{"id":4683,"date":"2021-03-13T15:32:14","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T14:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/optronis.com\/thermal-management-of-high-speed-cameras\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T12:56:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T11:56:13","slug":"cyclone-thermal-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/optronis.com\/en\/insight\/cyclone-thermal-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclone Thermal Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"mzgr-jumbotron-1-1\" class=\"op-section mzgr-content-1\">\n\t<div class=\"jumbotron\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Thermal management of Cyclone cameras<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"mzgr-content-space-1-2\" class=\"op-section mzgr-content-space-1\" style=\"height: 25px; background-color: #FFFFFF\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"mzgr-content-1-3\" class=\"op-section mzgr-content-1\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>High-speed cameras are primarily designed to deliver the highest possible frame rates. Control and processing electronics of the image sensor are optimized to read out and transmit a maximum number of images per second from the sensor. High frame rates with massively parallel processing of image data contribute strongly and unavoidably to power consumption and thus to heating of sensor and electronics. This power must be dissipated to the environment via the camera housing.<\/p>\n<p><strong> &#8211; The design of the camera has to cope with conflicting requirements. &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the one hand, the heating of the electronics must be limited to avoid thermal shutdown, image quality degradation and rapid aging. On the other hand, the camera housing should be small to allow flexibility for different applications, especially for machine vision. Forced air cooling would be very effective in solving these requirements, but is not compatible with vibration-sensitive applications or operation in dusty environments.<br \/>\nThe Cyclone series cameras are designed to solve these conflicting requirements by separating the electronics and camera cooling. Hot spots inside the camera are avoided by thermally connecting heat sources to the housing. This prevents critical components from heating up far beyond case temperature. Nevertheless, the camera housing could become too hot at particularly high ambient temperatures.<\/p>\n<p><strong> &#8211; Flexible camera cooling concept allows a small camera housing without compromising operation at high ambient temperatures. &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Three solutions for camera cooling are supported by the camera housing design. All of them can be attached on each side of the camera and do not affect camera fixing in a relevnat way.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"mzgr-content-4-4\" class=\"op-section mzgr-content-4\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-4\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>First, a passive heat sink can be attached externally to the camera. This simple solution allows the camera to operate continuously at high ambient temperatures.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-4\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Second, a fan-assisted heat sink is proposed. This extends camera operation to even higher ambient temperatures.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-4\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Third, the camera mount, which is present anyway, also handles heat dissipation and allows the camera to operate at ambient temperatures close to the maximum housing temperature of typically 65\u00b0C (149\u00b0F).<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"mzgr-content-4-5\" class=\"op-section mzgr-content-4\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-4\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4707\" src=\"https:\/\/optronis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cyclone-HIS-S-300x269.png\" alt=\"Cyclone camera with passive heat sink\" width=\"220\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/optronis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cyclone-HIS-S-300x269.png 300w, https:\/\/optronis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cyclone-HIS-S.png 308w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-4\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4705\" src=\"https:\/\/optronis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cyclone-FAN-S.png\" alt=\"Cyclone camera with fan cooling\" width=\"160\" height=\"201\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-4\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4719 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/optronis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cyclone-Mount-S-1-300x256.png\" alt=\"Cyclone camera mounted on customer specific mount for cooling\" width=\"300\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/optronis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cyclone-Mount-S-1-300x256.png 300w, https:\/\/optronis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cyclone-Mount-S-1.png 439w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thermal management of Cyclone cameras High-speed cameras are primarily designed to deliver the highest possible frame rates. 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