Noncontact thermometer takes the heat

The new ThermoLaser from SKF is a lightweight and compact noncontact thermometer, especially designed to measure the temperature of hot, hazardous or hard-to-reach objects.

The new ThermoLaser from SKF is a lightweight and compact noncontact thermometer, especially designed to measure the temperature of hot, hazardous or hard-to-reach objects, without contaminating or damaging an object's surface.

By simply aiming a laser beam and pulling a trigger, the ThermoLaser measures the temperature of an object with an infrared detector.

The measurement is then read from a large, backlit LCD.

Problems such as hot spots can be easily located by aiming the ThermoLaser outside the area of interest then scanning across it with an up and down motion until locating the hot spot.

The optics of the ThermoLaser sense emitted (E), reflected (R) and transmitted (T) energy, which is collected and focused onto the detector.

Electronics translate the collected information into the temperature reading.

The backlit LCD displays the current temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit and will hold the reading for 7s after the trigger is released.

At an ambient operating temperature of 23C, the temperature readings give an accuracy of +/-2% of the reading, between -18 and +260C (0 to 500F) The ThermoLaser will find applications in many fields including, electrical facilities, the measurement of bearing temperatures, automotive, HVAC, food safety, plastics moulding, and in many routine maintenance regimes.

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