Tekscan has enhanced the I-Scan™ platform with a new thin-film temperature mapping feature, allowing for detailed temperature distribution analysis where thermal cameras fall short. This solution integrates I-Scan software with a thin-film temperature sensor for precise, high-resolution thermal analysis.
The trimmable sensor can be used on its own or alongside a Tekscan pressure mapping sensor, allowing the collection of both thermal and pressure data for enhanced insights into product performance and process optimisation.
Key Benefits
Measure Where Thermal Cameras Can’t
- Accurately measure temperature in moving components, enclosed spaces, and multi-layer materials, even inside sealed machinery and rotating rollers where infrared cameras fail. Whether you’re working with enclosed machinery, rotating equipment, or multi-layer assemblies, Tekscan’s temperature sensing system delivers real-time, dynamic, spatial insight into thermal behaviour.
Not Sensitive to Emissivity
- Unlike infrared cameras, which require emissivity adjustments for accurate readings, our temperature mapping sensors provide precise, direct-contact measurements regardless of material properties.
Visualise Thermal Propagation
- Identify how heat moves through a surface and pinpoint critical areas for optimisation in product design, material selection, and process control.
Comprehensive Data Insights
- Capture high-resolution, real-time temperature distribution across a surface for deeper analysis.
Streamline Data Collection
- Eliminate the hassle of applying multiple thermocouples on a surface in favour of multiple sensing points (192) contained within a single, trimmable sensor.
Correlate Pressure & Temperature
- Overlay with I-Scan Pressure Mapping to reveal critical relationships between pressure and temperature affecting product performance and reliability.
Seamless Integration with I-Scan
- Works with the existing I-Scan 9.5 platform, allowing easy adoption for users already familiar with Tekscan pressure mapping technology.
Technology of a Temperature Mapping System
Sensors
- Thin, Flexible, and Trimmable: The new T800 temperature sensor provides direct surface contact for accurate, high-resolution temperature mapping.
- High Resolution: Sensor with 192 sensing points in a 16×12 array across a 0-120°C range.
- Measure Temperature in Tight Spots: Unlike thermal cameras, it works in enclosed, obstructed, or reflective environments, making it ideal for complex applications.
Electronics
- Works with Existing Hardware: Designed to work with the Tekscan Evolution handle.
- Simple Connection: Data is captured and relayed to the software on your PC via a USB cable.
- Dual Use: A single system works with either a temperature and pressure sensor or add a second device to use both simultaneously.
Software
- Real-Time Temperature Visualisation: The software displays dynamic temperature distribution maps in both live and recorded modes for detailed analysis.
- Simultaneous Temperature & Pressure Mapping: When enabled, users can map, compare, and correlate temperature and pressure distribution across a surface.
- Compare Pressure and Temperature Trends Over Time to uncover critical correlations in material behaviour and process performance.
Temperature Mapping Software
I-Scan software enabled for Temperature Mapping provides real-time temperature mapping and visualisation for deeper analysis. It offers customisable heatmaps, streamlined calibration, and intuitive tools for efficient and accurate data analysis.
Software Features
Simultaneous Temperature & Pressure Mapping:
- When enabled, users can map, compare, and correlate temperature and pressure distribution across a surface.
Real-time Temperature Visualisation:
- Displays dynamic temperature distribution maps in both live and recorded modes for detailed analysis.
Graph and Overlay Pressure & Temperature:
- Compare pressure and temperature trends over time to uncover critical correlations in material behaviour and process performance.
User-Friendly Interface
- Capture high-resolution, real-time temperature distribution across a surface for deeper analysis.
Unique Temperature Gradient Scale:
- Provides customised heatmaps to enhance the visualisation and analysis of thermal data.
Streamlined Calibration Routine:
- Ensures accurate, repeatable measurements with an intuitive setup process. How to calibrate the sensor. *(Laboratory-Grade Hot Plates Available for Calibration as optional accessory)
