A curated engineering archive — real upgrades, prototypes, and decisions, documented at the moment they mattered.
A full detector and control upgrade for the classic CF830 tablet counter — from epoxy‑potted solar‑cell detectors to self‑calibrating electronics and PLC control, shipped to the USA for customer self‑installation.
A live production weekend changeover on a King TC‑8 tablet counter. Bench‑proven logic, practical fabrication — and one very real moment of cold feet.
A long-running family of optical counting heads used across Swiftpack, DT Swiftpack, Kalish, and IMA machines. This Museum piece documents the original sensor architectures, the transition from fixed gain to AGC, repair‑to‑replacement development, and the later move to modern PLC and colour touchscreen controllers.
The machine that marked the transition from servicing to engineering. Bought on instinct, upgraded one channel at a time, and later evolving into XIAC’s most successful retrofit with more than 100 installations worldwide.
A look back at inspection and detection concepts that pre‑date modern systems. Design constraints, trade‑offs, and why some ideas aged better than others.
An early counting platform that influenced later designs. This Museum piece will document the prototype hardware, lessons learned, and the ideas that carried forward.
Projects developed in parallel that helped bridge early experimentation into sustained, focused work — and ultimately cement XIAC’s long-term viability.
A constraint-driven side project: dual nixie tubes, high‑impedance touch controls, and motion‑activated reads — preserved as part of the Museum record.
A fully solar-powered nixie watch built to test the limits of efficiency and energy autonomy, using a single-digit display and multi-purpose solar sensing.
Documentation of a water-damaged Mi Esposita Nixie watch repaired in 2026 by its original designer — exactly 50 years after his first watch repair. The process validates long-term design stability, energy management, and serviceability beyond production life.