The feature-rich, user-friendly IR16DS is around half the price of competing systems, bringing immensely capable dual imaging technology to engineers everywhere Irisys has launched its latest thermal imaging camera, the IR16DS. The exceptionally low-cost, feature-rich camera is designed for engineers on the move.

For the first time at this price point, a handheld, lightweight camera enables engineers to capture and display thermal images, visual images, a fusion of the two, or as picture-in-picture. This makes it much easier to identify hot and cold spots, vital when making electrical inspections, energy efficiency surveys and for mechanical testing.
Four moveable cursors allow easy comparison of components and items in the scene. In a 3-phase electrical supply, for example, whilst making a survey an engineer can measure the temperature of each cable at the same time on the camera screen, rather than having to wait until the information is downloaded onto a computer.

A time sequencing function allows unattended monitoring of equipment to observe changes in equipment performance. These can be at regular intervals, or on alarm when a temperature is outside normal parameters.  At five hours, battery life is also unusually long, meaning a single battery can power an entire shift. However, if necessary, the battery can easily be replaced whilst in the field.

The camera can be set to alarm when a hot or cold temperature is outside a defined threshold. Alarms are audible both through the camera speaker or headphones; and visual, via the camera display.

Over 1000 images can be stored on a micro SD card. Engineers can also add voice notes to each image and play them back through the camera’s speaker or through a PC, saving time and effort compared with manual note taking.

 “This is the first time a camera of this resolution and capabilities has been available at anywhere near this price,” said Mike Berrie, regional sales director at Irisys.
“It will appeal to mechanical and electrical maintenance engineers who recognise how easy-to-use thermal imaging technology can be of benefit in measuring, monitoring and identifying problem areas that have previously been hard to find, all at an affordable price.

“It also has many applications for buildings maintenance and saving energy, as it quickly spots poor insulation, air leakages, and moisture issues.”

About Irisys
Irisys is a UK innovator in award-winning technologies that make a significant, measurable impact on business efficiency and contribute to improving the quality of people’s lives.  
Irisys is the global leader in people counting technologies and real time queue management solutions.  Its infrared thermal imaging solutions are used by some of the world’s leading retailers, banks and airports to boost customer service, operational efficiency and profitability.  Irisys pioneered the introduction of low cost thermal imaging cameras for industrial applications and its security technologies are predicted to transform the intruder detection market. Irisys’ ongoing investment in healthcare solutions aims to make hospitals safer and cleaner, and improve home monitoring for the elderly and infirm.
Irisys is an exemplar for a 21st Century British high technology manufacturing business, exporting British technology all over the world, and regularly featuring in the Sunday Times Tech Track list of fastest growing technology companies. The company invests a double-digit percentage of revenues in R&D and holds over 70 patents. One in six employees have PhDs.

Irisys doubled its revenues in 2010, both by changing the landscape of established markets and by creating entirely new areas of demand.

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