The Ranger II™ Lt High Speed Camera is a high speed camera that is small in cost but large on features and function. All of the control of the camera is performed on a laptop connected by Gigabit Ethernet. With the convenient C-Mount and Nikon F-Mount, many different lens can be used to maximize the light and frame size. The Ranger II™ Lt High Speed Camera also has circular memory. The camera will keep recording and will only stop when a trigger is received. This will allow the user to configure the memory to save the total time up to the trigger point to the trigger point forward.
This camera has a variety of different triggering abilities. The Ranger II™ Lt High Speed Camera will accept a standard make trigger, a synchronized input from another Ranger II™ Lt High Speed Camera. The Ranger II™ Lt High Speed Camera is also compatible with the Portable Wireless Trigger. More information on the PWT can be found here. With the camera as part of a network, the
Ranger II™ Lt High Speed Camera can be beside a laptop or at the other end of a network. Since the
Ranger II™ Lt High Speed Camera is a Gigabit Ethernet connection, the time required to download the video has been reduced substantially compared to a standard 100 Mb/s connection. For more information, click here.
A high speed camera can be utilized to evaluate and review many components of a blast.
These include:
1. Stemming Blowouts
2. Fly Rock
3. Stemming Containment
4. Backbreak
5. Cratering
6. Misfires
7. Firing Sequence
8. Gas Venting and Air Blast
9. Trajectory
10. Onset of Movement
11. Velocity
12. Cast Range
13. Oversize
14. Blast Toe Problems
15. Coal Rib Damage and Coal Loss