{"id":3344,"date":"2020-05-19T06:50:33","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T06:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpbc.a1securitycameras.com\/?p=3344"},"modified":"2023-09-14T08:50:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T08:50:00","slug":"security-camera-carbon-fiber-manufacturing-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.a1securitycameras.com\/blog\/security-camera-carbon-fiber-manufacturing-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Security Camera Systems for Carbon Fiber Manufacturing Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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I had engineer from a precision braid textile plant call a few days ago with an interesting request. It’s not unusual to receive phone calls from experts in different industries. I’ve helped engineers at NASA, architects in New York, marine biologists in San Diego and everything in between. We usually get the same questions over and over. “How far can it see?” and “Will it read license plates?” are a few examples. Others simply collapse at our virtual doorstep when a human being answers the phone after combing through hundreds of sites like a forensic analyst.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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With so much information about cameras on the web, it\u2019s easy to see why so many people have such a hard time choosing their devices. And I\u2019m only referring to\u00a0security cameras<\/a>\u00a0here. You still have video cameras, point and shoots, cell phone cameras, extreme sports cameras, SLRs, DSLRs, tablet cams, webcams, and even\u00a0your fridge might have a camera<\/a>\u00a0now.<\/p>\n

So when this customer from the textile plant called prepared with a very specific question about a lens, it was a little refreshing. It\u2019s much easier to visualize an application when the customer can describe the environment from the camera\u2019s point of view.<\/p>\n

For those who don\u2019t know, the carbon fiber\u00a0manufacturing<\/a>\u00a0process involves an intricate web of devices and machinery which stretches, heats, carbonizes, and treats the material with chemicals until the product is finished.<\/p>\n

With each piece of equipment comes a long list of components which need to be calibrated, cleaned, and monitored. In this particular case, the customer wanted to see the texture of the material coming out of the press. A camera was already in place pointed at the feeder but the image quality was so low, he couldn\u2019t see the quality of the material coming out.<\/p>\n

There are a few points to keep in mind here:<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Because the material is moving out of the feeder at a fast speed, it is important the camera can handle fast moving objects effortlessly. This determines the fluidity, or \u201csmoothness\u201d, of the video. In the customer\u2019s case, he needed something with high frame rate or he risked missing detail.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The existing camera was so close to the machinery, it had a hard time picking what to focus on. The adjusting the focal length on a security camera is like adjusting a pair of binoculars to focus on something far away. In the customers case, the focal length was really important because the camera had to be close to the machinery<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The existing camera was so close to the machinery, it had a hard time picking what to focus on. The adjusting the focal length on a security camera is like adjusting a pair of binoculars to focus on something far away. In the customers case, the focal length was really important because the camera had to be close to the machinery<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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So for this customer it was necessary to provide an example because it was too difficult to guarantee a good capture without testing it internally.Here I used a 720p camera with a 3.6mm fixed lens. What this means is that the image sensor produces 1280 \u00d7 720 pixel images. This is sometimes referred to as 1MP but not always. It is important to check the actual resolution of the camera in pixels. The camera produces the following viewing angle. Which in this case didn\u2019t matter as much since the object the customer was trying to capture was about 6 inches from the camera sensor.<\/p>

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    The camera uses a Texas Instruments DaVinci media processor which produces 1MP images at 30 frames per second making it a good fit for this application. It also produces images faster than the human eye can process. So why record a video we can\u2019t process? So we can slow it down!!!. Using\u00a0CCTV software<\/a>\u00a0you can slow the video down and capture even more detail from moving objects. So even though this customer couldn\u2019t see every single detail at real time, he could play back video at a slower speed and even analyze individual frames. As you can see in the image below, the camera was able to produce decent detail at 6 inches away. The $20 bill is 7 inches from the sensor. You can barely see it, but there is an ID card in the middle bottom of the screen with a bar code which is 6 inches away. The\u00a0motion detector<\/a>\u00a0is about 10 inches away.<\/p>

    While this specific camera didn\u2019t produce enough detail for what the customer was trying to accomplish, it was enough to guarantee a good shot with the the 2MP camera which had the same focal length but higher amount of detail.\u00a0Here are some other factors which play a role in capturing good video:<\/p>

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      But the message here is this:\u00a0Great quality video happens when framerate, focal length, and resolution work in harmony.\u00a0<\/strong>If you depend too much on one or the other, you have a vulnerability in your\u00a0surveillance system<\/a>\u00a0and could risk losing valuable detail used to see someone\u2019s face, a license plate, or money going into a pocket.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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      Here are some that we offer!<\/p>\n

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      1. IP surveillance installation<\/li>\n
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      4. access control installation<\/li>\n
      5. Surveillance and access control integration<\/li>\n
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      8. Alarm system integration<\/li>\n
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        With all of these services and more available to you through our installation team, A1 Security Cameras is ready to benefit you with the best service in Dallas Fort Worth. With products from our catalog, we will provide you with the best surveillance and access control in the industry!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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