MoviTHERM Develops Technology to Help Recycling Facilities Detect and Deter Costly Fires

MoviTHERM Develops Technology to Help Recycling Facilities Detect Fires

MoviTHERM is the first in the market to introduce a low capital cost solution to metal recycling facilities who want to prevent costly fire outbreaks and maintain a safe working environment. With an emphasis on recycling, facilities are seeing more lithium-ion batteries end up in their waste stream. This becomes a concern, as when lithium-ion batteries are broken or crushed, they can become hot, start to smoke, and catch fire. MoviTHERM has created a cloud-based solution that is easy to install, provides automated alerts, and optimizes safety to not only employees at the metal recycling facility, but all surrounding neighborhoods as well.

Learn more about how MoviTHERM is helping prevent metal recycling fires!

MoviTHERM2022-06-01T16:03:04-07:00Monday, January 17, 2022|News|

Biomass Power Generation Facilities are Finding Ways to Prevent Fire Damage

Biomass Facilities are Finding Ways to Mitigate Fires

Biomass Power Generation facilities are finding ways to mitigate and prevent fire damage. Unfortunately, detecting early-stage fire formation within a biomass bulk pile is difficult. Therefore facilities are resorting to implementing the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) with early fire detection technologies, like infrared (IR) cameras. IR camera systems are the first to alert before a fire develops. They see a warming-up of material early in the fire development process before forming smoke particles or flames. Fire safety is an area that can realize the benefits of IIoT when combined with infrared camera systems. By connecting sensors that alert at different stages of fire development and varying conditions for fire formation, potential fires can more readily be detected and prevented.

Learn more about how IIoT EFD systems work and how they can be beneficial for Biomass Power Generation Facilities.

MoviTHERM2022-06-01T16:02:08-07:00Monday, January 17, 2022|News|

Thermal Inspection Ensures Sterility of Medical Devices

Keeping medical devices sterile is crucial, which is why a medical device manufacturer put in place a direct heat transfer seal as the final step in the process of sterilization to make sure all devices would successfully arrive to the operating room fully sterilized. Hank Hogan, from photonics.com, explains how the package sealing process works, which MoviTHERM designed the solution to, using thermal cameras from AT – Automation Technology. Markus Tarin, CEO of MoviTHERM, exclaims that “Our system is more objective than a human being because it is computerized.”

Click below to read more about the final step in assuring sterility of medical devices.

MoviTHERM2022-06-01T16:00:06-07:00Thursday, January 13, 2022|News|

Body Temperature Cameras – MoviTHERM’s CEO Shares Thoughts on the Dying Market

Markus Tarin Shares His Thoughts on ETS in Article

covid-19 screening, Body Temperature Cameras,

What was once a pandemic lifesaver is now struggling to keep its head above float from the new Covid wave called Omicron. Body temperature cameras are not pulling in the same numbers as they were back in 2020. Though “cases are doubling every 1.5 to 3 days in areas with community transmission”, according to WHO, the market just isn’t as interested as they were when the pandemic was just starting. William Pao, from asmag.com, writes about the substantial decrease in demand for body temperature cameras, some companies even calling it a dead market. Our CEO, Markus Tarin, shares his thoughts on why the market may be seeing a decrease even through the new Omicron wave.

Click below to read more about the drastic decrease in demand.

MoviTHERM2022-06-01T15:58:50-07:00Monday, January 3, 2022|News|

New Camera Enclosure for FLIR A400/A500/A700/GF77a

MoviTHERM Announces the Introduction of a New Camera Enclosure for FLIR A400/A500/A700/GF77a Cameras

MoviTHERM has entered into a distribution agreement with AutoVimation, a camera enclosure manufacturer from Germany. AutoVimation has recently released a new front cover for their Megalodon line of enclosures. This new front cover contains a Germanium window as well as a standard glass window matched to the camera optics of the FLIR A400, A500, A700 and the GF 77a cameras.

autovimation megalodon FLIR A400 A700 A500 GF77 These cameras tend to run very hot as part of their normal operation. So it is very difficult to place these cameras into a standard thermal camera enclosure, as this may cause a thermal runaway situation. A thermal runaway is a situation where the heat from the camera warms up the surrounding air and the enclosure too quickly, causing the camera to eventually overheat. The Megalodon enclosure series addresses this issue with an advanced thermal management design, thus keeping the camera within the recommended operating range specified by the manufacturer.

It is true that the FLIR A400, 500, 700 and GF77a cameras are inherently protected from the elements. These cameras in conjunction with a special lens cover “IR Hood” can be operated in outdoor environments. However, it is still sometimes advantageous to protect these valuable assets with an extra layer of safety. The Megalodon enclosure does exactly that and provides the proper heat sinking required for these cameras.

MoviTHERM also provides a wide variety of enclosure accessories with the Megalodon enclosures. These accessories include numerous mounting brackets, IR-Mirror attachments to fold the image path into 90 degrees, pneumatic shutter options to protect the front window from flying debris (i.e. in shredder applications), a sun shield as well as a heating plate for cold weather installations. We offer accessories for just about any application.

Megalodon Accessories

MoviTHERM is excited about this offering for the new camera enclosure for FLIR A400/A500/A700/GF77a. We are committed to providing continual value-added solutions for our customers. We are further excited about our new distribution partnership with AutoVimation!

About AutoVimation

AutoVimation produces protective camera enclosures and an extensive range of accessories that allows to use machine vision systems in virtually any environment. The enclosures are as variable as the applications: from the extremely compact Colibri to the Mammoth – from easy to integrate dovetail enclosures to to high grade stainless steel Feuersalamander in hygienic design – there is a solution for every application. Thanks to autoVimation’s patented heat-guide / quick-lock camera mount the outer enclosure works like a heat-sink to the camera. Thus the camera system can be used at up to 20°C higher ambient temperatures. Water cooling systems and enclosures with Peltier-climatisation are available in order to extend the temperature range further. The „Machine-Vision Construction Kit“ matching all dovetail enclosures makes it easy to integrate cameras and lights and other components into a machine – using pre-fabricated parts, avoiding design time, and allowing simpler adjustment to the application. This counts as well for steadily increasing non- industrial applications.

MoviTHERM2023-10-04T09:49:57-07:00Thursday, October 7, 2021|News|

15 Years Together – MoviTHERM & Automation Technology Celebrate

MoviTHERM & Automation Technology are celebrating 15 years together!

Strategic partnerships make all the difference in technology businesses. For the past 15 years, MoviTHERM and Automation Technology (‘AT’) have been working together to provide advanced thermal imaging solutions to the US market and beyond.

Celebrating 15 Years Together

MoviTHERM has established itself as a leader in Infrared Non-Destructive Test Solutions and helping AT expand their market reach in the North American market. MoviTHERM offers a wide variety of IR-NDT Systems, including Flash-, Pulse-, Transient-, Lock-in- and Vibro Thermography. In addition to the Non-Destructive test solutions, MoviTHERM is also distributing AT’s IRSX Series Thermal Smart Cameras.

“Finding reliable sales partners is a challenging task, but one that our reseller MoviTHERM absolutely lives up to!”, adds Michael Wandelt, CEO, Automation Technology

With the addition of our new Vice President of Business Development, Mr. David Bursell, MoviTHERM is looking forward to further strengthening this partnership and accelerating our business growth. David Bursell brings with him 23 years of thermal imaging market experience from FLIR Systems, Inc.

MoviTHERM and Automation Technology are excited about our long-term partnership and look forward to many more successful years ahead!

MoviTHERM2022-06-01T15:54:55-07:00Friday, October 1, 2021|News|

FLIR A50 and FLIR A70 Cameras available from MoviTHERM!

MoviTHERM Adds FLIR A50/A70 Infrared Cameras to Their Product Line

When decision-makers seek to integrate new hardware into their automation process, they are often looking at a few key areas – the ease of use, price point, features, and the ability to utilize the hardware at multiple points throughout their system. The new A50 and A70 thermal cameras come in three options – Smart, Streaming, and Research & Development to fit the needs of professionals across a variety of industries – from manufacturing to utilities to science. The new cameras offer improved accuracy of ±2 °C or ±2% temperature measurement, compared to the previous accuracy of ±5 °C, or ±5% temperature measurement. The cameras all include an IP66 rating, along with a small, compact size with higher resolution options compared to previous versions.

Featuring a thermal resolution of 464 x 348 (A50) or 640 x 480 (A70), professionals can deploy the A50 or A70 cameras in a variety of capacities. These include condition monitoring programs to maximize uptime and minimize cost through planned maintenance, or when used in early fire detection applications to safeguard the lives of workers and secure the profitability of the business by protecting materials and assets. With improved temperature measurement accuracy of ±2 °C, professionals can rely on consistent readings over a period of time, or through varying environmental factors, eliminating any guesswork from data analysis.

The IP66 rating for both the A50 and A70 provides protection from dust, oil, and water, making the cameras ideal for tough, industrial environments. This ruggedness is especially helpful when the camera is being moved from one application to the next. Whether the camera is fix-mounted inspecting a production line or when required for bench testing, professionals benefit from its versatility.

FLIR A50/70 Smart

Designed for condition monitoring programs to reduce inspection times, improve production efficiency, and increase product reliability, the A50 and A70 Smart cameras introduce “on camera / on edge” smart functionality. This means temperature measurement and analysis can be done on the camera, easily and effectively without the need for a PC. These cameras allow automation system solution providers to hit the ground running with a camera that is easy to add, configure, and operate in HMI/SCADA systems (with REST API, MQTT and Modbus master functionality).

FLIR A50/70 Image Streaming

Built for process and quality control, the A50/A70 Image Streaming cameras improve throughput time and the quality of what is being produced, all while reducing operating costs. With its GigE Vision and GenICam compatibility, professionals can simply plug the camera into their PC and choose their preferred software. In most cases, the addition of A50 or A70 Image Streaming cameras complement machine vision systems that look at defects such as size, with the A50 or A70 providing temperature variance in these products.

FLIR A50/70 Research & Development Kit

Primarily used as a research and development solution, the A50 and A70 Research & Development Kit provides an easy entry point into thermal imaging analysis for applications within academia, material studies, and electronic and semiconductor research.

The Research & Development Kit includes the Advanced Image Streaming versions of the A50 and A70 cameras and FLIR Research Studio software for camera control, live image display, recording, and post‐processing for decision support.

The A50 and A70 thermal cameras, with Smart, Streaming, or Research and Development options, offer professionals, in a variety of industries with a turnkey solution, to efficiently and effectively inspect and analyze data, ultimately saving time and money.

“FLIR has developed a rock-solid entry-level IR platform for automation, condition monitoring, and early fire detection applications. MoviTherm is extremely pleased and excited to offer the FLIR A50 and FLIR A70 cameras as part of their integrated solutions!”
adds Markus Tarin, President & CEO, MoviTHERM

MoviTHERM2022-09-27T15:43:16-07:00Thursday, September 9, 2021|News|

David Bursell joins MoviTHERM as VP of Business Development

July 14th, 2021 – Irvine, CA

Welcoming David Bursell to the MoviTHERM team!

As part of our commitment to excellence and continual company growth, we are excited to announce that Mr. David C. Bursell has joined our team. As our new Vice President of Business Development, Mr. Bursell will play an instrumental role in helping us advance our strategic goals and company growth objectives.

David recently departed from Teledyne FLIR LLC [NYSE: TDY] (formerly FLIR Systems, Inc.) after successfully completing a 23-year long career. During his tenure at FLIR, Dave was involved with leading the US Sales team for science grade thermal cameras, which lead to a position to oversee the science camera team world-wide. He was later promoted to Vice President of the Science Segment and moved on to VP of Business Development for a broader product range with global oversight. From 2020 to 2021, Dave held a position in Strategic Marketing, before he joined MoviTHERM.

“We couldn’t have found a more perfect fit for our company to hold that position. That is true from a personal level, cultural fit as well as from a professional background. I am very excited to welcome Dave aboard and so is our entire team!”, adds Markus Tarin, President & CEO, MoviTHERM.

MoviTHERM2022-05-26T13:14:24-07:00Friday, July 16, 2021|News|

Elevated Body Temperature Screening Webcast

Join our webcast on using thermal cameras for elevated body temperature screening!

This year’s Vision Show in Boston was cancelled, like so many other events. The Automated Imaging Association is now holding this event virtually from May 18 to 22, 2020. The event has been renamed to Vision Week and all presentations will be provided free of charge to the public.

#AIAvisionweek

Markus Tarin, President & CEO of MoviTHERM has been invited as a speaker. He will be providing an overview of how to use thermal cameras for elevated body temperature screening. Thermal cameras have gained a lot of interest in the past couple of months for screening employees, visitors and customers. More and more businesses are using thermal cameras as a method for screening people for elevated body temperature. Due to the extremely high demand for these cameras, many new companies and solutions providers have entered this market segment, just in the past few weeks.

Selecting the right solution can be daunting task, especially when there is such a time pressure for reopening businesses safely. Unfortunately, the high demand for these products has also brought out a lot of questionable solutions. Not understanding the basics of how thermal cameras work and understanding the challenges of measuring skin surface temperature in human beings can lead to wasting a lot of money on useless technology.

Don’t miss out on this valuable lesson, especially if you are considering this technology for your business!

Session Date: 5/20/2020

Session Time: 7:45am to 8:15am PST | 10:45am to 11:15am EST

Session Title: Using Thermal Cameras for Elevated Body Temperature Screening

Session Description:
Thermal cameras are being deployed in record time for screening of elevated body temperature at airports and other public places. However, as useful and capable as this technology is, there is a lot of misinformation circulating in the news. As with the implementation of any technology, there are challenges. It is important to understand the physics involved that affect the accuracy of an optical temperature measurement, but moreover, there are many other factors to consider related to bio-physical phenomena. This talk explains how thermal imaging technology can be used to screen for people with an elevated body temperature.

Click on the image below to register today!

MoviTHERM2022-06-01T15:50:52-07:00Sunday, May 10, 2020|News|

FLIR A400 and FLIR A700 Cameras released by FLIR Systems, Inc. today!

FLIR Systems, Inc. announced today the release of two new cameras.

The FLIR A400 and FLIR A700 cameras are the latest addition to the lineup.

The FLIR A400 and FLIR A700 camera models are probably the most significant technology updates to FLIR’s lineup of thermography cameras to date. The target market for the FLIR A400 and FLIR A700 are primarily industrial automation and remote monitoring applications. This camera platform has been design from the ground up and comes loaded with all kinds of useful features. A slew of configuration options allow customers to select their preferred feature set and therefore cost optimize their selection.

Each camera model can be configured at factory as either a thermal machine vision camera or as a thermal smart camera. This is achieved by selecting either the image streaming configuration or the smart sensor configuration. A firmware change performed, prior to shipping.

The image streaming configuration is suitable for more complex applications which require thermal imaging software running on a PC. In this configuration, the FLIR A400 and FLIR A700 simply streams a 16-bit, temperature linear images to the host PC. The physical interface used for this is a Gigabit Ethernet connection. The logical layer is based on the world-wide machine vision protocol standard GeniCAM.

GeniCAM make it possible to integrate the FLIR A400 and FLIR A700 with any standard machine vision software supporting this protocol.

For applications that benefit from an on camera decision making, the FLIR A400 and FLIR A700 can be configured with the smart sensor application from factory. This ‘app’ turns the camera into a full featured thermal smart camera with web interface. This eliminates the need for software running on a PC and greatly simplifies the system architecture.

With the smart sensor configuration, the user can configure numerous regions of interest, using the line, circle/oval, rectangle and polygon tools. Each region of interest will make decisions in parallel to other regions, based on the configured evaluation criteria. A standard web browser is all that is needed to configure the smart camera as well as to monitor the status of the inspection, if so desired.

The body of the FLIR A400 and the FLIR A700 are identical. There are industrial connectors on the backside of the camera for power & I/O, GigE Ethernet, Communications as well as a Wifi Antenna connector. All connections are for rugged, industrial use (IP67).

The Wifi feature is also an add-on option and allows for a compressed stream (lossless) via a wireless connection. Both cameras also allow for compressed streaming, using H.264/MPEG4/MJPEG formats. The FLIR A400 as well as the FLIR A700 are capable of streaming on two different video channels simultaneously. This allows the user to stream visible video from the built-in day light camera in parallel to streaming thermal images. Or alternatively, stream uncompressed temperature linear thermal video to a host PC for image processing, while providing a compressed stream to a video management system software (VMS).

With the FLIR A400 and FLIR A700, FLIR is combining the capabilities of a surveillance camera with that of machine vision smart camera. To round things up, both cameras offer additional industrial communications protocols, such as EtherNet/IP, Modbus TCP, and MQTT. One additional feature worth noting is that the camera can function either as a ModBUS Server or ModBUS Client. This allows the camera to either control remote I/O devices on its own, or a PLC to query the camera for temperature readings and alarm conditions.

“I am extremely pleased and excited about the release of the FLIR A400 and FLIR A700 cameras. FLIR has certainly listened to what the market needs are and really delivered a new camera platform that is packed to the brim with useful features. This puts FLIR far ahead of any competitor out there for some time to come!”,

adds Markus Tarin, President & CEO, MoviTHERM