T&M and Monitoring

The new Xenics Bobcat-1.7-320 is a compact, cost-effective uncooled NIR camera with a unique embedded digital signal processor for intelligent, real-time image processing. The camera has a host of inspection and quality control applications using both subsurface NIR inspection and thermal imaging capabilities. NIR imaging has applications in the semiconductor industry, waste sorting and food inspection as well as on-line quality control, while thermal imaging provides quality control for thermal processes and thermography between 300?0¸8C and 800?0¸8C.

Materials Analysis, Inc., has used NVision’s non-contact MAXOS measurement system and HandHeld Scanner to provide critical assistance in a number of recent product liability cases. “The high levels of accuracy provided by non-contact scanning can often rule out hypothesized causes of accidents. In one case they even served as a benchmark to prove that a defect was too small to be adequately documented, preventing the evidence from being irreversibly altered by unnecessary sectioning,” said Mark Allen Lewis, Staff Engineer for Materials Analysis. “Another key advantage of scanning is the ability to quickly generate electronic solid models that are much easier for non-technical people to visualize than blueprints.”

Silent Knight by Honeywell introduces an IP Communicator designed to enable the transmission of fire alarm system information to a central monitoring station via any standard IP (Internet Protocol) line. By sharing a facility's existing IP line, the IP Communicator eliminates the cost of two phone lines for fire alarm communications and monitoring. In the case of one New York retail establishment, this resulted in a savings of nearly $800 a year.

Aqueous Technologies Corp., introduces the Trident OneShot automatic defluxing and cleanliness testing system. Trident OneShot is designed to provide automatic cleaning (de-fluxing), cleanliness testing, and drying of post-reflow circuit assemblies. The system provides the same cleaning, cleanliness testing, and drying performance of the multi-award winning Trident III Series at almost half of the cost.

Fluke has reduced the recommended prices of its rugged Fluke Ti25, TiR and TiR1 Thermal Imagers for a limited period, until 30th September 2010. The Ti25 is reduced from £4846 to £4199, the TiR from £3230 to £2799, and the TiR1 from £4846 to £3799. These Fluke thermal imagers, designed for day-to-day troubleshooting and maintenance, offer superior image quality and feature IR Fusion® technology which integrates infrared and visible light images in full screen or picture-in-picture views for enhanced problem detection and analysis. Powerful SmartView™ is also included with each thermal imager.

Oil & Gas Systems has purchased ABLE McCrometer V-Cone meters for their gas metering skid designed for the new Oselvar Production Module. The module is due to be installed on the BP Operated Ula Platform and the decision to purchase the ABLE McCrometer V-Cone meters was reached by BP, Aker Offshore Partnership and SGC.

Ultraviolet light is something the human eye can't see but that UV cameras can. The spectral response of the human eye is limited to seeing in the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum in wavelengths between 400 and 750 nm (which is the same radiation spectrum used in normal photography).

Infrared is the perfect technology for spotting and stopping energy loss, and there is now a wide choice of cameras on the market for the purpose. However, what’s really starting to differentiate world leader FLIR from the rest is its focus on making its infrared cameras smarter. As well as improving hardware performance FLIR is committed to the parallel development of software and communication technology. The result, as FLIR will demonstrate at the Energy Event, is a range of solutions that allow inspections to be conducted quicker, easier and with greater intelligence than ever before.

Once the preserve of the few, thermal imaging is now the technology of many. And the good news is that it has never been more affordable. Technology leader FLIR has actively driven this trend. High demand for its cameras across diverse markets has allowed the cost benefit of volume manufacturing to be passed onto the customer.

The new PI nano piezo-Z stages are optimized for very fast step and settle and easy integration into high-resolution microscope applications. They feature a very low profile a large aperture, and travel ranges of up to 200 µm with sub-nanometer closed-loop resolution–ideal for leading-edge microscopy and imaging applications. The piezo stages are designed for inverted microscopes from the four major manufacturers: Leica, Nikon, Olympus and Zeiss. The low profile design of 20 mm (0.8”) facilitates the integration. The large aperture accommodates microscopy accessories such as slide holders, Petri dish holders, etc.