We are a technology SME celebrating our 30th anniversary, very active in innovative projects. Based in Mexico since 2012, we are experts in optical sensors, particularly image processing, machine vision, and IR thermography for industry and science. We are also distributors and integrators for FLIR, the world's largest (and we believe, the best) manufacturer of thermal imaging cameras.

In R&D projects, we have participated in over a dozen European projects for the past 20 years in FP5, FP7, and H2020 programs, collaborating with partners such as Fraunhofer, the Max Planck Institute, and the DLR. We were awarded a Phase 2 SME Instrument (Baby Beat) grant of over €1.3 million, and for three years we worked on developing a wearable device to measure fetal heart rate on the wrist of pregnant women using fetal interferometry (SMI) and tonometry.

In national projects, we have participated, for example, in a CIEN project called CONSOLIDA with Abengoa Solar. Regarding ITER, we participated in another project with TEKNIKER to use LIBS (a laser-based spectroscopy system) to detect beryllium in the machining of the first walls (which are now made of tungsten). We also participated in the SIDE project in 2012, focusing on mine and IED detection for humanitarian demining using active thermography and surface radar.

We don't conduct any basic science research, but we believe that innovation (the lowercase "i" in R&D&I) is fundamental as an engine of progress and even for the survival and growth of our company. This is where we are positioning ourselves, especially regarding optical sensors, in integrations and use cases completely different from those used to date. These include the use of FBG to calibrate the emissivity of a solar power plant's receiver in real time for contactless temperature measurements with lower uncertainties, or the previously mentioned use of SMI interferometry and tonometry for non-invasive fetal heart rate monitoring, or LIBS for beryllium detection during the machining of the first walls of the ITER fusion reactor.

In terms of patents, we have filed two applications over the years, although we are no longer exploiting them:
• “Method and System for the calibration of a plurality of heliostats in a solar thermal power plant for heliostat concentration.” ES ES-2595637-B1 · Issued: October 11, 2017. Developed in collaboration with CSIC-ICMAT (Institute of Mathematical Sciences).
https://consultas2.oepm.es/InvenesWeb/detalle?referencia=P201530932
• “Method, device and computer programs for measuring fetal arterial pulse waves” PCT/ES2015/070706. WO2016051001 “Non-invasive fetal monitor.”
https://consultas2.oepm.es/InvenesWeb/detalle?referencia=PCT/ES2015/070…
Regarding licenses and agreements, we have signed agreements with:
• CIEMAT (Center for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research) and PSA (Almería Solar Platform) for the industrialization, improvement, and operation of a system to measure atmospheric attenuation in real time in solar thermal tower plants.
• A Memorandum of Understanding and a joint ownership and exploitation agreement for the patent “non-invasive fetal monitor” with the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC-CD6).
• Technology support contract with CSIC-ICMAT for the multiple calibration of heliostats in tower plants.

At the Big Science event in Madrid (BSIFS-2025), we participated with a poster, together with CIEMAT-PSA: “Measuring atmospheric attenuation in tower plants. A new challenge at Noor Energy 1”: https://www.bsifs2025.es/posteres_espacio_induciencia

We recently joined INEUSTAR, the Spanish Association of the Science Industry, and are also members of another photonics and DeepTech cluster called SECPHO for 15 years.

We founded a branch in Mexico in 2012, with presence in Monterrey and Querétaro.

At DONES, we aim to offer optical sensor-based solutions across the entire instrumentation spectrum. These include:
• Lithium measurements: Detection of impurities (generally qualitative) on the surface of the cascade using passive and even active thermography. Temperature measurements (we have experience with molten salts at 300-550°C in the storage tank of a concentrated solar power plant). Regarding sensor density, it's worth noting that a single thermographic camera is equivalent to more than 300,000 virtual thermocouples (performing non-contact measurements without any thermal inertia).
• In the power electronics (and its cooling), hot (and cold) spots can be detected, even using high-speed frequency surveys. It is possible, for example, by visualizing the filament of a light bulb and capturing 1000 FPS, using an FFT, to see the harmonics of the current flowing through the filament without contact, up to 500 Hz.
• Leak testing using helium and an IR camera instead of sniffers. This requires heating the helium to create a temperature difference with the environment and detect any pores or micropores in the joints.
• Gas leak detection with OGI cameras, for example, for hydrocarbons, SF6, CO, CO2, or refrigerant gases.
• Monitoring of electrical substations, especially transformers and disconnectors.
• Predictive maintenance of any mechanical, electrical, or electronic equipment by detecting hot spots.
• Vibration measurements (up to 20 kHz) using laser vibrometry (non-contact uniaxial virtual accelerometers) of any mechanical or electrical equipment using a device with up to 128 measurement points.