Vibration Isolation for Video Equipment
Whether cameras are mounted on moving vehicles or installed in fixed locations, unwanted vibration can interfere with video quality. Movement from engines, nearby machinery, and surrounding structures can travel through camera mounts and supports, resulting in shaky footage, image distortion, or reduced clarity.
Sorbothane’s unique viscoelastic properties allow it to absorb mechanical energy, damp vibrations, and reduce their transmission to sensitive video equipment. By incorporating Sorbothane into vibration isolation mounts and other components, manufacturers can improve camera stability and help maintain consistent image quality.
With its highly effective vibration damping material, Sorbothane Inc. offers standard products and custom components in a variety of shapes, sizes, and durometers to meet the needs of professional video equipment manufacturers.
Mobile Camera Systems: Capture Stable Footage in Motion
Capturing clear video from moving platforms presents unique challenges. Cameras mounted on helicopters, drones, ground vehicles, watercraft, and other mobile systems are exposed to continuous vibration from engines, movement, and changing operating conditions.
Even with advanced stabilization technology, mechanical vibrations can transfer through mounting systems and interfere with camera performance. Integrating vibration isolation materials into these systems helps reduce unwanted movement before it reaches sensitive equipment.
Sorbothane absorbs and dissipates mechanical energy, making it well-suited for mobile camera systems used in filmmaking, broadcasting, aerial cinematography, and other professional video applications.
SHOTOVER Anti-Vibration Camera Mounts
SHOTOVER Anti-Vibration Camera Mounts use custom Sorbothane components to isolate unwanted vibrations in high-performance mobile camera systems.
SHOTOVER partnered with Sorbothane, Inc. engineers to develop and test specialized components for its gyro-stabilized camera platforms. These components help control vibrations transmitted through the mounting system, supporting camera stability and performance during filming.
Designed for use on helicopters, ground vehicles, and watercraft, SHOTOVER’s camera platforms serve the motion picture, broadcast, and industrial markets. Sorbothane’s vibration damping properties help these systems capture stable footage in demanding environments.
Fixed Camera Systems: Reduce Structure-Borne Vibrations
Stationary cameras can also experience unwanted movement, even when securely mounted. Vibrations from HVAC systems, nearby machinery, building activity, and other sources can travel through walls, ceilings, and mounting structures before reaching the camera.
These structure-borne vibrations can affect image stability and reduce video quality, particularly in applications that require precise positioning or continuous recording.
Sorbothane provides effective vibration isolation by absorbing mechanical energy at the point of contact between the camera mount and its supporting structure. When incorporated into a camera anti vibration mount, Sorbothane helps limit vibration transfer without requiring significant changes to the surrounding installation.
Nigel B. Design Anti-Vibration Brackets
Nigel B. Design Anti-Vibration Brackets use custom Sorbothane gaskets to isolate wall-mounted cameras from unwanted structure-borne vibrations.
Sorbothane, Inc. engineers partnered with Nigel B. Design to develop, test, and manufacture specialized anti-vibration gaskets that attach to rigid camera mounting brackets. These gaskets absorb and damp mechanical energy at contact points, reducing the vibration transmitted from the wall to the camera.
By integrating Sorbothane material into the mounting system, Nigel B. Design created an anti-vibration camera mount solution that allows cameras to be positioned in locations where surrounding vibrations might otherwise affect picture quality.
Video Equipment Vibration Isolation and Damping
Sorbothane can be manufactured in different shapes, sizes, and durometers to meet a variety of video equipment design and performance requirements. From stabilizing mobile camera systems to isolating stationary cameras from structure-borne vibrations, Sorbothane provides effective vibration damping and isolation solutions for professional video applications.
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