Thermal

Thermal imaging is a constantly expanding technology that has become common place in many sectors.

From security and military use to school education and medical purposes, thermal imaging has become a vital tool utilising infrared radiation to understand and monitor our surroundings.

From a safety perspective, thermal imaging provides more reliable and robust temperature detection methods over traditional single point thermometers. Thermal imaging provides a much safer way to monitor heat-based hazards in the workplace. In large-scale industrial or power generation industries, unwanted heat build up creates the risk of human injury or fire. Using thermal imaging this risk is significantly decreased as large areas can be easily monitored and set to alarm before fires occur - unlike conventional fire detection equipment.

Thermal imaging systems have uses far beyond the security and heavy industrial sectors. From monitoring large industrial plants to measuring individual temperatures of passengers in transport hubs, the recent surge in mass thermal imaging testing has been caused by the availability, ease of use and low maintenance equipment available to customers.

In a security application thermal imaging significantly reduces the ability for intruders to evade detection over conventional visible light cameras. With traditional “visible light” cameras, once a target has moved out of frame there is no potential to continue tracking if the target is not easily found. With thermal imaging a target can be detected more easily, due to the thermal signature they emit, or from thermal energy that has been absorbed by another surface which continues to radiate and helps tracking of the target.

Thermal imaging can be used as an individual system or can be integrated into much more complex surveillance systems, providing flexibility to either improve or extend existing equipment.