The professional thermographers’ choice
September 1st 2004

Unmatched sensitivity for exceptional image quality and even greater problem-spotting efficiency

FFLIR Systems’ ThermaCAM® is the highest performing and best selling commercial infrared camera in the world. Its continued commercial success is largely thanks to FLIR Systems’ high and consistent investment in research and development. And naturally, the latest generation of the ThermaCAM® P-Series takes full advantage of this innovation.

Unique and flexible system design The top-of-the-range ThermaCAM® P65 provides real-time performance with an unmatched level of thermal sensitivity of 80mK at 50Hz. This infrared camera contains every element needed to maximise the full potential of thermography, the most universal of predictive maintenance technologies.

The ThermaCAM® P65 uses an ultrasensitive 240 x 320 uncooled long wave detector, the most advanced infrared camera technology in the world. This enables it to detect subtle temperature differences that lower performance cameras will miss. Its 50Hz operation also allows the operator to scan moving objects or scan with a moving camera without image smear or distortion.

In common with its forerunner, the ThermaCAM® P65 provides both thermal and colour visual imaging. When in visual mode, its target illuminator is activated automatically to help inspection in dark areas. The in-built Laser LocatIR™ enables the operator to associate the hot spot on the IR image with the exact location of the problem, easily and safely.

The ThermaCAM® P65 can be used in three unique carrying modes; LCDattached, no LCD or LCD split for remote control to optimise operator safety. The camera can store up to 30 seconds of voice comment with each image. The inclusion of Bluetooth as a standard feature enables wireless connection between the camera and earpiece with integral microphone; this also greatly increases operator safety.

In addition to voice comments, users can also make notes on a PDA running Pocket Word™ and then beam them into the camera. This free text input is an enhancement to the standard feature enabling dropdown text lists to assist in reporting. All text associated with an image is visible in the camera when reviewing images, and is then automatically downloaded when the information is exchanged with a PC. It is also available to be viewed with the image in ThermaCAM® Quickview or ThermaCAM® Reporter.

Sound and colour alarms, in-the-field temperature differential measurement and automatic hottest spot indication are all standard. The camera comes with a powerful 8:1 interpolating zoom, making it much easier to resolve small or distant targets. Also new are copy-paste-and-edit text comments, user profile set-up and colour palettes that can be customised to suit the application.

Another important introduction is the ability to record digitally, real time data in the camera without requiring a PC. The ThermaCAM®’s RAM board can store up to 30 images a second of real-time data as a radiometric sequence or a standard AVI file.

The radiometric sequences can then be played back in the ThermaCAM® Reporter™ software and analysed in greater detail. This feature is ideal for capturing and analysing dynamic thermal events including many mechanical applications.

JPEG Images can be stored to either a removable 256Mb compact flash card or directly to the camera’s internal flash memory. One image can be stored at a time or the camera can be set up to capture images at pre-determined intervals to follow, for example, a thermal cycling process. The images can then be inserted directly into standard Windows programmes such as Microsoft Word for the easy generation of comprehensive infrared reports.

Basic reporting software is also now included with the P-Series package. The ThermaCAM® P65 comes with ThermaCAM® QuickView™, allowing basic post-analysis of captured IR images and the creation of simple reports in a PDFformat.

Images and all relevant data are downloaded quickly to a PC via its USB port without the PC card having to leave the camera.

The seamless integration of the ThermaCAM® P65 and ThermaCAM® Reporter software ensures that field inspection data is transformed quickly and automatically into a maintenance report.

Files containing all field inspection images are simply dragged and dropped onto the QuickReport™ icon. Reporter software can generate the resultant report as a Word document or as a PDF.

A further unique feature on the ThermaCAM® P65 is the ability to recharge its battery whilst it is in the camera.

To ensure the ThermaCAM® P65 is best equipped to suit every application, it has been introduced with an exceptional choice of lenses, accessories and options. In addition to QuickView™ and Reporter™, software options include Image Builder, designed to build a mosaic of images that covers a large surface area. Also available is FLIR Systems’ Database software for archiving and trending IR reports and images.

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