Having worked with Nemal in the past, the MTJIBS team brought Nemal both their G1 system and the challenges they were facing with it. The Nemal engineering team worked with MTJIBS to design, engineer and manufacture an integrated fiber and connection system specifically for their rig.

The system they developed enables MTJIBS to take advantage of the G1’s unique slip rings. Now, a single fiber runs from the connection box to the head unit. There, the signals are transmitted through the individual motor enclosures, enabling the head to move freely, unencumbered by outside cables.

In the connection box, which began as a rough concept developed by Xavier Mercado at MTJIBS, the various camera control and video signals are mixed to run to and from the camera.

The Nemal team custom fabricated both the cable and enclosure, incorporating all of the necessary components to equip the G1 with optimal stability for the highest level of performance. And they did it fast, without compromising quality in any aspect of the project.

This involved multiple rounds of testing – using MTJIBS’s actual camera and gear to ensure it would perform exactly as they needed it to, on the big night.

This speed and precision was made possible by the fact that Nemal is a uniquely comprehensive shop. Nemal can engineer the system, supply the connectors and the cables, and even machine the custom assembly box in the same place with the same group of people.

In fact, once the team started working with the box, they had it delivered within two weeks.

“I know we’re just a small client and they have massive companies they work with,” Mercado explains. “I appreciate the time they spent to engineer and manufacture our rig when they also had to deliver for their large clients working against the exact same deadline we were on.”