Author: Ari Heeler

Shear Max image of an automotive backlite. The image above was acquired with the GFP™1600 FPI (Flat Panel Illuminator). The GFP1600 FPI is ideal for measuring stress in large glass samples.

Shear 45 image of an automotive sunroof. The image above was acquired with the GFP™1600 FPI (Flat Panel Illuminator), and shows the temper patterns in the automotive sunroof glass.

Shear Max image of an automotive sunroof. The image above was acquired with the GFP™1600 FPI (Flat Panel Illuminator), an ideal product for measuring stress in large glass samples.

Image of a bruise on a space shuttle orbiter windshield. Bruise was caused by the HVI (Hyper Velocity Impact) of a particle hitting the windshield in space.View more HVI images.

HITF (High Velocity Impact Testing Facility) stress image of damage to a NASA orbiter windshield. HITF is a laboratory simulation of HVI (Hyper Velocity Impact) testing. View more HVI images.

Stress images of shuttle orbiter windshield chatter checks. On the left, normal stress, and on the right you’ll see Shear 0. The system that acquired the images is similar to the GFP1600.

Stress images of space shuttle orbiter windshield chatter checks. The system that acquired the stress images is similar to the GFP1600™. Click the button below to read more!

A bruise on a space shuttle windshield. Reflection is measured with a real-time stress measurement system like the GFP2600™. Transmission image is measured with a system like the GFP1600™.

Visible light image of damage to a shuttle orbiter windshield caused by HVI (Hypervelocity Impact). The image was acquired with a special GFP system developed in partnership with NASA.