High-speed cameras
Capture microsecond events with our high‑speed imaging solutions—visible and IR—engineered for lab testing, field testing and production environments. Every model supports external triggering and flexible frame‑rate control, with turnkey illumination options for reliable results in any environment.
All-industry high-speed cameras
Every model supports external triggering and flexible frame‑rate control, with turnkey illumination options for reliable results in any environment.
All-industry high-speed cameras
Every model supports external triggering and flexible frame‑rate control, with turnkey illumination options for reliable results in any environment.
High-speed cameras: applications
- Fluid dynamics visualisation (schlieren, cavitation), P.I.V., L.I.F.
- Automotive testing, including crash‑safety and airbag deployment analysis.
- Engine/propulsion component visualisation and performance testing
- Material failure.
- Ballistics and fragmentation studies.
- Industrial monitoring, including packaging and robotics/production motion analysis and process optimisation. UAV payload optical monitoring capable.
High-speed cameras: industries
Industries we serve:
- R&D, scientific and universities: fluid visualisation, combustion, micro‑events, P.I.V., L.I.F., etc.
- Automotive & transportation (vehicle testing, engine performance, crash tests, airbag deployment tests, etc.).
- Aerospace & Defence (propulsion, missile/ballistics, penetration, deployment, fragmentation, space, etc).
- Energy, industrial & Manufacturing (QA, robotics, packaging, etc.)
High-speed cameras: technology
- Visible & IR coverage capabilities to capture thermal and structural phenomena.
- Deterministic triggering & global shutter enable microsecond exposures synchronised to events, test rigs, and light sources—no motion smear
- Wide frame‑rate: scale from HD/4–5 kfps class to very high fps via windowing to match spatial resolution to the physics.
- Illumination designed for speed: integrated, flicker‑free LED solutions and strobe synchronization to maintain exposure consistency up to very high fps
- Back‑illuminated technology available. Deep‑cooled sensors deliver high sensitivity (QE up to >95%) with ultralow noise for single‑photon‑level, low‑light work.
Automotive testing (airbag deployment)
- Case background: Airbags inflate in ~30 ms, so certification‑grade analysis typically uses 3,000–5,000 fps high‑speed imaging to resolve the full deployment sequence and venting behaviour.
- Case objective: Quantify inflation timing, bag shape growth, tether/vent operation, and trim interactions across temperatures—using multi‑angle, externally triggered cameras—to validate compliance and tune inflator performance.
- Other information:
- Representative setups document deployments at ~5,000 fps, 1080p, for frame‑by‑frame analysis.
- Flicker‑free LED arrays avoid exposure banding at high frame rates and short shutter times.
Fluid dynamics visualisation
- Case background: High‑speed imaging to capture cavitation flow structures and their evolution in a water‑jet pump, revealing cavitation–vortex interactions and informing performance improvements.
- Case objective: Provide time‑resolved visuals of cavitation onset, bubble dynamics, and regime transitions to corroborate CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) and optimise nozzle/pump geometries (e.g., analysing 24 m/s iso-surfaces of the high‑velocity region).
- Other information:
- Results linked vortex structure changes with cavitation stage, guiding mitigation strategies.