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Thermography Newsletter from InfraTec

Infrared Reflexions

Find out about the latest innovations and further developments in the field of infrared thermography. More than 10,000 users around the world already rely on innovative quality products by InfraTec.

Topics of the Current Issue

For 35 years, InfraTec has been synonymous with precise infrared thermography. The latest edition of our newsletter provides a brief review of our company history and introduces our new LWIR camera for highly dynamic processes. It also offers insights into automated quality assurance, flexible OEM solutions, and proven applications in industry and research. You can also find out how thermography, AI, and innovative system solutions create measurable benefits.

We hope you enjoy reading our Infrared Reflexions and that we can continue to inspire your enthusiasm for the world of thermography.

35 years of InfraTec

Anniversary

35 Years of InfraTec

This year marks InfraTec GmbH’s 35th anniversary. From a modest engineering consultancy, we have evolved into a global company with over 240 employees. Today, we are a leading provider of high-quality commercial thermal imaging technology. A story of success we are committed to continuing.

Find out more about 35 years of InfraTec

ImageIR® 9800 - LWIR thermal camera for high-resolution outdoor temperature measurements

New LWIR Camera ImageIR® 9800

High-resolution Outdoor Measurements

The new ImageIR® 9800 is perfect for precise thermography measurements of highly dynamic processes, even at low object temperatures. This radiometrically calibrated thermal camera, designed for the long-wave atmospheric window (LWIR), provides sharp, distortion-free imaging of moving objects. Thanks to its cooled focal plane array with (1,280 × 1,024) IR pixels and 12 µm pitch, it maintains high image quality even at short integration times and low radiation intensities.

Find out more about the ImageIR® 9800

TarisIR® mini - compact radiometric camera designed for integration

Integration

TarisIR® mini: Compact, Efficient and Easy to Integrate

The TarisIR® mini compact radiometric camera is designed for integration into machines and systems used for monitoring, process optimization and quality assurance. Thanks to its compact design, low power usage, and seamless integration into practically any environment, this camera excels in OEM industrial applications and on drones for advanced thermography.

GenICam compatibility and an SDK make it easier to integrate the TarisIR ® mini, while the robust housing ensures reliable operation even under challenging conditions. A versatile range of lenses ensures the camera can handle a wide variety of measurement situations.

Find out more about the TarisIR® mini

ImageIR from InfraTec - Individuality

Features of the ImageIR® Series

Precision Meets Perfection – Innovative Functions for Maximum Flexibility

Thermography is a sophisticated non-contact, imaging-based measurement method with a broad range of applications. With numerous integrated functions and optional extensions, the high-end ImageIR® series cameras can be flexibly tailored to suit a wide range of requirements. This ensures precise and reliable results, even under challenging conditions.

You can, for instance, increase geometric resolution with the MicroScan feature, capture large temperature ranges in a single image using the HDR feature, or measure extreme temperatures and specific spectral ranges via the smart filter and aperture wheel.

We have summarized the innovative functions of InfraTec cameras for you on our new glossary page.

Find out more about the ImageIR® camera features

Curiosity Pays Off!

Whether you’re optimizing processes, ensuring quality, or gaining deeper insights into materials and physical phenomena, ImageIR® cameras from InfraTec are built to deliver results you can trust.

Would you like to see how InfraTec develops and manufactures the high-end ImageIR® series cameras? Take a behind-the-scenes look with our new corporate film about the ImageIR® series.

Real-world Thermography

InfraTec Cameras in Action

InfraTec’s thermographic cameras provide users in science and industry with a broad range of applications. Visualizing temperature data offers valuable information for monitoring processes, ensuring quality, examining materials and other applications. Find out how these powerful and adaptable measuring instruments have been successfully applied in practical settings.

Automotive Production

Future-proof: VW Modernizes Test Procedures

Test cell at VW

As electric vehicle production ramped up, resistance spot welding became the new joining method. The INDU-SCAN test bench, currently in operation, was able to be retrofitted with existing technology and modernized using intelligent algorithms and robotic technology.

Read more about the modernization of the test bench

Electronics

Detecting Faults in Chips and Power Modules

Case study: Workstation for fault analysis at STM

As an European manufacturer, STMicroelectronics manufactures a wide range of semiconductor components for electronic applications worldwide. The company conducts fault analysis on chips, discrete components, sensors, LEDs, and power modules using InfraTec’s E-LIT system. Users particularly appreciate the simple visual identification of faults and the system’s flexibility when measuring different components.

Read more about fault analysis on semiconductor devices using E-LIT

Medicine

AI-supported Thermography in Exercise Physiology

Vessel-associated heat distribution patterns on the body surface

In their latest study, sports scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz demonstrated how infrared thermography combined with artificial intelligence (AI) improves the understanding of physiological responses to physical stress. Using methods like StereoThermoLegs and ThermoNet, thermal images can be automatically analyzed to precisely detect temperature changes in the legs during running or cycling.

Read more about blood vessel-associated heat patterns

Material Testing

In Pursuit of the Solar System’s Origins

Infrared camera ImageIR® 8300 hp Series from InfraTec

Geological field research on Earth provides easily accessible material, but it has been significantly altered by the planet’s history. Untouched samples from the early solar system can only be obtained in space, where minor planets have preserved them for billions of years. Japanese researchers were able to demonstrate through microscopic active thermography that the minor planet Ryugu contains such primordial material.

Read how an ImageIR® camera was used to analyze cosmic probes

INDU-SCAN

Process Monitoring with INDU-SCAN

InfraTec’s thermographic cameras provide users in science and industry with a broad range of applications. Visualizing temperature data offers valuable information for monitoring processes, ensuring quality, examining materials and other applications. Find out how these powerful and adaptable measuring instruments have been successfully applied in practical settings.

PEEL-SCAN

Inspection of Seals Using Thermography

Infrared camera ImageIR 6300 from InfraTec / picture credits: iStock Olga Kostrova

Plastic containers sealed with metallic foils are often used in the pharmaceutical and food industries. InfraTec’s PEEL-SCAN automation solution detects defects such as faulty sealing seams between plastic and metal. Thermography cameras like the ImageIR® 6300 can detect even tiny errors causing 20 mK temperature differences and visualize them using IRBIS® software.

Find out more about PEEL-SCAN

Monitoring of Sinter Processes

Reliably Check the Quality of Sintered Connections

Batteries in an electric vehicle

The INDU-SCAN solution is used in electric car production for the inline testing of thermal connections between inverters and the housings acting as heat sinks. The method now includes automated, highly robust detection of regions of interest (ROI) for the inverters, enabling reliable thermographic measurement of the sintered connections.

Find out more about sinter monitoring

InfraTec OEM cameras modules

OEM Cameras from InfraTec

Thermography-based Solutions for Industry

InfraTec's OEM thermal imaging cameras can easily be integrated into numerous existing process solutions or products. Their modular design allows flexible configuration, enabling precise temperature measurements across a wide range of environments, including machine vision applications. As an integrator, you benefit from

variable interfaces to automation and image processing PCs – compatible with industrial standards such as 10 GigE, GeniCam, GigE Vision and CAMLink,
sturdy protective housings for applications under extreme environmental conditions – optionally with cooling and heating or explosion-proof, and also from
rapid integration into existing systems via a powerful SDK and our dedicated support.

InfraTec is your trusted partner for development, delivery, and service in automation projects. Long-term system availability ensures a sustainable investment.

Find out more about OEM cameras from InfraTec

Insights from Science and Research

Innovative Approaches to Ensuring Quality and Maintaining Wind Turbines

As a global leader in infrared thermography, InfraTec has extensive knowledge of this emerging technology. Our knowledge is constantly growing, thanks in part to involvement in research projects at both national and international level. By leveraging this knowledge, we can unlock new applications for thermography and continually refine our products to the benefit of our customers.

Find out more about InfraTec as a partner of science and research

PreciWind project

Thermographic Analysis of Dynamic Flow on Rotor Blades

Read more about the PreciWind project

In the PreciWind project, InfraTec and partners developed a laser and thermography system to analyze flow and temperature on rotating wind turbine blades, supporting turbine optimization. The ImageIR® 9800 enables high-resolution measurements from up to 300 m, allowing precise analysis over a full rotor rotation.

InfraTec press release funding project EvalTherm

Condition Assessment of Rotor Blades on Wind Turbines

Read more about the EvalTherm joint project

The EvalTherm project, funded by BMWK, was launched to develop a cost-efficient and safe method for inspecting rotor blades from the ground or by drone. Natural sources such as sun or wind are used for stimulation. InfraTec contributed to the project by providing a drone-compatible camera to measure temperature distributions on the rotor blades. A patented differential technique makes it possible to compare and spot defects before they escalate.

Thermal Imaging and AI Provide Reliable Quality Predictions in Hot Forming

AI-supported Quality Forecasts in Hot Forming

Read more about the GreenHiTemp project

Combined with artificial intelligence (AI), thermography during press hardening allows reliable quality predictions in ongoing production, as demonstrated by Fraunhofer IWU and InfraTec in the GreenHiTemp project. This process allows entire batches to be tested non-destructively, detects errors early, and significantly reduces rejects and costs – enabling more efficient and resource-conscious production.

PreciWind project

Thermographic Analysis of Dynamic Flow on Rotor Blades

Read more about the PreciWind project

In the PreciWind project, InfraTec and partners developed a laser and thermography system to analyze flow and temperature on rotating wind turbine blades, supporting turbine optimization. The ImageIR® 9800 enables high-resolution measurements from up to 300 m, allowing precise analysis over a full rotor rotation.

InfraTec press release funding project EvalTherm

Condition Assessment of Rotor Blades on Wind Turbines

Read more about the EvalTherm joint project

The EvalTherm project, funded by BMWK, was launched to develop a cost-efficient and safe method for inspecting rotor blades from the ground or by drone. Natural sources such as sun or wind are used for stimulation. InfraTec contributed to the project by providing a drone-compatible camera to measure temperature distributions on the rotor blades. A patented differential technique makes it possible to compare and spot defects before they escalate.

Thermal Imaging and AI Provide Reliable Quality Predictions in Hot Forming

AI-supported Quality Forecasts in Hot Forming

Read more about the GreenHiTemp project

Combined with artificial intelligence (AI), thermography during press hardening allows reliable quality predictions in ongoing production, as demonstrated by Fraunhofer IWU and InfraTec in the GreenHiTemp project. This process allows entire batches to be tested non-destructively, detects errors early, and significantly reduces rejects and costs – enabling more efficient and resource-conscious production.

Knowledge

Lock-in Thermography White Paper

Electronic components are getting smaller and even more complex. Lock-in thermography reveals even the smallest temperature differences in the µK range, allowing defects to be precisely detected and localized. In the electronics industry, the process is successfully used from prototype development to quality assurance in series production.

With E-LIT, InfraTec offers a test bench that employs lock-in thermography to detect faults in electronic components. Find out how to leverage the automated solution in your business by reading our White Paper. Take advantage of our practical tips to achieve the best possible measurement results.

Request the white paper now

Trainings

We Live Thermography – Online Events, Seminars and Trade Shows

Knowledge is the basis of progress and advancement. Acquiring knowledge creates new ways of accomplishing tasks and meeting challenges with even greater success.

InfraTec Trade Shows & Conferences - Trade Show Booth

Meet us at the Following Trade Shows

Fair appointments

Experience the high measurement quality of our products on-site at our trade show booth. We cordially invite you to be our guest at the following trade shows.

InfraTec Trade Shows & Conferences - Trainings

Seminars, Events and Trainings at InfraTec

All seminars at a glance

Here you get an overview about our events und current dates. You will receive tips for the daily use of InfraTec products in selected seminars and get the chance to deepen your knowledge in a lively way. Practical, descriptive and to the point.

Recordings of Topic-specific Online Events

Overvie Events On Demand

InfraTec offers a diverse selection of free online events every year. In our topic-specific, compact presentations, various speakers from the respective specialist areas present the possibilities and special features of different applications.

InfraTec Trade Shows & Conferences - Trade Show Booth

Meet us at the Following Trade Shows

Fair appointments

Experience the high measurement quality of our products on-site at our trade show booth. We cordially invite you to be our guest at the following trade shows.

InfraTec Trade Shows & Conferences - Trainings

Seminars, Events and Trainings at InfraTec

All seminars at a glance

Here you get an overview about our events und current dates. You will receive tips for the daily use of InfraTec products in selected seminars and get the chance to deepen your knowledge in a lively way. Practical, descriptive and to the point.

Recordings of Topic-specific Online Events

Overvie Events On Demand

InfraTec offers a diverse selection of free online events every year. In our topic-specific, compact presentations, various speakers from the respective specialist areas present the possibilities and special features of different applications.