Specialised Imaging will be displaying its latest products and applications at the 28th International Congress on High-Speed Imaging and Photonics to be held in Canberra, Australia, 9-14 November.
A wide range of new applications data will be available for review and discussion in areas including ballistics, combustion research, failure dynamics, elasticity, crack propagation, shock resistance, medical research, detonics, impact studies, spray/particle analysis, PIV and nanotechnology.
Visitors to this meeting will have the opportunity to review the latest additions to the SIM family of high-performance multi-channel framing cameras.
Unlike traditional ultra-fast framing cameras the optical design of SIM cameras provides the choice of up to 16 separate optical channels without comprising performance or image quality.
Effects such as parallax and shading, inherent in other designs, are eliminated and the high spatial resolution (>50lp/mm) is the same from frame to frame and in both axes.
Individual ultra-high resolution intensified CCD detectors offer almost infinite control over gain and exposure allowing researchers total freedom to capture images of even the most difficult transient phenomena.
The ability to mount individual filters on each optical channel provides the SIM with flexible spectral selectivity.
An integral TFT monitor allows users to 'see what the camera sees' in real-time, thus allowing users to optimise focus and lighting.
Also on display will be the Trajectory Tracker, a video projectile tracking system offering high performance and ease of deployment on a sturdy adjustable mount.
The system provides consistent and accurate tracking of projectiles in flight using a computer controlled triggered rotating mirror positioned in front of a high-speed digital video camera.
In order to fully evaluate failure modes of projectiles, it is often necessary to observe their performance over a significant proportion of the trajectory.
The Trajectory Tracker allows observations to be made of in-flight behaviour of projectiles over more than 100m with a tracking accuracy of better than 0.2deg over its full scan.
This slow motion record of a projectile in flight allows accurate diagnosis of events such as fin deployment, motor burn time, pitch, yaw and spin rate.
Technical specialists from Specialised Imaging will also be available to discuss the SIR2 - a high-speed camera that offers true double imaging capability.
The rigid all-metal IP54 rated construction of the compact SIR2 makes it suitable to the harsh environment of the military test range.
