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.

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.

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.