Digital Image Correlation (DIC)
DefleX® by TecQuipment brings the advantages of DIC into the classroom and laboratory with ease of use, powerful visualisation tools, and integration across our product ecosystem. DefleX® works with standard cameras and lighting, making it far more adaptable to teaching environments. Its intuitive interface helps students grasp complex engineering concepts such as material deformation, dynamic response, and FEA validation, without the barriers of overly sensitive or costly instrumentation.
✅ DefleX® empowers students to:
- Apply real-world experimental methods used in R&D and industry.
- Build skills in full-field strain and displacement analysis.
- Link theory with observation in real-time and post-processed visual feedback.
When it comes to teaching and learning, DefleX® offers the best of both worlds: industrial relevance and academic practicality. It enables universities and colleges to stay at the forefront of engineering education, giving students the tools and confidence to tackle tomorrow’s design and analysis challenges today.
Experiment
DefleX®-2D
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.
DefleX®-3D
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.
DefleX® Starter Kit
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.
Ancillary
DefleX® Speckling Kit
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.