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Lightwave International - Exclusive Arctos Distributor for the Americas

Lightwave International is the exclusive Arctos distributor for North and South America. Our projectors are manufactured as the Lightwave Prism Series, and are varianced by the CDRH/FDA for legal use in the USA. These new projectors are compact, lightweight, and require NO water cooling.

Lightwave is pleased to announce exclusive Arctos Laser distributor status for North and South America, inclusive of the USA, Canada, and Mexico. Lightwave has worked as a partner with Arctos, developing the world's largest lasers and breaking records on a regular basis. Recent developments include the 38W Prism Series laser with an unprecedented 35W of balanced whitelight output - the most powerful laser in the world.

Dealer opportunities are available for qualified companies, and an extensive rental inventory is available for immediate deployment worldwide.

These lasers have been used on popular world tours and events such as:

Roger Waters ( Pink Floyd ) : Dark Side of the Moon World Tour
Madonna : Sticky and Sweet World Tour
Korn : B*tch we have a problem World Tour
Family Values Tour
MTV Video Music Awards : Linkin Park

... and many hundreds of civic events, city-scale spectaculars, and movie events. Installations are also taking advantage of the compact size, ease of use, low maintenance, and amazing power output of these lasers.

Lightwave carries a massive inventory of Lightwave Prism Series direct diode projectors. Commonly available power levels in stock are as follows:

2.0W RGB Red at choice of 640nm or 650nm
2.5W RGB 650nm Red
5.0W RGB Enhanced 640nm Red
8.0W G 532nm
10W RGB Red at choice of 640nm or 650nm
12W RGB Enhanced 640nm Red
13W RGB Enhanced 640nm Red
38W RGB Enhanced 640nm Red

Arctos Lasers

Technical Information Summary:
Voltage: Auto-switching 110-240V, 50/60hz
Wattage: 200W - 2200W maximum for full product line!
Cooling: Active TE cooling, air-cooled.
Noise: Equal to a desktop PC.

Rigging: Many methods to attach to standard 12" truss, pipe, or simply 'placed' on a set piece / stage / scaffold. Yokes available for all models except 38W
Weight: 40-95lbs most models, 250lbs for the world's largest.
Size: Up to 20W of full color ion equivalency (IEQ) may be taken has CARRY-ON luggage on most airlines. Amazing.

Model Specific Information:

Class:                         L                        W                         H                          Weight            Power Consumption     Laser Models in Class:
   2W Class       390mm / 15.3in     180mm / 7.1in       260mm / 10.2in          20kg / 44lbs               200 Watts               2W, 5W
10W Class       615mm / 24.2in      270mm / 10.6in     281mm / 11.1in          56kg / 123lbs              600 Watts               2.5W, 10W, 12W, 13W
30W Class         750mm / 29.5in     420mm / 16.5in      306mm / 11.4in          70kg / 154lbs              1000 Watts             34W, 38W
80W Class         900mm / 35.4in     600mm / 23.6in      306mm / 11.4in         102kg / 254lbs             2200 Watts             80W

Model / Class Images:

2W Class Housing: