The technology to assess and monitor the production processes has been around for years. However, the past 5 years have seen the infrared camera industry undergoing huge leaps forward in instrument design and specification.
Thermal imaging, also called thermography, is the production of infrared or "heat" pictures by utilising an infrared camera. Based on these thermal images, accurate temperature measurements can be made, and even allows the detection of small temperature differences.
Infrared is not only used to improve production efficiencies or to optimize quality control, it also plays a critical role in the early detection of fires, to see through smoke or in security and monitoring applications.
Yet some companies are still willing to risk huge financial penalties, extended periods of downtime and even health and safety violations by failing to adopt a proactive mentality towards on-line process monitoring using infrared cameras. Infrared cameras are also able to detect fires in the very early stages, potentially before traditional smoke detectors would sense a fire.
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Acknowledgements: The explanations on Thermography and its applications are courtesy of FLIR Systems.
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