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CamRecord by Optronis offers high frame rates and long recording times

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High-speed cameras can deliver precise information about the position and movement of objects – assuming high frame rates and long recording times. The CamRecord from Optronis GmbH has both these properties. The tool for the motion analysis of objects is already included in the TimeBench analysis software.

Discovering the exact course of the movement of objects is often a key component in product development, maintenance and material research. This is where high-speed cameras can deliver highly accurate information about the position and movement of objects. With the CamRecord from Optronis GmbH, the tool for motion analysis is already included in the TimeBench software supplied with the camera. This tracking function allows oscillating movements such as the vibration of a roll to be measured, for instance, but bend tests on a variety of materials can also be analysed by means of tracking. The information obtained from tracking can include the speed of the movement, the acceleration and the position of the object at any particular point in time.

Precise measuring results
Object tracking requires considerable memory space, and the CamRecord comes with a memory of 8 GB or 16 GB. At full resolution and speed, the high-speed camera with a 16 GB memory can store a recording lasting 11 seconds. If cyclical processes are being analysed over a long period of time, this allows several cycles in succession to be recorded, measured and compared. The large memory means that long recording times can be achieved even at high frame rates and resolutions. This in turn ensures highly accurate measuring results even at the fastest motion speeds.

Uncomplicated handling
When recording one-off events with a low memory space requirement, the user has the added benefit that the large memory of the high-speed camera can be subdivided. This allows several one-off events to be recorded straightforwardly one after the other without time having to be spent copying the memory on to a hard disk between the events. The sequence that is most conclusive can then be sought directly on the camera, so that only this sequence is saved on the hard disk.

“In tracking we offer customers an additional service that was developed as a result of demand in research and industry”, explained Dr. Bernd Reinke, who heads up the Industrial Cameras business unit at Optronis. Complicated measuring set-ups can now be dispensed with; for a motion analysis by means of slow motion, only the mobile high-speed camera needs to be connected to a PC on which TimeBench and hence the tracking function is installed. Optronis also supports the user with selection of the tripod, lens and LED lighting.

For more information, please visit http://www.optronis.com.