagnetic force...
and thermal simulation technologies.
Lumencraft lights are typically pre-ordered with individual serial numbers assigned to each light.
The company was founded by an American aerospace engineer and a Swiss designer in 2006 and is incorporated in the state of California.