Camera extends business opportunities
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Flir Systems product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Oct 17, 2002
Thanks to its recent purchase of a new handheld ThermaCAM E2 infra-red camera, Cardiff-based electrical engineering company Gwinnutt will be able to undertake projects it previously had to refuse.
Thanks to its recent purchase of a new handheld ThermaCAM E2 infra-red camera from FLIR Systems, Cardiff-based electrical engineering company Gwinnutt will be able to undertake projects it previously had to refuse.
"The camera we used to hire for our thermographic work could only take a single snapshot", explained Engineering Services Manager Steve Tyrer.
"So when a customer asked us to scan output from a continuous welding machine, we couldn't help.
Now we can".
A family business of 30 years standing, Gwinnutt has established a reputation for being able to rectify relatively complicated electrical engineering problems.
Its business has grown through diversification and in addition to electric motor repairs and panel building, now includes predictive maintenance.
The industries Gwinnutt serves are wide-ranging but automotive is a key sector for the company.
Thermography is an important element of Gwinnutt's consultancy work and steady demand for its services has now made it economically viable for the company to invest in its own infrared camera.
Cost, compact size and excellent quality images were the reasons why Gwinnutt ultimately chose the ThermaCAM E2.
The ThermaCAM E2 incorporates the latest two-dimensional uncooled, focal plane array detector.
The result is a thermal sensitivity of 0.12C and clear, noise-free images displayed on the camera's integral colour LCD.
It stores up to 50 infra-red pictures in JPEG format that can be easily downloaded into an inspection report on the user's PC.
Gwinnutt was left in no doubt of the E2's potential when during a pre-sale demonstration at a customer's chemical plant, it detected a significant fault.
The camera revealed a wire at 150C in a control panel leading to a main fuse.
As Steve Tyrer confirmed, it took him next to no time to acquaint himself with the camera.
"I picked it up, played with it for 10 minutes and got to work.
It performed even better than I had expected".
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