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October 2024 – iX Cameras is proud to announce its role in a recent NASA test, which marks a groundbreaking step toward advancing space technology. This collaboration, in partnership with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center (Huntsville, Alabama) and Sierra Space, represents a significant milestone in the development of Sierra Space’s innovative inflatable habitats, designed to support human life in space...

June 19, 2023 – iX Cameras of Woburn, MA and Rochford, UK, a leading developer, and manufacturer of high-speed imaging technology, introduces the new i-SPEED 5 Series of high-speed cameras. The three new models in the Series offer class-leading features that elevate their performance and expand their capabilities across various industries and applications, making them invaluable for professionals in scientific research and engineering.

High-Speed Digital Photography of Vapor Cavitation in a Narrow Gap Flow – Journal bearings are commonly used to support rotating shafts in various machines and mechanical systems, including engines and power trains. The primary purpose of a journal bearing is to reduce friction and provide support for the rotating shaft, allowing it to spin smoothly and efficiently. This is achieved by providing a low-friction interface between the shaft and the bearing, typically through the use of a lubricant. Learn how the i-SPEED 720 running at 10,000 frames per second with a resolution of 1512x1098 is being used to capture bubble formation from inception to implosion of a lubricant-type flow in the eccentric gap between a rotating cylinder and cylindrical cavity.

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Nick Paris, iX Cameras Head of Application Engineering will be one of the presenters at the DYMAT Winter School 2023 January 29- February 3, in Aussois France. The Winter School brings PhD students and senior researchers who experimentally study, develop models and numerical approaches to improve the knowledge in the material behavior under dynamic loading. The dynamic behavior of materials is present through a large number of applications such as impact loadings, blasting and detonation, modern production processing, brittle failure of solids and structure. Lectures at the DYMAT Winter School focus on, In-depth analysis of a Hopkinson Bar experiment, metal response to shock loading. DIC measurement to the Split Hopkinson Bar experiment, introduction to machine-learning for modeling the dynamic behavior of materials and structures, composite materials, and multi-material assemblies under dynamic stresses at high strain-rates.

January 26, 2019 – iX Cameras of Woburn, MA and Rochford, UK, a leading developer and manufacturer of high-speed imaging technology, announces the launch of the i-SPEED Junction Box. The i-SPEED JBOX is the ultimate tool to simplify a multi-camera setup.

Dr. Julien Manin of Sandia National Labs published an independent technical review of the i-SPEED 727. Dr. Manin’s report is comprehensive and technically thorough using well-established techniques, industry standards and scientific methodology. The review focused on six attributes and specifications of the camera: Pixel readout, Intensity response and sensitivity, Sensor performance uniformity, Image signal-to-noise ratio, Exposure accuracy and shuttering, and Image lag.

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This article in the December 10, 2021 issue of Physical Review Letters details how researchers in China’s Southern University of Science and Technology discovery in fluid dynamics where a laser beam splits a vertical liquid jet into uniformly spaced droplets. Laser Breaks Liquid into Uniform Droplets A laser beam hitting a column of liquid controls the droplet pinch-off at the bottom of the stream. In inkjet technology, a stream of liquid under the influence of an electric field breaks into a sequence of droplets. Researchers have now shown that such a stream can be controlled with a laser beam, which allowed them to produce highly uniform droplets [1]. The technique could lead to improved control over droplet breakup, and it demonstrates new possibilities for using optical forces to manipulate liquid-air interfaces. A narrow liquid stream emerging downward from a nozzle, like water from a tap, is inherently unstable. Surface tension amplifies random surface waves that begin at the top and cause the stream to break into droplets at the bottom. Ordinarily, the droplets have a range of sizes and shapes and are randomly spaced. However, a steady and uniform sequence of droplets can be produced by exciting the stream with an external periodic driving force, typically mechanical, acoustical, or electrical [2]. If the driving frequency matches the column’s intrinsic vibration frequency, large ripples develop along the surface that lead to uniform droplets. Read more https://physics.aps.org/articles/v14/174

iX Cameras was presented with a Silver Honoree in the high-speed cameras category for the new i-SPEED 7 Series line of high-speed cameras. The new i-SPEED 7 Series was recognized as one of the top products and solutions available within the high-speed imaging industry by a panel of expert judges from system integrator and end-user companies.

The three new models of the i-SPEED 7 Series feature the iX Cameras AST CMOS sensor (Advanced Sensor Technology). This custom 3.2 megapixel sensor is designed, engineered, and manufactured to provide the best possible results for accurate motion analysis. Market-leading performance of 2.45 Mfps, 27.1 GPixels/s throughput makes the i-SPEED 7 Series ideal for PIV, DIC, fluid dynamics, ballistics and a wide range of scientific research.

Torch Technologies has released a video explaining how their OWLSS system for ballistics arena fragmentation testing. The video highlights how the i-SPEED 7 Series cameras capture fragments over a large field of view, provide full frame high resolution footage for up to 6,000 frames per second and track individual fragments as small as 2mm in diameter.

Peter Carellas, iX Cameras President & CEO, will be returning to MIT (his 15th year) to teach and conduct workshops at their annual high-speed imaging course. This program is designed for scientists, engineers, and imaging specialists who need to gather data on rapidly moving subjects and events for study, motion analysis, and trouble-shooting. Mornings are spent in the lecture hall learning the fundamentals of lighting, imaging technologies, and motion analysis. Afternoons are spent making high-speed images in the laboratory. In addition to carrying out the standard techniques, attendees will try out the latest in high-speed-imaging equipment, with the manufacturer's representatives there to provide hands-on education and experience with the systems. The course is held at the Edgerton Center at MIT — the home of Doc Edgerton's Stroboscopic Light Laboratory, where much of the history of the field was written.

The newest addition to our high-speed camera line, the i-SPEED 230 was featured in this month’s Vision Systems Design. This latest addition boasts an impressive 16 GB memory option for long recording along with full resolution of 1280 x 864 at 2,500 fps, making it ideal for automotive crash testing, material strain testing, and scientific research.

iX Cameras announces a new high-speed video camera: the new i-SPEED 230. This compact, lightweight, high-performance camera offers an outstanding combination of resolution and frame speed in a small form factor and provides excellent performance for a variety of motion analysis testing requirements. The i-SPEED 230 is ideal for automotive crash testing, material strain testing, manufacturing, and scientific research.

iX Cameras President & CEO Peter Carellas discusses the challenges of high-speed camera design in the April 2019 issue of Photonics Spectra. The article provides a comprehensive overview of current high-speed imaging capabilities and future developments.

To continue our growth and support of the Chinese market, iX Cameras will partner with our distributors in a marketing program focused on supporting our customer base and educating the marketplace about iX Cameras.

Peter Carellas, CEO & President of IX Cameras, will return to MIT to teach at the MIT Professional Education Short Program on High-Speed Imaging for Motion Analysis. He will hold two lectures and two workshops on Lenses and Optics in High-Speed Imaging.

Lon Seidman from Lon.TV invited iX Cameras to visit and demonstrate the i-SPEED 726 camera recently. Matt Rece one of iX Cameras’ Applications Engineers, spent a day with Lon, walking him through the i-SPEED 726 features and functionality, and various applications. Click on the title of this story or image to view the video Matt and Lon.

For the fifth straight year, Vision Systems Design held its Innovators Awards program, which celebrates the disparate Vision Systems Design held its Innovators Awards program, celebrating the disparate and innovative technologies, products, and systems found in machine vision and imaging. Categories to distinguish honorees included vision systems, four different camera categories, sensors, software, embedded vision, and robotics. Submissions were judged on originality; innovation; their impact on designers, systems integrators or users; whether they fulfilled a new market need; leveraged a novel technology and/or increased productivity.

Congratulations to our friend Linden Gledhill on his feature story about cymatics. Linden uses still photography and high-speed video to capture Faraday waves (nonlinear standing waves that appear on liquids enclosed by a vibrating receptacle). Linden explains “The sound is passed through the water and the vibrations are imprinted on the surface which reflects the LED lights. The camera images the light reflected off the surface. The patterns and shapes obtained can be dramatically different depending on the frequencies applied.” Click on the title of this story or image to the right to read the full article .

iX 7 Series Cameras were used to assist HyperSciences show how they completed their Phase 1 NASA contract with 4 vertical launches in just two days at Spaceport America. HyperSciences is a technology company that has created an innovative hypervelocity propulsion system for major industries such as fast tunneling, energy drilling, and aerospace.

Oakley SI a dedicated division of Oakley, Inc. committed to serving the needs of Military, Government, Law Enforcement, Fire and EMS professionals is using the i-SPEED 7 Series high-speed camera in the development of protective eyewear. View the latest video Ballistic Product Journey, featuring footage shot with the i-SPEED 7 Series high-speed camera.

iX Cameras was one of the global high-speed camera manufacturers featured in the article "High-speed cameras enhance automation and measurement applications," in the January 2019 issue of Vision Systems Design magazine. The article recommends high-speed cameras for use in industrial and scientific applications.

The iX Cameras team will be at The 71st Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society’s Division of Fluid Dynamics at the Georgia World Congress Center on November 18-20. Come by our booth 118 to see the new i-SPEED 5 Series high-speed camera line up and more.

iX Cameras announces the addition of two new high-speed video cameras for the i-SPEED 5 Series: models i-SPEED 510 and i-SPEED 513. These compact high performance cameras boast an environmentally sealed body and innovative internal cooling system, custom CMOS image sensor, unparalleled memory capabilities and many more features, making the i-SPEED 5 Series cameras the perfect balance between speed, size, and memory.

Come visit iX Cameras at the International Digital Image Correlation Society (iDICs) conference in Hangzhou, China. We will be demonstrating our i-SPEED 7 Series Cameras usability in digital image correlation applications.

iX Cameras is exhibiting and participating at the 32nd International Congress on High-Speed Imaging and Photonics at the University of Twente in the Netherlands, October 8-12.

iX Cameras Application Engineering Manager Nick Paris was one of the key speakers at the 69th ARA (Aeroballistic Range Association) Meeting in Bath, England.

iX Cameras of Woburn, MA and Rochford, UK, a leading developer and manufacturer of high-speed imaging technology, is proud to announce a sales and distribution partnership with SLAM International of Queretaro, Mexico. Under the terms of the partnership, SLAM International becomes the exclusive distributor for iX Cameras in Mexico.

September 5, 2018 – iX Cameras of Woburn, MA and Rochford, UK, a leading developer and manufacturer of high-speed imaging technology, announces the addition of a new high-speed video camera, the i-SPEED 508. This compact high performance camera comes packed with unique features such as an environmentally sealed body, innovative internal cooling system, custom CMOS image sensor, unparalleled memory capabilities and many more features making the 508 the perfect balance between speed, size, and memory.

iX Cameras of Woburn, MA and Rochford, UK, a leading developer and manufacturer of high-speed (slow motion) imaging cameras, is proud to announce a sales and distribution partnership with Unlimited Imaging Solutions of Gibsonia, PA. Under the terms of the partnership, Unlimited Imaging Solutions becomes the exclusive distributor for iX Cameras in the Central region of the United States.

Our Applications Engineering team has recently updated the Tech Notes section on our website. The newest tech notes provide a quick guide to help i-SPEED camera users with helpful tips. If you would like to see tech notes on a specific topic, please email us at info@ix-cameras.com

Thank you to the ICLASS 2018 Conference organizers for putting on a great event last week at the University of Illinois Chicago. The iX Cameras team learned a great deal from attending the lectures and speaking with the delegates about their use of high-speed cameras in a variety of liquid atomization applications and spray systems.

Nick Paris iX Cameras Applications Engineer recently lectured on high-speed imaging at the MatchID Digital Image Correlation (DIC) course held at Drexel University. The course consisted of 5-days focused on the principles of DIC, combining lectures and in-depth experimental lab and data analysis sessions, with the aim to provide the attendees advanced skills to use DIC techniques to produce accurate quantitative results. Nick’s lecture detailed the overall landscape of the high-speed video industry providing the attendees with a clear understanding of the various high-speed camera options such as manufacturers and models based on speed, resolution and what how the attendees need to review based on their application needs. To demonstrate the critical need of high-speed imaging in DIC, Nick demonstrated using the i-SPEED 726 high-speed camera to capture high resolution images of an application that are then analyzed with the MatchID software suite.

For the past couple of years, Gledhill has been playing with a tiny dish of liquid that sits on a speaker. Called a cymascope, it's designed to create and tune repeating patterns of waves, like those formed in wine by rubbing the rim of a crystal glass to make it vibrate or "sing." These cyclical ripples, also called cymatics, travel far faster than human eyes can see, so he uses ultra-high-frame-rate cameras slow them down and record their secrets. "It allows you to see the individual vibration states throughout the cycle. That's pretty cool. Typically you don't get to see that," Gledhill told Business Insider. "Typically what you see is a fixed pattern or a changing pattern based on the frequencies you play through the liquid."

MilliporeSigma recently purchased an i-SPEED 2 model 221 to troubleshoot a prototype device that controls an electrical current passing from one fluid-filled chamber to another across a narrow channel roughly 50μm x 50μm.

iX Cameras is pleased to congratulate our German Distribution partners viZaar during their 20th anniversary gala in Rottweil DE. In attendance were Peter Carellas, president of iX Cameras, Jonathan Hatton, Director of Business Development, and Nick Paris, Manager of Application Engineering.

Dr. Charles Tinney and his team at the Applied Research Laboratories at the University of Texas at Austin along with Dr. Nathan Murray at the University of Mississippi are using the iX Cameras i-SPEED 726 in a study to reduce the impact of jet engine noise in environments like aircraft carriers.

As the world leader in sports and fashion eyewear and headgear, Oakley takes the safety of their customers very seriously. To that end, a substantial component of their R&D effort is dedicated to the testing of their products – from ballistic impacts, to projectile impacts, to crushing, to twisting and distorting helmets, lenses and frames.

iX Cameras of Woburn, MA and Rochford, UK, a leading developer and manufacturer of high-speed (slow motion) imaging cameras, is proud to announce a sales and distribution partnership with Acal BFi France.

iX Cameras of Woburn, MA, and Rochford, UK, a leading developer and manufacturer of high-speed imaging cameras, announces the addition of a new, value-priced camera to the premium ultra-high-speed i-SPEED 7 Series line.

iX Cameras of Woburn, MA and Rochford, UK, a leading developer and manufacturer of high-speed (slow motion) imaging cameras, is proud to announce a sales and distribution partnership with SciTech PTY LTD of Preston, Victoria, Australia.

iX Cameras of Woburn, MA and Rochford, UK, a leading developer and manufacturer of high-speed imaging cameras, announces recent sales success with BMW Brilliance, Nippon Steel, and South China University of Technology.

Peter Carellas, CEO & President of IX Cameras, held two lectures and two workshops on Lenses and Optics in High-Speed Imaging at the MIT Professional Education Short Program on High-Speed Imaging for Motion Analysis.

X Cameras has been working with Daniel Jubb, Managing Director and head of the company’s propulsion division over the past five years to help them better test and analyze the rockets’ performance during the testing.

iX Cameras has been awarded the Innovation 50 Award from Essex Innovation Program and Anglia Ruskin University. The award is presented to the 50 brightest, fastest and most innovative companies in Essex County, UK.

If you are attending Space Tech Expo in Pasadena CA, please visit iX Cameras at booth 9111 on Wednesday May 24 at 11AM. Peter T. Carellas will present an overview of current high-speed camera technology

The 2017 high-speed imaging and motion analysis course consists of morning lectures followed by afternoon laboratory work. The engineers from iX Cameras will be on hand to provide guidance on using the world’s fastest high-speed cameras.

iX Cameras of Woburn, MA and Rochford, UK, a leading developer and manufacturer of high-speed imaging cameras, announces recent sales success in China. Everlight Electronics Co., BSH Company, and Donghua University recently selected i-SPEED series 7 model cameras for their advanced scientific testing applications, including product deformation analysis, electrostatic spin technology development, and high-speed SEM bonding technologies.

X Cameras of Woburn, MA and Rochford, UK, a leading developer and manufacturer of high-speed (slow motion) imaging cameras, is proud to announce a sales and distribution partnership with Quantum Technologies, LLC of Savage, MN. Under the terms of the partnership, Quantum Technologies is the exclusive distributor of iX Cameras products in the mountain states region of the United States.

iX Cameras of Woburn, MA and Rochford, UK, a leading developer and manufacturer of high-speed (slow motion) imaging cameras, is proud to announce a sales and distribution partnership with Dynamic Imaging, LLC of Brentwood, TN. Under the terms of the partnership, Dynamic Imaging is the exclusive distributor of iX Cameras products in the southern and central United States.

Article about how Delta ModTech uses i-Speed 2 cameras in the manufacturing process of pharmaceutical products.

iX Cameras of Woburn, MA and Rochford, UK, a leading developer and manufacturer of high-speed (slow motion) imaging cameras, is proud to announce a sales and distribution partnership with Monterey Imaging of Melbourne, FL. Under the terms of the partnership, Monterey Imaging is now the exclusive distributor of iX Cameras products in the eastern United States.

iX Cameras will be showcased as one of the top UK technology innovation companies at the Innovate 2016 the UK’s largest exhibition of the most cutting edge innovations from business across the UK

iX Cameras announces the capability of integrating National Instruments data acquisition (DAQ) through the i-SPEED Software Suite 2.0 (Premium Bundle) with their i-SPEED 7 series cameras.

Rochford, Essex United Kingdom- iX Cameras has won a place at Innovate 2016, the UK’s largest exhibition of the most cutting edge innovations from business across the UK.

Rochford, Essex, United Kingdom, September 20, 2016 - iX Cameras Ltd is pleased to be a finalist for the British Business Awards. Organised by the British Chamber of Commerce Shanghai, the British Business Awards recognise and promote excellence in innovation, enterprise and endeavour in the British and Chinese business communities

Boston, MA – iX Cameras, one of the leading technology companies in the premium high-speed cameras market, announced today that Michael Quzor has joined the company as Director of Marketing. Based in Boston, MA, Quzor will lead iX Cameras’ global marketing organization and continue to build the company’s brand as it expands its product line to the domestic and international markets.

iX Cameras will take part in the Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators (ITAI) next crash day on June 16th at the Bruntingthorpe Airfield and Proving Ground in Leicestershire England from 9:30am to 4:00 pm. iX Cameras is pleased to supply the cameras and videographers which capture each impact at the event