An integral process interface is provided
compact at 45mm x 45mm x 62mm and
control system on a variety of existing
on the cameras for input and output
weigh 250g, yet are rugged. The cameras
and new fibre laser products. SPI Lasers
of analogue and digital signals (alarms,
are high speed, up to 128 Hz frame rate,
selected the thermoIMAGER TIM400
temperature values, etc.). Open
and offer very high accuracy, with thermal
because it required a thermal imaging
connectivity drivers are also provided for
resolutions of 80mK and 40mK available.
camera that provided good software
software integration via Dynamic-link
Library (DLL), ComPort and LabVIEW.
Unlike a handheld thermal imaging
camera, the thermoIMAGER is fixed into
position in a production process or R&D
laboratory to monitor the temperature
profile of target materials or objects.
The camera is well suited to process
control, quality and RD&T applications
across virtually all industries. Thermal
imaging cameras from Micro Epsilon are
designed for high speed, high accuracy
measurements. The thermoIMAGER series
of thermal imaging cameras is extremely
Temperature profile of BLOODHOUND
aluminium wheels
integration capabilities. The company
has interfaced the camera to a variety of
R&D and New Product Introduction (NPI)
Infrared thermal imaging cameras from
applications, where the company needs
Micro-Epsilon have been used in high
to log the temperature profiles of diverse
speed (up to 10,500rpm) wheel spin
laser components. The TIM400 is able
tests at Rolls-Royce’s test facility in Derby,
to log the temperature profile of laser
part of the BLOODHOUND SSC Project.
components and output this data to other
The thermoIMAGER TIM 450 compact,
software programs.
high resolution camera was located in a
confined space underneath the wheel spin
test rig to monitor the temperature of the
entire solid aluminium wheel during the
spin test. The camera was chosen for this
task primarily due to its high resolution
and its compact design, which enabled
the camera to be set up in the floor panels
underneath the test rig. The camera was
positioned to look up across a very wide
field of view from a short standoff distance
to measure the temperature of the
complete radius of the wheel.
Software integration capabilities
SPI Lasers, a UK-based manufacturer of
fibre lasers, is also using a thermal imaging
camera from Micro-Epsilon in its quality
For more information, please call the
Micro-Epsilon sales department on
0151 355 6070 or
email [email protected]