{"id":214129,"date":"2025-05-16T05:18:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T10:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/virtual-time-freezing-technique-lets-scientists-see-inside-spinning-engines-and-tools"},"modified":"2025-05-16T05:18:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T10:18:54","slug":"virtual-time-freezing-technique-lets-scientists-see-inside-spinning-engines-and-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/virtual-time-freezing-technique-lets-scientists-see-inside-spinning-engines-and-tools","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Virtual time freezing\u2019 technique lets scientists see inside spinning engines and tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/virtual-time-freezing-technique-lets-scientists-see-inside-spinning-engines-and-tools2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers have developed a real-time imaging system that can capture images of fast-spinning objects over long durations. Real-time monitoring of rotating parts such as the turbine blades used in power plants or the fan blades of jet engines is critical for detecting early signs of damage\u2014such as wear or cracks\u2014helping prevent serious failures and reducing maintenance needs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCapturing clear images of fast-spinning objects is challenging because they tend to blur or look grainy,\u201d said research team member Zibang Zhang from Jinan University in China. \u201cAlthough <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/high-speed+cameras\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">high-speed cameras<\/a> can help, they\u2019re expensive and can\u2019t be used for long periods. Our method overcomes this challenge by virtually freezing time by exploiting the repetitiveness of the object\u2019s motion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the journal <i>Optics Letters<\/i>, the researchers <a href=\"https:\/\/opg.optica.org\/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-50-10-3449\" target=\"_blank\">describe<\/a> their new imaging system, which is based on a single-pixel detector. They show that it can capture images of an object spinning at around 14,700 rounds per minute (rpm).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers have developed a real-time imaging system that can capture images of fast-spinning objects over long durations. Real-time monitoring of rotating parts such as the turbine blades used in power plants or the fan blades of jet engines is critical for detecting early signs of damage\u2014such as wear or cracks\u2014helping prevent serious failures and reducing [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}