50-usec-exposure

This still shot, a 50-μsec exposure taken with an Vision Research video camera running at 4,000 fps with an 8-bit image pixel depth, shows an end mill running in 1018 steel at 9,600 rpm and moving at over 200 ipm. Such videos are used to detect flaws in controlled-chip-size milling and to verify performance of the cutting tools, tool holder, and other hardware.