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News Release from: Flir Systems | Subject: Thermacam PM695 thermal imaging camera
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Team on 03 August 2001
Thermal camera keeps Spurs scoring
freely
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club's stadium at White Hart Lane has an under-pitch heating system, whose integrity was recently confirmed by a Thermacam PM695 thermal imaging camera
The postponement of a Premier League Football fixture due to a frozen pitch is a costly and time-consuming business Loss of revenue is a clear consequence but equally unwelcome is the enormity of associated administration and the inevitable disruption to the fixtures list
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 20 Sep 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Fortunately thanks to Flir Systems, this is a problem that Glenn Hoddle will not have to face as the new manager of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.
Its stadium at White Hart Lane has an under-pitch heating system, whose integrity was recently confirmed by a Thermacam PM695 thermal imaging camera.
The heating system prevents the likelihood of a frozen pitch and also ensures good quality turf across the winter months by maintaining an optimum temperature.
In fact this important system has helped Spurs Groundsman, Darren Baldwin, and his team achieve a pitch that visiting referees have judged to be the fifth best in the Premier League.
The reliability of this under-soil heating system is one of the many responsibilities of Site Manager, James Hughes.
"Its efficiency is vital," he confirmed.
"And as it is now eleven years old, regular preventative maintenance is important." The Flir Systems Thermacam PM695 was used to check the system's underground network comprising over eighteen miles of plastic pipework laid 18 below the pitch surface.
A uniform 35 C is required when the system is set for snow.
Temperatures then range downwards dependent on the setting selected.
The three further options are 'hard frost', 'frost' and 'minimum'.
The camera also inspected bearings on the pumping system motors for unacceptable wear and associated control electrics for any hot connections.
The Thermacam PM695 is ideal for pitch inspection as its high definition longwave performance makes it immune to solar reflection.
It is therefore able to provide excellent image quality and high precision measurement accuracy, outdoors as well as indoors.
Whilst the economics and operational efficiency of running a football club are commercially important, crowd safety is naturally of paramount concern to THFC.
Therefore to supplement Spurs own stringent maintenance checks the Thermacam inspected the distribution boards for the facilities in all four stands. Request a free brochure from Flir Systems ...
And the result? No red or even yellow cards - a clean bill of health!.
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