Destructive Testing

In destructive testing, the objective is to understand and observe a specimen's structural performance or its behavior under different stress factors to the point it fails. These tests can run the gamut of costs, from expensive (expensive ordnance, for example) or inexpensive (mass produced items). There are various of types of destructive testing, such as stress tests, where the stability of a given object is determined; crash tests to determine the safety of particular designs; hardness tests where resistance to stress is measured; to name a few.

Visually recording destructive tests often provides tremendous benefits, especially in cases where events are transpiring rapidly and where the testing is more expensive. In these cases, there is a low acceptance level for recording errors and a very high demand for extreme reliability, accuracy, and image integrity. The ability to record any event with zero data loss should be guaranteed by any system that hopes to serve as a productive recording solution in a test situation.

It is important to note that regardless of cost, it is always beneficial to be as efficient with time and resources as possible. As every dollar counts, you want to conduct the fewest tests necessary for getting the analysis you need.

Where test events happen slowly, for example wear and tear testing, capturing the point of degradation that breaks a threshold of functional usability can be quite helpful for product improvement or production process change.

For destructive testing incidents, the proper choice and positioning of multiple high speed cameras or high resolution cameras (or both) of different types (SDI, Camera Link, GigE Vision, IR etc.) is a key component. Being able to record and playback those sensors simultaneously and in perfect synchronicity is another key component. Coupling imagery data with other sensor data, for example, temperature, pressure, etc., to create a unified and completely correlated data set of the event is a third key component. And lastly, being 100% certain that every pixel, in every frame, from every camera, is being recorded every time is a fourth key component.

Boulder Imaging Exceeds Your Destructive Testing Needs

One of Boulder Imaging’s clients is a consultant who has assisted his customers in purchasing and implementing our systems. The value has been tremendous and has made him invaluable to them. He has focused on using Boulder Imaging high performance digital video recorder (HPDVR) systems to record destructive munitions tests. In addition to ensuring that expected demolition takes place there are also issues such as flight path (trajectory), tracking, point of impact, and various other items that are being examined. Detailed data is extracted and in many cases passed onto secondary systems for further correlation and analysis.

The extremely powerful “open” nature of Boulder Imaging’s architecture allows for substantial integration with other analytical tools and systems. It’s even possible for Boulder Imaging solutions to consolidate data from other systems. This FlexControl™ design feature is just another example of how Boulder Imaging provides unsurpassed value to customers.

Boulder Imaging realizes that destructive tests - as detailed above - can take place at various times in a discovery cycle. So whether in research, design, production, or other stages, the need for data to improve efficiencies is continual. Because of this we have developed solutions to meet all your destructive testing demands.

Please contact us to learn more about Destructive Testing and how Boulder Imaging can assist your organization in addressing its needs.