The Tattanātor is a device that enables Tattoo Artists to easily and quickly find the best speed and force quickly without physically altering their machine. The Tattanator can "dial-in" different combinations of speed and force that a given coil machine is capable of, as  constructed and adjusted at that moment.  It does this by separating the on/off electronics from the frame by means of electronic rather than mechanical switching (the contact point/spring for on and off) which is made obsolete. 

Speed is user-selectable by turning the left dial from 60 to 120 hits (Hz) per second, measured in Hertz (Hz).  The right dial controls the duty cycle (the % of the on + off cycle) from 10 to 65%. The longer it is on during each cycle the more power the machine has. The contact screw position determines the upper stroke height: the longer the stroke the faster the needle travels.

The interaction of speed, duty cycle, stroke length, and the mechanical properties of the tattoo machine determine the stroke-hit force.

Pre-Tattanātor mechanically-switched tattoo machines were very difficult to tune because you could only use voltage increase or decrease and then adjust the tattoo machine itself each time you made a change to speed. The interaction between speed, duty cycle, and stroke length is all you have with regular power supplies.  It is obvious ly better to be able to control speed and force separately.

The Tattanātor is intuitive and requires virtually no instruction.  It is quick, easy and enlightening.

Teachers and Promising Artists
can be liberated from the up-hill battle
with the mechanics of the coil machine
during initial learning.

Besides being able to set and tune a coil machine by dialing the right settings, it is a learning tool because everything is now objective, measurable, quantifiable ( expressed in numbers ). In other words, The Tattanātor has created the Science of Tattoo Machine Performance. For the first time everything can be scientifically compared in numbers: machines, coils, springs, how frames effect performance. For builders and designers a new generation of designs is now possible because the frame is independent of the electronics, the contact screw now only controls stroke length, the "contact" function as well as the capacitor are obsolete.

The contribution is Benchmarking. Now the job of Tattoo Artists and Machine Designers and Builders is to develop the actual standards and determine the speed and forces necessary for the best, most effective tattooing.

Unimax has a long history of contributions to the technology of tattoo.
Being chosen to develop and market the Tattanātor has been an Honor.
New life for an Old Technology.