Successful
Applications of Infrared Thermometers
The table below contains a sample list of common applications
for infrared thermometers. 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 thermometer 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.
| Common Infrared Thermometer
Applications |
Online Appln Groups |
Portable Appln 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 |
R5,R8,R10 |
| Environmental
- meteorological, biological, agriculture studies, remote
airborne sensing, ground, water & ice surface temperatures |
8 |
|
| Filaments
- annealing, drawing, heat treating |
0,
81 |
|
| Food - baking,
candy-chocolate processing, canning, freezing, frying,
mixing, packing, roasting |
8 |
R5,R8,R10 |
| 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 |
R5,R8,R10 |
| Metals (ferrous
and non-ferrous)- annealing, billet extrusion,
brazing, carbonizing, casting, forging, heat treating,
inductive heating, rolling/strip mills, sintering, smelting |
0 |
R16,R20 |
| Quality Control-
printed circuit boards, soldering, universal joints,
welding, metrology |
0,8 |
R5,R8,R10 |
| Paint - curing,
drying |
8 |
R5,R8,R10 |
| Paper - coating,
ink drying, printing, photographic emulsions, web profiles |
8 |
R5,R8,R10 |
| Plastic Bulk
- blow molding, RIM, film extrusion, sheet thermoforming,
casting |
8 |
R5,R8,R10 |
| 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 |
R5,R8,R10 |
| Silicon -
crystal growing, strand/fiber, wafer annealing, epitaxal
deposition |
0,8,81 |
|
| Textile -
curing, drying, fibers, spinning |
8 |
R5,R8,R10 |
| Vacuum chambers
- refining, processing, deposition |
0,8,81 |
|
Application
Group Descriptions
The application group numbers are defined
as follows:
| Online Application
Groups: |
| 0 |
- metals
& high temperatures |
| 2 |
- thin
film (< 1 mm) |
| 4 |
- glass |
| 6 |
- gases |
| 8 |
- low
temperatures & non-metals |
| 81 |
- extremely
high temperatures |
|
| Portable Application
Groups: |
| R5,R8,R10 |
-low
temperatures & non-metals |
| R16,R20 |
- metals
& high temperatures |
|
|
