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FLIR Systems, Inc. recently added a new IR camera, the ThermaCAM SC 500, to its family of high performance focal plane array (FPA) infrared imaging and temperature measurement systems. Designed to operate as a stand-alone thermal analysis system, the SC 500 provides the accuracy and details required to understand thermal performance in demanding research and scientific applications. The SC 500 offers an affordable solution for non-contact temperature measurement and testing programs.

Featuring uncooled microbolometer detector technology, the SC 500 provides superb longwave (7.5 to 13 um) imaging and high thermal sensitivity enabling users to distinguish temperature changes as subtle as 0.1C even while evaluating targets across wide temperature ranges from -40° to +2000°C.

Fully automated camera features, multiple measurement modes, an intuitive multi-lingual interface, a variety of lenses and software programs provide flexible yet powerful thermal analysis capabilities. The SC 500 provides the information engineers need to see, measure and quantify heat dissipation. Simple to use, data is easily exported to Excel, MatLab and other common analysis packages.

A 14-bit digital output connector feeds real time data directly to a PC for recording and analysis. Users can control measurement and analysis functions from a PC or via the SC 500 remote control panel. For extensive thermal evaluation of static or real-time images, the SC 500 is compatible with FLIR's ThermaCAM Researcher, a Windows-based digital storage analysis software program.

The ThermaCAM SC Family consists of five high performance IR systems designed to meet varying scientific applications and budget requirements. According to Andrew Teich, Senior Vice President of Marketing, "The expansion of the SC IR Camera family opens new scientific markets and broadens the range of thermal problems solved; it also strengthens the ThermaCAM product line which has become the world's best selling infrared focal plane array for temperature measurement applications."

To date, over 30,000 commercial systems have been sold worldwide to support applications in research and development, non-destructive testing, manufacturing process control, predictive maintenance/condition monitoring and public safety. FLIR's ThermaCAM series of uncooled and cooled thermal imaging cameras have set the standard for thermographic testing and analysis and are the most widely used IR non-contact temperature measurement systems worldwide.

FLIR Systems, Inc., 16 Esquire Road, North Billerica, MA 01862. Tel: 978-901-8226; Fax: 978-901-8532.