Visible Welding. Video Welding Cameras for Welding and Other Extreme Industrial Lighting

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V2010-UDR Ultra-Dynamic-Range Video System

View and record the electrode, arc, puddle, joint

and surrounding base material before during and after the weld

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Features

View and record arc welding without specialized filters.
Perfect for development and setup of welding processes (TIG, MIG, Laser)
See through high glare for inspection or machine vision
Digital from end-to-end, no conversion losses
Records full UDR (Ultra-Dynamic-Range), up to 1,000,000:1
Store up to 1 hour of UDR video
Play, pause or single-step through frames
Save standard JPEG stills or AVI video files, suitable for email
V2010-UDR system is turnkey and ready-to-run, including software, computer and camera
Monochrome and color versions available

Description

The V2010 video system is specially designed to work in the blinding light of arc and laser welding. With a dynamic-range of 1,000,000:1, the camera can capture both arc light and metal without the need for special spot-darkening filters. Filters constrain the camera placement and can be time-consuming to adjust. Without these filters, the V2010 is quick to setup and move during process design or debug. Video can be viewed live or digitally recorded at the full dynamic range for later analysis or archiving.

Ultra-Dynamic-Range (UDR) is the key to effective welding images. A welding arc can be a million times brighter than the metal below. This is a thousand times the range of high-end industrial cameras. Even specialty high-dynamic-range (HDR) cameras only reach 50,000:1, far short of the task. To image arc welding you need UDR at 1,000,000:1 (120dB).

The V2010 reaches UDR levels by combining an HDR camera with powerful digital signal processing. Each amplifies the range of the other resulting in a dynamic-range far greater than either can reach alone.

This processing requires much more computing power than can fit inside a camera so the V2010 adds a powerful laptop to do the job. In addition to the image processing, the laptop controls the camera and forms the hub of the V2010, providing a screen, keyboard and disk storage for UDR video.

Included as part of the V2010 product, the laptop is pre-programmed to boot up ready to run; just plug in the camera and go.