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Successful
Applications of Infrared Thermometers |
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The
table below contains a sample list of common
applications for Infrared Pyrometers. Associated
with each application is one or more "application
groups"; these groups characterize the
applications, and essentially provide an index to
our in-depth Model Selection Guide. (Click
here for descriptions of the
Application Groups.).
For
guidance on which Infrared Pyrometer models are
most appropriate for your application, simply find
your application in the table and click on the
Application Group listed next to it.
Note:
this is just a sample of Infrared
applications. Please contact
us to discuss other potential
applications of Infrared Thermometers.
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| Common
Infrared Thermometer Applications |
Application
Groups |
| Cement Kiln - - burning
zones; preheaters |
0 |
| Combustion or Incinerator -
hot gases and utility boilers, rotary
kiln |
6 |
| Energy conservation -
insulation and heat flow studies; thermal
mapping |
8 |
| Environmental -
meteorological, biological, agriculture studies,
remote airborn sensing, ground, water & ice
surface temperatures |
8 |
| Filaments - annealing,
drawing, heat treating |
0,
18 |
| Food - baking,
candy-chocolate processing, canning, freezing,
frying, mixing, packing, roasting |
8 |
| Furnaces- flames, boiler
tubes, catalytic crackers |
0,6 |
| Glass- drawing,
manufacturing/processing bulbs, containers, TV
tubes, fibers |
4,8 |
| Maintenance - appliances,
bearings, current overloads, driving shafts,
insulation, power lines, thermal leakage
detection |
8 |
| Metals (ferrous and non-ferrous)-
annealing, billet extrusion, brazing,
carbonizing, casting, forging, heat treating,
inductive heating, rolling/strip mills,
sintering, smelting |
0 |
| Quality Control- printed
circuit boards, soldering, universal joints,
welding, metrology |
0,8 |
| Paint- curing, drying |
8 |
| Paper - coating, ink
drying, printing, photographic emulsions, web
profiles |
8 |
| Plastic Bulk -
blow-molding, RIM, film extrusion, sheet
thermoforming, casting |
8 |
| Plastics Thin Films - photographic
film materials, insulating films, PE, PP, PS, PA |
2 |
| Remote sensing (thermal mapping)
- clouds, earth surfaces, lakes, rivers, roads,
volcanic surveys |
8 |
| Rubber - calendering,
casting, molding, profile extrusion, tires,
latex gloves |
8 |
| Silicon- crystal growing,
strand/fiber, wafer annealing, epitaxal
deposition |
0,8,18 |
| Textile - curing, drying,
fibers, spinning |
8 |
| Vacuum chambers-
refining, processing, deposition |
0,8,18 |
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Application Group Descriptions
The application group numbers are defined as
follows:
| Online
Application Groups: |
| 0 |
- metals & high
temperatures |
| 2 |
- thin film (< 1mm) |
| 4 |
- glass |
| 6 |
- gases |
| 8 |
- low temperatures & non-metals |
| 18 |
- extremely high temperatures |
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