Cavitar Schlieren Imaging Solutions

Reveal invisible gas and liquid flows and shock waves with a high-performance, plug-and-play optical visualization system. Designed for Schlieren and shadowgraph imaging and optimized for CAVILUX lasers and Cavitar Welding Cameras, it delivers detailed imaging for research and industrial processes in a compact, flexible design.

Benefits

  • Comes pre-aligned to customer’s specifications
  • Can be customized for specific cameras
  • Plug-and-play: 1. Install the table legs, 2. Install camera and light source, 3. Start imaging (Z-type)
  • Schlieren mask adjustment is possible during imaging
  • Different Schlieren masks (also custom masks) are available for emphasizing different flow elements

Applications

Check out how CAVILUX HF can be used in your field of industry and how our customers have used it in the following applications:

Benefits

  • Comes pre-aligned to customer’s specifications
  • Can be customized for specific cameras
  • Plug-and-play: 1. Install the table legs, 2. Install camera and light source, 3. Start imaging (Z-type)
  • Schlieren mask adjustment is possible during imaging
  • Different Schlieren masks (also custom masks) are available for emphasizing different flow elements

Applications

For visualization of changes in refractive index:

  • Temperature gradients (heating processes)
  • Phase differences (mixing of liquids, gas flows and evaporation)
  • Small particles (efficient light scattering)
  • Pressure gradients (shock waves in air or liquid)

For research and development of various applications and processes:

  • For welding process imaging (shadowgraph also possible)
  • For welding research
  • Additive manufacturing
  • Energy technologies
  • Chemical industry (mixing of liquids and gasses)
  • Shockwaves
  • Ballistics
  • Aerospace
  • Materials testing

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