light dump

A burning light bulb hits the ground and breaks. At 5000 fps it takes some time in replay until the light dies.

Airbag inflation in slow motion

A first result from some airbag inflation testing, which we did with our partners from SOLVing3D and IES Elektronikentwicklung. The sequence was recorded with a pco.dimax at 4500 frames/s and 912 x 912 pixel resolution.

Space Shuttle starts at night...

The image sequence was recorded by NASA during the space shuttle launch in August 2009 with a pco.dimax. It was taken at full resolution of 2016 x 2016 pixel and 400 fps, but the clip shows an HD (1920 x 1080 pixel) extract of it. In the first and last part the video runs at real time with 25 frames/s displayed (which causes undersampling due to American power net frequency). In the middle part there is a zoom in and out within the recorded data, to show the high resolution. The camera was mounted in a distance of 300m away from the launch on a solid platform, nevertheless the vibration due to the ignition of the rocket can be clearly seen. During the generation of the video the conversion scaling was changed due to increasing light (can be seen as sudden change to darker images).

...fast manufacturing

PCO does not only manufacture high speed cameras, but needs these cameras to have a proper look to the manufacturing process. The CNC - milling machine in this sequence had a revolution speed of 12000 revolutions per minute and an advancing speed of 1.4 mm / revolution. The sequence was recorded at 4500 frames/s at a resolution of 1296 x 720 pixel. The sequence consists of 5500 images and therefore shows 1.2 seconds real time.

MTB action

A series of high speed recordings of MTB jumps with a Wildsau bike made by Alutech in Germany. Most of the recordings were made with frame rates between 1000 frames/s - 1500 frames/s at full HD resolution with a pco.dimax high speed camera.

Birds in slow motion

A couple of sequences showing bird flights in slow motion in Full HD and were recorded with pco.dimax high speed cameras. The frame rate varied between 500 frames/s - 2000 frames/s.

light bulbs drop

A couple of sequences showing how a lightened light bulb drops to ground with broken glass and fading wire. The sequences were recorded with a pco.dimax high speed camera at 2000 frames/s.

STS-135 Last Space Shuttle start in slow motion

The last space shuttle start July 2011 was recorded with 2x pco.dimax highspeed cameras at 200 frames/s at full resolution (2016 x 2016 pixel) by NASA. The video clip shows the sequence of one of the cameras at different display speeds: 200 frames/s - 25 frames/s - 100 frames/s. The cameras were following the space shuttle rise.

Free the water...

Watch how fast the bottle breaks, even if it was recorded at 5500 frames per second.

Mentos in Coke (2.)...

What happens, if a piece of Mentos falls into a fresh bottle of Coke light - watch it with more than Full HD (2016 x 2016 pixel) at 1100 frames per second.

it breaks not...

A vase filled with water is falling down. It can be observed with 5500 frames per second. As this time the vase does not break, the oscillation of the glass by the impact can be also seen as oscillation in the water jet, which leaves the vase.

When a bottle falls...

The falling water bottle was recorded with 5000 fps.

...falling Edison

A light bulb (switched on) hits the ground and breaks. At 5000 fps it takes some time in replay until the light dies.

Mentos in Coke (1.)...

What happens, if a piece of Mentos falls into a fresh bottle of Coke light - watch it with Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixel) at 1100 frames per second.

it breaks...

A vase filled with water is falling down. It can be observed with 5500 frames per second. Still the crack development is too fast.

High Speed

Imaging flux ropes in laboratory plasmas

False color images of single and multiple flux ropes in hydrogen plasma reveal helically twisted structures. Images taken with the dicam pro intensified CCD camera.

Space Debris hits Shield

The image sequence shows the impact of space debris on a shield of an emergency carrier.

Pressure-Sensitive Paint

Combined pressure/deformation illustrates temperature correcting binary paint and stereo photogrammetry. Image captured with the pco.1600 camera.

Titanium Wire Explosion

The temporal evolution of the plasma was investigated with a ultra-speed hsfc pro imaging system

Plasma Imaging

Images of plasma at the Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment (SSPX) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).

Electrostatic Spray

Electrostatic Spray Ligament (Break-Up) Left Image: Drop Size(s): 35-50 µm Satellites: 5-10 µm Exposure time: 500 ns

Water Spray

Impact of a 0.55mm water droplet on a stainless steel surface with an impact velocity of 40 m/s.

Oil Spray

Oil Droplets: 800 nanoseconds exposure, 4 µsec delay and 2 mm field-of-view

Flow Visualization

Particle Image Velocimetry
Mixing characterization at NRC/IAR spray Lab Instantaneous 2-D image of the two fuel jets mixing with a swirling cross-flow of air.

Fuel Spray

PLIF - gas jet from a .94" diameter poppet-type fuel valve with a .25" lift.

Injection & Burning

Endoscopic view into a diesel engine

Inkjet Measurements

Injection & Burning

Investigation of the influence of the rail pressure on injection and combustion in a diesel engine.

Projectiles