You require an accurate, reproducible pyrometer for research, to assure consistent, quality products, or to develop new products, processes, and diagnostics. All types of radiation pyrometers are available, but which one is right for your application? A brightness pyrometer? A ratio pyrometer? A multi-wavelength pyrometer? How will you know?
Up to now you've had little help in answering these questions. Pyrometer specifications refer to ideal targets. When you've needed to make real-world measurements you've been on your own. What's the emissivity (or the relative emissivity)? Does it change with composition, temperature, processing, or time? Does the environment interfere? If you can't answer these questions, your pyrometer should. If it does not, you must suffer the consequences. To production this means lower yields and poorer quality than expected; to research it means a missed opportunity.
Now there's somewhere to turn. We can solve your temperature problems. Our revolutionary expert system multi-wavelength pyrometer, the SpectroPyrometer, will help you get on the right track quickly.
The novel pyrometer that we developed, patented, and market needs no prior knowledge of the target or environment. It can make do with a fractional, obstructed view of the target. This new instrument has a unique feature — the tolerance — that tells you the accuracy of each temperature determination. This means that you instantly know the quality of your measurement. No other pyrometer can make this claim. With our device we can solve your problem once and for all so you can go on to what you do best.
Expert system multi-wavelength pyrometers for temperatures from 300-4000°C.
- Fiberoptic access for difficult environments;
- Ultimate accuracy to 0.1% of reading;
- Non-volatile storage of raw data and temperature outputs for later analysis.
On-site measurements. We will come to your site with all the appropriate equipment to resolve your temperature measurement problems.
Equipment rental, for the following needs:
- Target emissivity determination;
- Environmental interference characterization;
- Instrument evaluation.
Calibration of pyrometers, NIST-traceable, from 100-3000°C.
- One-day service is available.
- We conform with ANSI/ASQC Q93-1987, ANSI/ASME NQA-1-1994, and MIL-STD-45662A.
We have successfully helped clients in the following applications:
- Metals processing and testing
- Powder metallurgy: sintering (emissivity changes with processing, temperature)
- Ceramic manufacture and in-use testing
- Glass manufacture and processing
- Fiber drawing
- Chemical Vapor Deposition/Infiltration: (CVD/CVI)
- Carbon and carbon/carbon manufacture and processing
- Absorbing environments (offgas or process atmosphere interference)
- Combustion
- Ultra-high temperatures (greater than 3000°C/5500°F)
- Refractory metals (emissivity changes with wavelength)
- Exotic metal alloys (oxides varying with thermal history)
- Agriculture/agronomy
In today's business environment it makes sense to purchase the expertise you need if it is available. Consequently, we've done everything from telephone consultations to complete temperature metrology programs in a variety of industries. We will diagnose your problem, prescribe a solution, and help you apply it. We've succeeded where conventional pyrometry has failed. Call or e-mail us and we'll tell you how we can help.