Features of a Thermal Camera
Thermal camera is a test and measurement device that is used for measuring temperature. What makes this device unique is the fact that unlike other devices used for measuring temperature in different applications by displaying the result in numbers, the thermal camera displays the temperature in pictures. Displaying the value of temperature in pictures is know as thermal imaging or thermography.
In fact, what thermal camera measures is not the actual temperature of the object. This device measures the transfer of the infrared energy that the object emits to its surrounding environment. The received value of the temperature is displayed in a form of real-time image in a colour palette. The higher values of temperature are displayed with lighter colours while the lower values are shown with darker colours.
Applications Where The Use Of Thermal Camera Is a Must
The thermal camera is commonly used during home inspection. Namely, if you hire professional home inspector to inspect the building you plan to buy for leaks, insulation, moisture intrusion, etc. he/she will probably use a thermal camera. You can do this by yourself, in order to verify the building’s performance to specifications and its structure design. But this is not the only use for this test and measurement device. There are more applications where you can use this camera, and such applications include:
- Identifying potential insulation leaks in commercial or home refrigeration equipment;
- Detecting areas where there is possibility for mold growth;
- Inspecting mechanical bearing, mostly in industrial machines;
- Checking flat-roof of particular building in order to detect possible leak;
- Checking temperature and detecting issues before and during electrical inspections;
- Detecting thermal heat loss in residential or commercial buildings;
- Identifying thermal patterns on boiler tubes;
- Detecting air leaks in many home and industrial applications.
Once you are done with measuring the temperature with the use of thermal camera, you can save the images you got in the internal memory of this device or to a memory card. You can manage the images (view, sort and edit) directly on the camera, or you can transfer them to your computer for further analyzing and processing. These features mainly depend on the model of the thermal camera.
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