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  • Infrared Training Center (ITC)

    World class training and certification courses for your thermal imager available from the infrared experts at ITC, FLIR’s premier IR training provider. Maximize your investment in infrared technology with certification classes that teach the best practices and techniques utilized by professional thermographers everywhere.

  • Why Thermal Imaging Makes ADAS and AV Platforms Safer

    From why it is needed to performance to cost and, finally, to integration, find out why thermal imaging makes ADAS and AV platforms safer.

  • Radiation Detectors: One Size Doesn’t Fit All

    Watch the video and see how to move from presumptive detection to confirmatory identification with FLIR’s identiFINDER R-series.

  • Regulatory Compliance in the Oil and Gas Industry

    In many parts of the world, government regulations on the natural gas industry necessitate regular inspections for leaks. Traditional technologies for leak inspections, such as toxic vapor analyzers—or “sniffers”—can be labor intensive for inspections of large facilities. Optical gas imaging cameras can help natural gas industry professionals inspect locations quickly, identify leak locations precisely, and help companies maintain regulatory compliance.

  • Application Spotlight: Tank Level Inspection

    Tank level gauging is a necessity for various applications in the oil and gas industry. It can help maintenance teams avoid tank overflows, calculate tank flow rates, and more. Thermal imaging allows oil and gas companies to gauge tank levels without direct contact; it can also help them distinguish small changes in temperature between liquids or solids of varying densities with specific heat characteristics.

  • Application Spotlight: Bearing, Motor, and Drive Inspection

    With all the mechanical equipment needed to drive production, a lot can go wrong during automotive manufacturing. Catching those problems before they cause equipment failures can help ensure factories maintain uptime and avoid costly repairs. Regular, routine surveys using thermal imaging cameras as well as Test & Measurement equipment designed for machine inspection and repair will help maintenance teams easily spot the warning signs before breakdown occurs.

  • Application Spotlight: Fired Furnace Inspections

    Tubes on a firebox can overheat and rupture, starting an uncontrolled fire and other collateral damage. Refractory damage and improper burner alignment can also cause overheating and break down, resulting in downtime and a personnel safety issue—especially near inspection ports and ladders. That's why it's crucial to routinely inspect and assess the condition of the external steel firebox, tubes, and supports using a furnace inspection camera with thermal imaging capabilities. This kind of cameras allows inspectors to look through gas flames and determine whether localized internal coking is occurring, or if it’s external scaling.

  • Application Spotlight: Natural Gas Separators

    In the fracking process, gas is separated from oil and water and sent to a meter while the oil and water is collected and hauled away by trucks. Through this process, sand can build up in the heating element, causing damage to the separator. If this build-up is not noticed and promptly removed, it may result in a costly and catastrophic failure of the unit. Since separators are typically inspected by hand or generally cleaned out on a routine basis without evaluation, a problem could arise without detection until it's too late.

  • Thermal Imaging and Beyond with Randall Warnas

    Randall Warnas has been an advocate in the commercial drone space from its genesis. Early on he realized that drones had potential that went beyond capturing action sports and stunning vistas and went on to develop the initial stages and foundation of DJI’s Enterprise business.

  • Xponential Machine Vision Panel

    Panel discussion on the use of machine vision in drone operations

  • Drone Fundamentals for Public Safety

    Aerial thermal imaging for public safety is among the most popular, and one of the fastest growing, aspects of drone operations. Search and rescue (SAR), fire-fighting, and law enforcement are all applications that have well-established histories with thermal imaging, both on the ground and now in the air with Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS). This webinar will provide an overview of the different ways thermal imaging is being used for sUAS operations in the public safety arena and what knowledge and skills are required for working in this field. Included will be an overview of the type of drone equipment used, the unique imaging challenges encountered and why proper training and certification is necessary for safe operation and mission success with this technology.

  • Raptor Maps - InterDrone 2018

    Look at a solar panel with a visible camera and get on set of data, look at is with thermal and a new vision appears. RaptorMaps has harnessed the value of thermal for inspecting and mapping solar farms, changing the industry and offering more reliable data.