Ruggedised thermal cameras

26/10/2021

The FLIR A500f and A700f Advanced Smart Sensor ruggedised thermal cameras feature high-temperature detection for extreme environments paired with on-camera analytics and alarm capabilities and are said to be ideal for industrial early fire detection or outdoor condition monitoring applications. Along with enhanced spot, area, line, polygon and polyline analytic functions that improve the definition of areas of interest and object curvatures, the A500f and A700f can help commercial and industrial organisations protect assets, improve safety, maximise uptime and minimise maintenance costs.

For early fire detection, the A500f and A700f thermal cameras can quickly identify increased temperatures related to potentially dangerous conditions.

If smoke is present, the cameras can help provide increased awareness for decision-makers to properly assess and address incidents. Both cameras feature flexible scene enhancement (FSX) technology, found on Teledyne FLIR K-Series hand-held firefighting devices. The result is an ultra-sharp image with finer texture that shows subtler edge details supplied by the embedded visible camera onto the thermal image, enabling operators to recognise objects and people more easily.

The A500f and A700f are also effective tools for pile-burn monitoring, providing automated early warnings for potential issues in waste management facilities or coal collection areas that operate around the clock.

Manufacturing facilities, chemical processing locations or power substations that use common communications and control language can also benefit from the A500f and A700f beyond fire detection.

These cameras empower those organisations to reduce maintenance costs by identifying heat anomalies from mechanical problems at an early stage, thereby extending the life of plant components while maximising uptime.

Featuring a protective IP67-rated housing designed to withstand temperatures between –30°C to 50°C, the A500f and A700f cameras are designed for harsh environments and are discreet enough to deter theft. In addition, the cameras use a single power-over-Ethernet (PoE) cable for both power and communication, helping to further minimise points of potential failure.

The A500f and A700f offer superior thermal imaging capability with a resolution of 464 × 348 for the A500f and 640 × 480 thermal pixel resolution for the A700f. Users can expect a ±2°C temperature measurement accuracy.

The A500f has a temperature detection range between –20°C to 1500°C, while the A700f offers a temperature range between 20°C to 2000°C for detecting chemical fires and other extreme industrial fire conditions.

Along with thermal lens options ranging from 14° to 42° and an embedded HD visible camera, these devices fulfil the needs of most outdoor condition monitoring and fire detection applications.

Installing the FLIR A500f and A700f cameras is seamless. Both cameras are Open Network Video Interface Forum (ONVIF)-compliant and integrate easily into standard security video management system (VMS) and networked video recorder (NVR) solutions, including control of pan/tilts.

For VMS integrations, thermal and visible streams can be viewed independently or simultaneously. The cameras are easy to add, set up and operate in human machine interface (HMI) supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, offering automation system solution providers a running start. Both the A500f and A700f fully support Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) protocols such as message queuing telemetry transport (MQTT) and RESTful application programming interface (API) with a system-unique token key for extra security.

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