FLIR Systems Ltd

FLIR Systems new Application Story Book brings together a wealth of useful information for organisations using or considering using thermal imaging for a scientific or research and development application. Available as a pdf download or a 44-page hard copy brochure - the Applications Story Book provides a useful introduction to thermal imaging, how thermal imaging cameras work and reasons why you might choose to use this technique.

FLIR Systems has introduced a new and considerably enhanced version of its FLIR ResearchIR thermal measurement, recording, and analysis software. Designed for research and development and advanced scientific applications, the new software (available in 20 languages) provides a comprehensive set of easy-to-use acquisition, diagnostics, and data sharing tools.

FLIR Systems has introduced a new and considerably enhanced version of its FLIR ResearchIR thermal measurement, recording, and analysis software. Designed for research and development and advanced scientific applications, the new software provides a comprehensive set of easy-to-use acquisition, diagnostics, and data sharing tools. In addition the new software includes customisable, savable workspaces that allow users to simply arrange how images, data, charts, and plots are displayed.

FLIR Systems has announced an optimised system for visualising HFC/CFC refrigerant gas leaks using their FLIR GF304 Optical Gas Imaging Camera. Hydrofluorocarbon and Chlorofluorocarbon gases are used worldwide in industrial refrigeration systems for production, storage and retailing of food. Refrigerant gas is also used in the chemical, pharmaceutical and automotive industries and in air conditioning systems. Keeping an industrial refrigeration system running is of great importance due to the value of the cooled goods.

To achieve a competitive edge manufacturers are increasingly considering machine vision, and for many, systems based on infrared technology are proving the ideal choice. They are enabling manufacturers to validate and increase product quality and throughput, minimise waste and improve profitability. FLIR Systems is the world leader in infrared technology and markets a range of cameras that are compact enough to fit into the tightest spaces on the production line.

The FLIR X8000sc / X6000sc thermal imaging camera series contains a 4-slot motorized filter wheel with automatic filter recognition and measurement parameter adjustment. The removable filter holders also contain an integrated temperature probe for improved measurement accuracy. Materials that are transparent or opaque to infrared wavelengths present problems in non-contact temperature measurements using a thermal imaging camera.

FLIR Systems has introduced a new 100mm USL lens for its FLIR X6500sc thermal imaging cameras. This motorised F/2 lens provides a 5.5 degree horizontal field of view making it ideal for measuring the temperature of distant targets. Applications that will benefit from the new addition to the X6500sc lens portfolio include safe, remote temperature measurements of tyres, brake disks, airbag deployment or other fast moving objects observed from a distance.

FLIR Systems has published a comparison of the benefits of using a thermal imaging camera versus an Infrared thermometer for non-contact measurement of temperature across a range of industrial and scientific R&D applications. Infrared thermometers are reliable and very useful for single-spot temperature readings, but, for scanning large areas or systems, it’s easy to miss critical components that may be near failure and need repair or replacement.

FLIR Systems has introduced the affordable SC35, SC15 and SC5 camera packs for R&D applications. Thermal imaging cameras can be used for a wide variety of R&D applications. However until now access to high performance thermal imaging cameras was often the privilege of just larger R&D groups.

An application report from FLIR Systems details how the German Bayernoil refinery complex has used a FLIR infrared furnace camera to monitor its hydro reformers enabling them to keep the installations up and running efficiently.

Early results from the NeuroSIPE programme 'Beyond Pain' project, in research funded by the Dutch Technology Foundation STW, demonstrate how a FLIR SC5600 thermal imaging camera has been used as an effective, non-invasive tool for monitoring of pain processing in the central nervous system of patients suffering from small fiber neuropathy.

An applications report from FLIR Systems details how the Aerospace Research Group at the University of Manchester are using a FLIR SC655 thermal imaging camera to test models and aircraft components subjected to hypersonic airflows. For the purpose of space exploration and aircraft technologies, researchers are exploring travelling at hypersonic speeds, which entails attaining speeds higher than Mach 5, more than five times the speed of sound.

A report from FLIR Systems describes how Norwegian waste treatment company - Lindum Ressurs og Gjenvinning AS has successfully implemented a FLIR GF320 gas camera to spot methane leaks, prevent uncontrolled gas venting and keep the air clean at and around its landfill sites.

FLIR Systems has announced a comprehensive 30-page brochure that details its latest high performance uncooled thermal imaging cameras and systems purpose designed for Research and Development applications. In Research and Development applications, accuracy, reliability, sensitivity and high performance are vitally important.

We all know the application scope for thermal imaging is expanding all the time but here is a new addition that is particularly topical. A FLIR T425 thermal imaging camera supplied by Bedford-based Thermascan has taken time out from its usual predictive maintenance and condition monitoring duties to provide artistic images of British elite athletes.

The FLIR GF320 is an IR camera for optical gas imaging that visualizes and pinpoints leaks of VOCs, without the need to shut down the operation. The portable camera also greatly improves operator safety, by detecting emissions at a safe distance, and helps to protect the environment by tracing leaks of environmentally harmful gases.

In Rockwool’s opinion, thermal imaging is the ideal tool for determining the effectiveness of insulation material and the company is working with FLIR Systems ITC to provide industry with a dedicated training programme for this application. Its aim is to give Rockwool distributors and building professionals in Germany, access to expert tuition in the practical use of thermal imaging for building science.

The FLIR SC655 is a high-resolution uncooled thermal imaging camera designed to precisely monitor the thermal efficiency of your development project. Using the FLIR SC655 helps prevent design faults, enhances product quality and cuts time-to-market.

An applications report from FLIR Systems details how electrical power utilities have, by using FLIR thermal imaging cameras and automation software, been able to remotely monitor impending equipment failures and security breaches at any time day or night.

FLIR Systems has released an applications report and video that demonstrates how process operators at the Borealis high-pressure, low-density polyethylene plant in Stenungsund, Sweden are using a FLIR GF306 optical gas imaging camera to detect potentially dangerous gas leaks. In the LDPE production process - ethylene, a highly flammable hydrocarbon, is converted into polyethylene in a high-pressure polymerization reaction.