Clara Vision - High Speed Camera TroublePad for Production Lines
The TroublePad by Clara Vision is designed to enhance the troubleshooting process on production lines. This high-speed camera is vital for capturing fast-paced actions with precision, allowing engineers to scrutinize processes in real time. Its application ranges from identifying workflow inefficiencies to detecting minute malfunctions that could impede production quality. The system emphasizes the crucial role of lighting in capturing high-speed sequences, which ensures optimal clarity and detail in captured footage. By leveraging advanced imaging technology, the TroublePad empowers technicians to conduct targeted diagnostics, thereby facilitating swift corrective measures. The camera is engineered to withstand the rigors of industrial environments, offering robust performance and reliability. With its advanced imaging capabilities, the TroublePad is an invaluable tool in process optimization, quality assurance, and increasing overall efficiency in high-throughput production settings.
Our development departments and our customers' personnel worked together to create the TroublePad, which is designed to facilitate maintenance and optimisation of industrial processes in any field (food processing, pharmaceuticals, bottling, manufacturing, packaging, cosmetics, automotive, paper, electronics, etc.).
What is TroublePad made up of?
The ultra-compact system consists of a high speed camera unit, a tablet with pre-installed software, a mounting arm and a convenient carrying case (9kgs).
It only takes seconds to install, even in the most confined spaces. It is fully mobile thanks to its integrated, directional LED lighting, with no unnecessary wires or power supply (approx. 2 hours stand-alone operation).
A power connection is required when TROUBLEPAD is used to capture a random event which, by definition, could occur at any time over a period of hours or even days...
An intuitive, intelligent and independent high speed camera
The TroublePad comes complete with preinstalled software on a touchscreen tablet.
Its intuitive user interface enables you to control recordings, visualise live images, see footage history and enjoy instant replay at slow speed so you can understand production line errors, which are usually impossible to detect with the naked eye, in real time.
The system also enables videos to be exported in AVI format.
Thanks to this intuitive camera you will be recording your first images just a few minutes after installation.
The TroublePad is an adaptive, intelligent, high precision device for optimal industrial vision.
It can be used as a complement to an existing industrial vision installation or as the sole monitoring device.
With the camera and TroublePad system, you can set recording speeds from 225 to 2,500 frames per second, and make operator-controlled and configured loop recordings of several hours' duration.
The (optional) Trigger Box provides control over the system and gives it autonomy.
The Box enables you to:
- start recording
- stop recording
- add markers to key frames,
- store a few seconds before and after a signal from your sensors...
You therefore only keep the most essential recorded images. The Box has the added advantage of quickly identifying areas for improvement in the production line, preventing problems more effectively, and helping you to find solutions for each one.
With the Box, the TroublePad becomes a completely standalone device: the images that are filmed are automatically recorded, without the need for human intervention. It provides the system with an extra dimension.
The camera's technical features
From a technical point of view, the TroublePad system is extremely efficient and meets several types of requirements.
The TroublePad camera can operate at a frame rate of 225 to 2,500 fps.
The recommended camera speed is 570 fps with a resolution of 800x600 pixels.
It is also possible to use a more standard speed, 225 frames per second, with a higher image resolution (1280x1024).
Other speeds are also possible, such as 835, 1500 or 2500 frames per second, with lower image resolutions.
The camera is also equipped with a LED light unit, which can operate on batteries (5 AAA batteries) and power packs. It produces 600 lumens.
The optics include a housing with a macro zoom lens to ensure maximum precision when recording. The mounting arm supplied is a magic arm with an adjustable clamp. It adjusts to the camera and its lighting system.
The tablet's technical features
Our system also includes a 12-inch tablet with a powerful Intel Core processor, 8 gb RAM and a 256 gb SSD hard drive, which comes with a protective case and shoulder strap.
For those who require extra storage space, it is possible to select a tablet with a 512GB or 1TB hard drive. The larger capacity tablets can handle longer recording loops.
The very powerful software can record at several speeds, several resolutions, under operator control or independently (with the Box).