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News Release from: Flir Systems | Subject: ThermoVision SC6000HS camera
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 04 December 2006
Non destructive infra red testing
The non-contact, non-destructive capabilities of infrared have made it a vital instrument in the study of thermal performance in R and D and scientific environments.
The non-contact, non-destructive capabilities of infrared have made it a vital instrument in the study of thermal performance in R and D and scientific environments It is more powerful, more flexible and easier to use than ever yet this has been achieved in tandem with cost reduction
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 6 Jun 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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For analysing high-speed events the new ThermoVision SC6000HS camera is unmatched.
Available as an off-the-shelf package it can be specified with a choice of detector, software platform, high-speed data recorder and optics to optimise performance.
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The product of two and half years of R and D itself, this high performer has been designed to record and analyse the thermal performance of dynamic events typically in the field of pulsed laser detection, atmospheric phenomenology, non-destructive test and target signature research.
The camera can be equipped with a choice of detector to suit the wavelength required - InSb and InGaAs and QWIP.
Its output of 14-bit digital data at rates up to 50 Megapixels per second delivers 125 Hz of 640 x 512 imagery (327,680 pixels).
And this extremely sensitive 18mK model is available with a choice of software platforms, high-speed data recorders and optics to optimize performance.
An in-built frame buffer allows independent analogue and digital output streams making the ThermoVision SC6000 HS, the only camera on the market capable of high-speed FPA windowing and simultaneous video output.
The new read-out technology that is an important contributor to this performance allows a range of other advanced features to be incorporated.
These include snapshot simultaneous pixel exposure, adjustable gain for low background applications, variable exposure times, invert/revert and precise external synchronisation in a variety of modes.
For researchers and scientists who do not need the extremely high image quality offered by a 640 x 512 pixel detector can opt for the ThermoVision 4000HS with 320 x 256 detector that is also available with the same range of FPA options as its higher resolution counterpart.
Infrared cameras now of course come in a range of shapes and sizes for either fixed or portable use.
Even the lower end scientific cameras are considerably more powerful and affordable than they were just a few years ago.
The FLIR Systems ThermoVision A series is typical of this new breed.
These IEE1394 Firewire enabled cameras can deliver true 50Hz frame rates and 50mK NETD.
Coupled with the latest release of ThermaCAM Researcher - the preferred choice for image data capture and analysis in infrared - the ThermoVision A20 camera produces a flexible and affordable tool for a broad range of applications.
The ThermoVision A40 brings increased resolution through a 320 x 240 LWIR detector and a wider choice of lenses including a choice of microscope lenses for analysis of thermal events on small objects.
Both cameras feature a variety of analogue and digital I/O to enable batch triggers, external optics correction and alarms to be enabled; they are also now compatible with the Compact Vision system from National Instruments. Request a free brochure from Flir Systems ...
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