High speed cameras improve measuring ability

From Creamer Media in Johannesburg, this is the Real Economy Report.

Sashnee Moodley:
The University of Pretoria has recently purchased four new high speed cameras that are being used for the measurements of vibration on fast moving structures. Victor Moolman tells us more.

Victor Moolman:
The University of Pretoria optical and noncontact measurements senior project engineer Dr Abrie Oberholster explains that the cameras, combined with an analysis software, are capable of capturing images at 4 000 frames per second at 1.9 megapixels

University of Pretoria optical and noncontact measurements senior project engineer Dr Abrie Oberholster:
 

Victor Moolman:
The four IDT Vision NX8-S2 cameras along with the TEMA motion analysis software enables the system to measure events that are too fast for normal camera systems to record. Two of the cameras are currently being used to measure the vibrations on a rotor system that the university has, the system can also be used to measure the shape changes that happens on fast moving objects.

University of Pretoria optical and noncontact measurements senior project engineer Dr Abrie Oberholster:
 

Victor Moolman:
Each camera is smaller than normal high-speed cameras, which has the added benefit of making them more portable to be used on locations outside of the university.

He explains that the cameras are being used by students at the university as well as by companies that are using the Centre for Asset Integrity Management within the power, mining and water industries.

University of Pretoria optical and noncontact measurements senior project engineer Dr Abrie Oberholster:
 

Victor Moolman:
Oberholster explains that the cameras were acquired through the National Research Foundation’s National Equipment Programme to further increase the university’s research abilities

University of Pretoria optical and noncontact measurements senior project engineer Dr Abrie Oberholster:
 

Sashnee Moodley:
Other news making headlines:
Names of all IDC clients now being made public
Restructuring of Scaw into three standalone entities at an advanced stage
And, IDC reports strong rise in support for black industrialists as disbursements fall

The Industrial Development Corporation has officially started to publish, on its website, the identities of all of its clients, including those officially identified as politically exposed people.
Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel

The Industrial Development Corporation has announced that the restructuring of its steel subsidiary Scaw Metals into three standalone entities was at an advanced stage.
IDC CEO Geoffrey Qhena
 

Industrial Development Corporation has announced that its funding approvals have increased to a record R15.3-billion in 2017, but also confirmed that it would not meet a five-year target, set in 2015, of R100-billion in approvals by 2020.
Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel
 

Sashnee Moodley:
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