Thermal and visual camera built side by side
An
Armstrong Optical product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Mar 22, 2006
Infra-red radiometric camera is built into a rugged, compact and durable magnalium casing, based around an uncooled array and integrating multiple technologies.
Armstrong Optical of Northampton has introduced the Thermopro TP8 thermography product.
The infra-red radiometric camera is built into a rugged, compact and durable magnalium casing, based around an uncooled array and integrating multiple technologies never before used in thermal imaging systems.
The 388 x 284 pixel IR detector enables the capture of high resolution, high sensitivity and high accuracy noise-free 16bit thermal images.
Incorporated alongside is a full-colour 1280 x 1024 visible camera so that operators can simply locate the scene to be inspected, snap the shutter and then have both high-resolution thermal and visual images taken and saved together in a single file with one name.
The integrated laser locator helps operators accurately associate a hot spot shown in thermal images with the real physical target.
A thermal sensitivity of 0.06C and temperature measurement accuracy of +/-1C or +/-1% enables operators to pinpoint small temperature difference quickly and easily.
Built-in multiple measurement modes allow simultaneous eight-spot and eight-area analysis, line profile and isotherm analysis.
A high-capacity SD memory card lays the foundation for real-time image recording.
The recording captures dynamic radiometric sequences of targets at different frame rates.
Sequences, as well as images that are stored in JPeg file format, can be played back on the camera or transferred via the built-in USB2.0 interface to a PC for further analysis.
A suite of Windows-based software is available for the PC providing temperature measuring, image processing and report generating functions allowing the automation of reporting and archiving of infra-red and visual images, videos and voice annotation.
Two viewing options are available - a built-in colour 640 x 480 OLED viewfinder and a detachable colour 640 x 480 LCD (TFT) screen.
A high-resolution VGA, Pal and NTSC output mode also enables video imagery to be captured on external storage systems.
For maximum data flexibility a 30s duration digital clip (voice annotation) can be stored with each image.
This is captured via a wireless Bluetooth headset.
It is also possible to control the camera via the built-in voice control algorithms.
"With the addition of these new software and hardware features, the use of an industry-proven uncooled array and a range of optional accessories, the Thermopro TP8 will allow professional thermographers ease of use and flexibility of operation never before available", said Ian Johnstone, Sales and Marketing Director at Armstrong Optical.
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