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0 Thermal Imagers - Design Trends Thermal Ima Results of a Poll of GlobalSpec subscribers Search Fo GlobalSpec has asked its users about the latest design trends and features related to Thermal Imagers. They have also shared their product applications and tips on how to buy Search manufacturer cat and use these products. these specifications: See the entire survey Spectral Range: Less than 1 microns 1 to 2 microns 2 to 4 microns 4 to 7 microns 7 microns and up Q: What new technologies are influencing thermal imager design? 120 answers Accuracy: No more than 15 Answers: No more than 10 Detectors for 3-5micrometer and 8-12micrometer. Advanced and improved optics and mirrors No more than 5 designed for this. Micro-syncro motors as conformation of the image. Cooler systems. Continuing No more than 3 progress in the technologies for displays. New materials for finished products lighter and more No more than 2 compact. Temperature Resolutio ~Irene H, Design Engineer, Buenos Aires, Argentina No more than 0.0039 D No more than 0.042 De Chalcogenide glasses molding instead of single point diamond turning get less expensive No more than 0.11 Deg of aspheric surfaces and diffractive optical elements. All in focus to reduce thermal No more than 0.8 DegC imager costs. Maximum Frame Rate ~Eduardo P, Design Engineer, Buenos Aires, Argentina At least 8 frames per s At least 19 frames per At least 52 frames per 1) power supply design by portable units, 2 ) the way of cooling the element 3) size of the camera At least 117 frames pe 4) possibility to merge images of other "normal"ccd camera's into one image ~george N, end user, the Hague, Detector Type: Flying Spot Line Scanning 1. Thermal Imaging with Infra Red 2. Thermal Imaging with X-Ray or another Active Measurement Array for Bld Structure & Infrastructure w/o Visible Condition Other ~Aryo Seto I, Architect, Jakarta, Indonesia Cooling: Uncooled Thermo pile /boleometer and matrix filter detectors with amplifications and signal conditioning as a Thermoelectric Cooling layer under the detector (hyperspectral imaging). Liquid Nitrogen Cooling ~Mickey P, Principal Scientist, Houston, TX Active Built-in Cryogen Other Real time digital signal processing. The construction of full 3D models from aggregated data More Specifications >> points. Lower-power digital storage technologies. ~Larry C, Research & Development, Seattle, WA

Electronics, sustainable energy (ie: heating, cooling, solar, wind, wave, passive buildings, Related eNews batteries, thermal storage, and distribution. ~Don C, Stationary Engineer, Fire Protection Engineering and Technologies, and Student always., Aerospace Technolo Tacoma, WA Covers new technologies the aerospace industry. Simultaneously capture a digital photo in addition to the infrared image and fuses it together, Appliance Technolog taking the mystery out of IR image analysis. Serves manufacturers of ~Michael M, General Management, Moscow, Russia commercial, business, a appliances, as well as th The integration of daylight, dawn/dusk, and night time imaging systems for marine applications. engineering firms, produc CCTV integration as well as data. development, and indust ~Mark T, Chief Engineer, Cincinnati, OH firms supporting this indu segment. Advanced building components as well as design and function of newer products and equipment Automotive Technol being incorporated into systems. Keeps engineers up-to-d ~john P, North Bay, latest components, mate Energy conservation opportunities in residential, commercial and industrial facilities to improve the manufacturing tools need Joule heat losses. competitive. ~Engineer Defense & Security T Updates subscribers wit Substrate to operate at normal temperatures and FPA matrix for high resolution for small places developments across all eg circuit cards. sectors relevant to defen ~Masood A, Marketing/Sales, Karachi, Pakistan security.

Nanotechnology, Programmable Hardware, Advances in detector technology, New Algorithms like See More Scene Based NUC etc. ~Sanjukta Ghosh, Project Manager, Pune, India Also on Global Micromachining, advanced materials science for detectors and nanotechnology, quickly come to mind. Free Alerts ~Daniel N, Engineering Consultant, Pittsburgh, PA Receive email updates o products and suppliers o Convenient data collection, cross references with visual images, report creation, data logging. you ~H. John G, Builder/Contractor, Edmonton, Canada Industry Events Online, interactive confer Applications lead the design but that in turn is limited by access to military technology. shows featuring latest ne ~Colin F, Engineering Consultant, Aberdeen, Scotland industry trends CR4 Electronic IC for capacity and power consumption, optical lens design like hybrid... Q&A and discussion for ~Crastes A, Research & Development, Veurey Voroize, engineering, scientific, a community New materials, light weight, longer battery life, usages in airplanes, medical, etc. ~Tali M, Engineer, Nuku'alofa, Tonga Is. Engineering News Engineering and scientifi Epoxy Changes In Industries and khz Freq emitted from, Elect Surrounding Sec Products hundreds of sources ~Justin R, Hydrological Thermographer, Cape town, CA Company Directory Industrial manufacturers Surveillance, miniature cameras for mini UAVs, detection and tracking capabilities. distributors ~Amir E, Senior Security and Safety Consultant, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Surface mount micro circuits are requiring thermal scanning for temp differences. ~Leon V, Research & Development, Kleinmond,

Reductions in weight of hand held units while increasing accuracy and resolution. ~Geoff H, National Products Manager, Brisbane,

Available CCD's, with sensitivity and spectral range, at a reasonable price. ~Technical Support/Services, Strand / Cape Town, South Africa

Aeronautics, spatial, new nanobuilt technology, health, meteorologic forecast. ~General Corporate Mgmt, Cagliari, Italy

More compact designs and competitive pricing is becoming more common. ~Frank H, Engineering Consultant, spruce grove, canada

Advancement in lens design as well as military influence. See below ~John M, Owner/operator Jeminspections, Sarasota, FL

Injection Mold Hot Runner design. Computer chip temp. LED light Temp. ~Vincent F, Engineering Consultant, Bangkok, Thailand

GPS locating / date time stamp / azmith elevation view of imager ~David H, Project Manager, Red Deer, Canada

I really like the flir t & b series, due to the rotating lens. ~Mark S, Purchaser, Zachary, LA

Data aquit...... medical technology...... cartography...... ~Engineering, Process/Production, BALTIMORE, MD

I guess that will be improvements in the type of detector. ~Erwin R, Engineering Consultant, Grenada

Video overlay and multiple image analysis and comparison. ~Mark H, Engineer, Auckland, New Zealand

Still using focal plane arrays for the resolution. ~Merl K, Contractor, Vancouver, Canada

Camera development and Aspheric/Diffractive Optics. ~Zlata E, Design Engineer, Oslo, Norway

Mobile telecom, touch screen, pip, fusion, ethernet. ~Tassos A, General Management, CHALANDRI, GREECE

Denser LCD screen, denoting higher resolution. ~Bruce R, General Management, Bridgewater, NJ

Low cost LCDs, protection materials, optics... ~Aldin C, Technical Support, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Lighter weight, smaller and better detectors. ~Ramiro P, Engineer, Irvine, CA

Security, PV technology, energy management ~Carl R, Electrician/Thermographer, Austin, TX

Development of better imaging electronics. ~Syed J, Contracts Manager, Jubail, SAUDI ARABIA

Data retrieval, picture, repeatability. ~Jerry W, Electrical Supervisor, Salem, OR

Dynamic design, interface and detectors ~Shaibal G, Thermographer, Kolkata, 44

Quantum Cascade lasers, QWIP detectore ~Lubos H, Project leader, Neuchatel, Switzerland

High throughput in outdoor environment. ~Mohammadreza G, Research & Development, Davis, CA

Size of operating systems and detectors. ~Mike M, Engineering Consultant, MO

The ever reducing size of components. ~Steven B, Thermal Imaging Specialist, East Chciago, IN

Combining images - thermal & visual. ~Alan T, General Management, UK

To clarify the image position by GPS. ~Nopadol K, Engineer, Bangkok, Thailand

Non cooled thermal imaging detectors. ~Ronald M, Owner of Hawaii Custom Sales, Honolulu, HI

Infra red, aeronautical and optical. ~Engineering, Consulting, Denpasar, Indonesia

Building in A+ energy classification. ~giovanni S, Engineering Consultant, como, Italy

Nanotechnology and newer detectors. ~Reynaldo Solewicz, Oceanographer, Brazil

Smaller and lighter design cameras. ~John P, PDM Tech, Lynchburg, VA

New algorithms for image processing. ~Thiago B., Student, Smaller and more accurate sensors. ~Martin van R, Technical Support

Energy conservation and retrofit. ~Bill K, Builder/Contractor, Pleasantville, NY

Battery life,weight, resolution ~Don P, Electrical fitter, Napier, New Zealand

Maybe new materials for matrix. ~Ruslan T, Technical Support, Moscow, Russia

Screening tech, imaging tech... ~Mamnoon H, Research & Development, Karachi, Pakistan

Higher resolution thermopiles. ~Edwin N, Research & Development, Dortmund,

Microbolometer, non cooled . ~Ramazan Y, Project Manager, Ankara, Turkey

Google Map overlay. Accuracy. ~Ian S, System Safety Engineer, Chuwar, Australia

Head body production measure. ~José Antoniio F, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain

Heat loss heat calculations. ~steve H, Builder/Contractor, Darlington, WI

Design and picture quality. ~Gordon R, Retired, Canada

Improved thermal sensoring ~Rick H, General Management, Muskoka, canada

QWIP's, higher frame rates ~Steve B, Process Engineer, CA

Size of camera VS accuracy. ~Miguel G, Engineer, San Salvador,, El Salvador

New circuit installations ~John D, Technical Support, Meadville, PA

Multi use and portability. ~Bruce H, Trade Tecnician/ Thermographer, Ferny Hills, Australia

Thermal home inspections. ~Quality Control/Assurance, Red Deer, Canada

May be nano technology! ~Mohamed E, Director Of Engineering in Hotel Industry (Starwood Hotels and Resorts- Le Meridien Heliopolis), Heliopolis, Egypt

Uncooled micro bolometer. ~Tony C, Biomedical Engineer, Adelaide, Australia

Sensitivity & resolution ~Bert S, Builder/Contractor, Honolulu, HI

Price is getting better. ~Stan M, Facilities Manager, plant City, FL

Depth resolution and 3D. ~KANNAN N, Director, Chennai, India

More accurate detector. ~Renante C, Engineer, ORMOC, PHILIPPINES

Uncooled technologies ~Z R, Marketing/Sales, Israel

CMOS, cooling systems ~Clemente Ibarra, Faculty/Staff, Quebec City, Canada

Detection programming ~Joel Meza, Engineering Consultant, San Francisco, CA

Software capabilities ~Kevin O, Engineering Consultant, Carmel, NY

Detectors and filters ~Richard S, Retired, Atascadero, CA

µ-bolometers, InGaAs ~Research & Development, Elancourt, France

Energy conservation ~Konstantinos R, Thermographer, Athens, Greece

Polyurea insulation ~Jeff W, Builder/Contractor, Cumming, GA

Smaller chip sizes ~Rick W, Builder/Contractor, Canada

The microprocessor ~Technical Support/Services, Cleburne, TX

Picture in picture ~A R, Research & Development, Bangalore, ID

Picture in Picture ~John L, Surveyor, Ireland

Sensor resolution ~Theo K, Engineering Consultant, Athens, Greece nano technology ~Peter G, Consultant, Johannesburg, DE

Image processing. ~Ayoub Karimi, Engineer, Safi, Morocco

Military Sensors ~Engineering, Process/Production, Ann Arbor, MI

Accuracy, Price ~Purchasing, Basingstoke,

Microbolometers ~Jefferson O, Design Engineer, Manchester, NH

Nano technology ~Alejandro España, Project Manager, Guatemala, Guatemala

T.O.W Missles. ~Isaac N, Student, Hilo, HI

R&D in Medical ~Benjamin Gnanadigam M, Marketing/Sales, Bangalore, INDIA

QWIP detector ~Research & Development, Bangalore, India Microbolometer ~Fernand T, MD-PhD, Toulouse, France

Size and cost. ~Dave L, Mechanical Systems Service Sales Engineer, Washington, DC

Fusion image ~STEPHANE P, Purchaser, LAVAL, CANADA

Solar energy ~Stanimir N, General Management, Sofia, GA

Processing. ~Maurice B, Engineering Consultant, fox Creek, Canada

New display ~Engineering, Design, BUCURESTI, Romania

Led display ~jacob C, Builder/Contractor, barranquilla, colombia

Computers ~jack t, general management, milford, mi

Dual tech ~Patrick M, Engineering Consultant, Roseville, MN

Ultrasonic ~Badr N, Project Manager, Kuwait, Kuwait

Detectors ~Engineer

Low cost ~Rahul M, Engineering Consultant, Mumbai, India

Nanotech ~Technical Support/Services, Rio Rancho, NM

Laser ~Engineer, CA

Nano ~Research & Development, Ardmore, OK

Cost ~Engineering, Process/Production, Tucson, AZ

Size ~Jack G, building contractor into thermal efficiency for heating homes, Hobart, Australia

QWIP ~Alexander K, Research & Development, Haifa, Israel

LED ~Michael C, Home Inspector, Yukon, OK

FPA ~Aleksandar R, General Management, Rijeka, AL

IR ~Surinder D, Facilities Manager, Mumbai, India

Top Q: From your perspective, which companies are creating the most innovative thermal imagers? 142 answers

Answers: Flir. They are designing imagers for the military...lots of R&D dollars going there. ~John M, Owner/operator Jeminspections, Sarasota, FL

I only know about FLIR. There is a company that makes a great rotating 3D laser imager, but it's not a thermal measuring device at this time. ~Larry C, Research & Development, Seattle, WA

Flir, Fluke ~Ruslan T, Technical Support, Moscow, Russia

Perkin Elmer ~Edwin N, Research & Development, Dortmund, Germany

From what I know, I would say that there are two that stand out and those are DRS Technologies and BAE Systems. ~Ramiro P, Engineer, Irvine, CA

FLUKE and FLIR ~Engineering, Consulting, Denpasar, Indonesia

I use a battery powered hand held thermal imager made by Fluke - that's the only manufacturer I have experience of. ~Jim B, Design Engineer, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Extech. None offer logging capability to build temporal temperature changes. ~Mohammadreza G, Research & Development, Davis, CA

Only Ministry of Public Works in Republic of Indonesia have the equipment for bld and infrastructure thermal imaging, we don't know the type & specification of that equipment. ~Aryo Seto I, Architect, Jakarta, Indonesia

Whomever can produce the most economical unit will capture a huge sleeper market, facilities managers attempting to document retrofit savings before project approval. ~Jeff L, Maint. Spec., Susanville, CA

HGH makes thermal imagers that are more used in the mining industries. ~Ayoub Karimi, Engineer, Safi, Morocco

SOFRADR, France QWIPTECH, USA SCD, Isreal IRNOVA, Sweden ~Research & Development, Bangalore, India

I love the flir folks toys. but, Fluks are rugged as hell. ~Mickey P, Principal Scientist, Houston, TX

I have not been keeping up with the new thermal imagers. ~Mike P, Foundry Engineer, St Marys, OH

Fluke and Flir are the two we're the most familiar with. ~Maria S, Engineering Consultant, Dallas, TX

FLIR SAGEM OIP SENSOR SYSTEMS NEWCOM And many others. ~Irene H, Design Engineer, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Indigo (in the past) FLIR Santa Barbara Focalplane ~Alexander K, Research & Development, Haifa, Israel

Fluke, Flir, Extech is developing in this field. ~Jerry W, Electrical Supervisor, Salem, OR

FLIR, SAGEM, THALES, SBIR, Lockheed Martin, etc. ~Thiago B., Student,

FLIR is the one we have used. They are good. ~Syed J, Contracts Manager, Jubail, SAUDI ARABIA I only used Ratheons Thermo Imaging Systems. ~Isaac N, Student, Hilo, HI

Air Systems Srl, ops..., Flir, Avio, Nec. ~General Corporate Mgmt, Cagliari, Italy

In scientific - FLIR, in industry - FLUKE. ~Aldin C, Technical Support, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

1. Flir 2. Fluke 3. Testo 4. Spectron ~Benjamin Gnanadigam M, Marketing/Sales, Bangalore, INDIA

Not prefer, have a Flir I5 in use. ~Miguel G, Engineer, San Salvador,, El Salvador

Fluke, Flare & Heart Scientific. ~Bruce R, General Management, Bridgewater, NJ

I looked at Fluke FLIR and Testo ~Engineering, Design, Dublin, OH

FLIR; OPHIR; LaightPath; Edmund ~Zlata E, Design Engineer, Oslo, Norway

Rafael, Controp (Israel), FLIR ~Amir E, Senior Security and Safety Consultant, Buenos Aires, Argentina

The field is very competitive. ~Maurice B, Engineering Consultant, fox Creek, Canada

IRISYS in the United Kingdom. ~Alan T, General Management, UK

Open to all new developments. ~lecturer product development engineering

Jenoptik, FLIR/Cedip, IRCAM ~Clemente Ibarra, Faculty/Staff, Quebec City, Canada

Electrophysics - Sofradir ~Theo K, Engineering Consultant, Athens, Greece

Flir, Fluke / Economical ~JIM M, MAINT PLANNER AND SCHEDULER, SPRINGDALE, AR

Fluke, Cost effective. ~Kevin O, Engineering Consultant, Carmel, NY

Electrical industries ~Ian S, System Safety Engineer, Chuwar, Australia

Flir, Fluke, Sofradir ~Ramazan Y, Project Manager, Ankara, Turkey

FLIR, LM, Jennoptik ~Steve B, Process Engineer, CA

Flir extech fluke ~Justin R, Technical Support, Boone, NC

OPGAL, FLIR, BAE, ~Z R, Marketing/Sales, Israel

Fluke and Extecs ~Technical Support/Services, Jyvaskyla, Finland

FLIR, Jenoptics ~Research & Development Flir, Infratec ~Martin van R, Technical Support

FLIR SYSTEMS AB ~Tassos A, General Management, CHALANDRI, GREECE

Flir and fluke ~Gordon R, Retired, Canada

Fluke and Flir ~Engineer

Irvine Sensors ~Jefferson O, Design Engineer, Manchester, NH

FLIR AND FLUKE ~Engineering, Consulting, san Salvador, El Salvador

Chauvin Arnoux ~Rahul M, Engineering Consultant, Mumbai, India

Flir and Fluk ~A R, Research & Development, Bangalore, ID

I like Flir. ~Mark S, Purchaser, Zachary, LA

FLIR, Fluke ~Engineer, CA

Flir & Agema ~Tali M, Engineer, Nuku'alofa, Tonga Is.

MSA; Bullard ~Mike, Emergency Response/Planner, Gravenhurst, Canada

Flir & Fluke ~Bert S, Builder/Contractor, Honolulu, HI

Raytek/Fluke ~Richard S, Retired, Atascadero, CA

Flir & Fluke ~Wilbert C, Design Engineer, Los Angeles, CA

Fluke FLIR ~Carl R, Electrician/Thermographer, Austin, TX

FLIR; TESTO ~Markus C, Faculty/Staff, Trier, Germany

Flir, Fluke ~Peter G, Consultant, Johannesburg, DE

Fluke, Flir ~Engineering, Process/Production, Tucson, AZ

Flir. Fluke ~Manufacturing, Borden-Carleton, Canada

FLIR Systems ~Geoff H, National Products Manager, Brisbane, Australia

Flir System ~Nopadol K, Engineer, Bangkok, Thailand FLIR FLUKE ~Mohamed E, Director Of Engineering in Hotel Industry (Starwood Hotels and Resorts- Le Meridien Heliopolis), Heliopolis, Egypt

IPI, Trotec ~Mark H, Engineer, Auckland, New Zealand

Fluke, FLIR ~Engineering, Process/Production, Viskovo, Croatia

Flir, Fluke ~Engineer, Bogota, Colombia

Flir, fluke ~Yoge S, Engineer, Bangalore, India

Flir, fluke ~Don P, Electrical fitter, Napier, New Zealand

Flir Scott ~Technical Support/Services, Rio Rancho, NM

Flir, ICX ~Product Manager

Photonis ~Engineering, Design, BUCURESTI, Romania

Jenoptik ~STEPHANE P, Purchaser, LAVAL, CANADA

Several ~george N, end user, the Hague, netherlands

Fluke. ~Don C, Stationary Engineer, Fire Protection Engineering and Technologies, and Student always., Tacoma, WA

Fluke ~baali K, preventif maintenance engineer, Oujda, Morocco

Fluke ~Technical Support/Services, Cleburne, TX

Fluke ~Renante C, Engineer, ORMOC, PHILIPPINES

Flir? ~Ronald M, Owner of Hawaii Custom Sales, Honolulu, HI

Fluke ~Surinder D, Facilities Manager, Mumbai, India

Flir ~Sanjukta Ghosh, Project Manager, Pune, India

Fluke ~Michael M, General Management, Moscow, Russia

Fluke ~Manufacturing, ELPASO, IL

Excel ~Joel Meza, Engineering Consultant, San Francisco, CA

Fluke ~John D, Technical Support, Meadville, PA Fluke ~James S, Electrical lecturer, St Agnes, Australia

Fluke ~Jack G, building contractor into thermal efficiency for heating homes, Hobart, Australia

Fluke ~Fernand T, MD-PhD, Toulouse, France

Fluke ~Millwright

Fluke ~Reynaldo Solewicz, Oceanographer, Brazil

Flir. ~Mark T, Chief Engineer, Cincinnati, OH

Flir ~Patrick M, Engineering Consultant, Roseville, MN

Flir ~Nigel L, museum conservator, UK

Flir ~Carlos P, Engineering Consultant, Panama, Panama

Flir ~Eduardo P, Design Engineer, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Flir ~Kenneth N, Technical Support, Freeport, TX

Flir ~John, Engineer, USA

Flir ~Bill M, Builder/Contractor, San Diego, CA

Flir ~Marketing/Sales

Flir ~jack t, general management, milford, mi

Flir ~sixto sarmiento, engineer, lima, peru

Flir ~Scott Donnelly, Inspector, Salisbury, MD

Flir ~David H, Project Manager, Red Deer, Canada

Flir ~Cassaundra W, PdM Technician, New Orleans, LA

Flir ~Juan M, Engineer, Quito, PW

Flir ~Engineer, Wellington, New Zealand

Flir ~Shaibal G, Thermographer, Kolkata, 44

Flir ~Daniel N, Engineering Consultant, Pittsburgh, PA Flir ~Stan M, Facilities Manager, plant City, FL

Flir ~Heikki Kaseva, General Management, Helsinki, Finland

Flir ~Purchasing, Basingstoke, United Kingdom

Flir ~Buster N, Generation Process Specialist, El Dorado, AR

Flir ~Bruce H, Trade Tecnician/ Thermographer, Ferny Hills, Australia

Flir ~Bill K, Builder/Contractor, Pleasantville, NY

Flir ~Crastes A, Research & Development, Veurey Voroize, France

Flir ~Dragan Jankovic, Facilities Manager, Belgrade, Serbia

Flir ~John L, Surveyor, Ireland

Flir ~H. John G, Builder/Contractor, Edmonton, Canada

Flir ~LEONARD C, Builder/Contractor, MILFORD, CT

Flir ~S Sheehan, Technician, Las Vegas, NV

Flir ~Alejandro España, Project Manager, Guatemala, Guatemala

Flir ~Mike M, Engineering Consultant, MO

Flir ~Steven B, Thermal Imaging Specialist, East Chciago, IN

Flir ~Field Service Engineer

Flir ~Konstantinos R, Thermographer, Athens, Greece

Flir ~Colin F, Engineering Consultant, Aberdeen, Scotland

Flir ~Engineer

Flir ~Tony C, Biomedical Engineer, Adelaide, Australia

Flir ~Badr N, Project Manager, Kuwait, Kuwait

Flir ~giovanni S, Engineering Consultant, como, Italy Flir ~Thomas T, Engineering Consultant,

Flir ~Michael C, Home Inspector, Yukon, OK

Flir ~Marc P, Engineering Consultant, Asuncion, Paraguay

Flir ~jacob C, Builder/Contractor, barranquilla, colombia

Flir ~Stephen H, Data Centre Facilities Engineer, Parramatta, Australia

Flir ~Quality Control/Assurance, Red Deer, Canada

ISG ~Aleksandar R, General Management, Rijeka, AL

NEC ~Rodolfo M, Engineering Consultant, Córdoba, Argentina

NEC ~Engineering, Process/Production, Ann Arbor, MI

INO ~Lubos H, Project leader, Neuchatel, Switzerland

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