Array’s product, the Laser Film Digitizer 2905, has been used in various museums across Spain, including the Prado Museum, the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, the Reina Sofia Museum of Art, and the Catalonia National Museum.

The Prado Museum is renowned as one of the top three museums in Europe and is also highly regarded as one of the top three museums in the world. Alongside the Prado Museum, the other two major museums in Madrid are the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum and the Reina Sofia Museum of Art. The Catalonia National Museum, located in Barcelona, Spain’s second-largest city, was established after the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition, using the building originally built for the government pavilion of the expo.

At these museums, X-ray film images of sculptures and paintings are digitized using the 2905, and the images are analyzed to uncover details about the creation process, technical composition, and material characteristics of the artworks. For large artworks, X-ray images can be taken in sections and then stitched together digitally to create a complete image of the artwork. While imaging plates are also used as media for storing X-ray images, X-ray film remains in strong demand due to its flexibility, ability to reach into various gaps, and the advantage of being cut to any desired length.

Testing explains the mechanism by which X-rays reveal the mysteries of artworks at the Catalonia National Museum. Our company and the 2905 are introduced on page 18 of this document (66 pages in total).

X-ray image digitalization for studying works of art (External link)

Spain’s largest-circulation newspaper, El País, featured a special article on how X-rays reveal the secrets of artworks at the Prado Museum. The article mentions that X-ray films of the artworks are scanned and digitally preserved in high resolution. It also reveals that there are suppliers of X-ray systems for industrial and healthcare use, and it notes that the Prado Museum purchases its equipment from suppliers catering to the industrial field.

In 2023, we visited a room at the Prado Museum and observed how the digitization solution using the 2905 has elucidated aspects such as the creation process and technical composition of paintings, aiding in their restoration and research. We also had the opportunity to witness the work of a Japanese woman who is an active member of the Prado Museum’s team of experts.

How X-rays reveal the secrets of Madrid’s Prado Museum (External link)

In the documentation from the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, our company and the 2905 are mentioned on page 51 (52 pages in total).

EL GRECO. From Italy to Toled. Technical study of works in the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection (External link)

In the documentation from the Reina Sofia Museum of Art, our company and the 2905 are mentioned on page 69 (298 pages in total).

Conservacion de Arte Contemporaneo 19a Jornada Febrero 2018 (External link)

The 2905 is used not only for the research and restoration of artworks but also across various other fields. In addition to the arts, the 2905 is actively used in industrial and healthcare fields. In the industrial field, it is used for the nondestructive testing of pipelines for oil and natural gas, and in the healthcare field, it is used for the digitization of past X-ray films.