Field of View Calculator for infrared thermometer

Description of the application The constantly growing requirements concerning the product quality of iron and steel products place ever higher demands on manufacturers. To meet these demands, the quality assurance departments are asking for ever closer tolerances for the rolling temperature. Also, the rolling temperatures for manufacturing metal sheets were reduced even...

KELLER HCW’s business unit MSR celebrates its 50th anniversary this year and wants to thank all customers and business partners for the long-term loyalty and excellent cooperation. The invention of the finger car for Carl Keller’s brickyards in 1894 was the foundation for KELLER’s story of success. KELLER has been based in the Westphalian Laggenbeck since 1904. The d...

In non-contact temperature measurement, a pyrometer detects the thermal energy or infrared radiation emitted by an object. From this detected radiation, the pyrometer calculates the temperature according to Planck’s radiation law. The amount of energy emitted by the object largely depends on the emissivity of the material. But what exactly do we mean when we refer to em...