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Facing rising energy costs and increasing pressure to meet CO₂ regulations, an automotive parts manufacturer explored the FLIR Si2 acoustic imaging camera for compressed air leak detection. This case study demonstrates how the tool streamlined inspections, uncovered hidden leaks, and enhanced maintenance efficiency within a noisy industrial environment. Used to power production machinery like pneumatic tools, vacuum generators, and actuators, compressed air is a critical commodity in the automotive parts manufacturing industry. With complex piping systems spread across large facilities, compressed air leaks are both common and costly. At one US automotive parts factory, the maintenance team was increasingly concerned...

New Si2-Pro, Si2-LD, and Si2-PD models provide best-in-class performance, decision support, fleet management and enterprise data integration with new on-screen gas leak quantification, partial discharge assessment, and mechanical fault measurement. FLIR, a Teledyne Technologies company, today announced the expansion of its versatile Si-Series of acoustic imaging cameras with three models in the new Si2 family, designed for detecting compressed air leaks, specialty gas leaks, mechanical faults, and partial discharges: the Si2-Pro, Si2-LD, and Si2-PD. The Si2-Series offers industrial-grade solutions for the detection of air and gas leaks as well as mechanical faults such as bearing issues, addressing the top inspection...

FLIR's Cx-Series compact thermal cameras are indispensable tools for inspections in various fields, including building maintenance, HVAC/R, and electrical repair. Recently, FLIR introduced three enhanced models to the Cx-Series lineup: the FLIR C3-X, FLIR C5, and FLIR Cx5. These new additions come with built-in FLIR Ignite™ cloud connectivity, enabling seamless data transfer, storage, and backup across all your devices. Additionally, all three cameras feature FLIR MSX® (Multi-Spectral Dynamic Imaging), which enhances thermal images by overlaying scene details from the visual camera onto the thermal image, ensuring maximum clarity and accuracy.

Explore Teledyne FLIR's Optical Gas Imaging (OGI) Portfolio with both high-resolution and low-resolution solutions. Learn why, in gas leak detection and repair (LDAR) applications, a lower resolution camera with higher sensitivity often outperforms, offering advantages in detecting smaller leaks. Discover the nuanced benefits of resolution in OGI cameras for regulatory compliance and applications like visualizing larger leaks accurately from great distances. Find the ideal solution tailored to your specific needs with our industry-leading expertise since 2005.

A global pharmaceutical company discovered that an acoustic camera is a reliable, fast, and easy-to-use predictive maintenance method for detecting hidden air leaks in the plant area. Air leaks are a common problem in industrial environments. According to studies on compressed air system leaks, the average leakage rate is around 25%, but some facilities are losing up to 80% of their compressed air through leaks. If not detected and addressed on time, these leaks may end up causing additional costs, unplanned stoppages, and even potential safety hazards. Locations especially prone to air leaks in plants and manufacturing facilities include equipment...