Five get launched!
July 1st 2005

Irisys has announced the release of five new thermal imaging temperature sensors to expand the range of applications available to its IRI 1011 sensor. Based on Irisys’ 16x16 pixel array, the sensors are for a wide variety of applications.

The family comprises five new temperature sensors with differing temperature ranges, accuracy and measurement angles. The new products are: The IRI 1021 – measures from 30°C to 300°C (measured at an ambient of 23°C) at ±2°C or ±2%, whichever is the greater.

The IRI 1031 measures from 100°C to 1000°C (measured at an ambient of 23°C) with an accuracy of ±3°C. This unit is provided with a calibration certificate.

The IRI 1041, IRI 1051 and IRI 1061 are respectively identical to the IRI 1011, IRI 1021 and IRI 1031, except for a narrow angle 10° FOV lens in place of the 20° FOV lens.

The narrower field of view allows the unit to be placed twice the distance from the object-under-test while measuring the same area, or to be placed the same distance from the object-under-test giving double the resolution.

There are various user settings and controls that add to the flexibility of the devices with sensitivity and offset control being adjusted manually or automatically.

The software has two userprogrammable points on-screen that show the temperature differential between those points and a built-in class II laser is used to aim the device or to highlight the reference pixel. All operations of these devices have been designed to be used by one hand.

The temperature sensors are easily connected to a PC by an RS 232 cable for further data manipulation that can include multiple item storage and retrieval.

Up to ten devices can be linked to one PC and 10 user-definable cursors may be used. The values can be saved to MS Excel, or can be cut and pasted into other MS applications while images can be stored on a flashcard for downloading.

The hand-held sensors use a PDA, Pocket PC or Palm, to display results while the auto-adjusting software allows the user to browse, ‘grab’, save and download measurements to a PC. The devices offer ‘real-time’ performance with 8 measurements per second. The output is a 96 x 96 pixel display, that can be digital read-out, greyscale, green/blue or red/blue depending on preference.

The PDA simply ‘clicks’ onto the sensor or can be used as a separately held display allowing sensor access to awkward places.

Each of the family is cased in impact-resistant plastic, has dimensions of 120 x 125 x 80mm, weighs less than 600g and can be used with the supplied pistol grip, or also with a tripod. The devices can be powered from the mains or by four AA-type batteries, that will give up to 8hours operation.

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