High-performance acoustic imager delivers fast identification of trouble spots

Acoustic imagers can spot pressure leaks, partial discharges and mechanical failures even in the noisiest industrial environments. Employing soundwaves and their characteristic signatures enables pinpointing and assessing trouble spots, boosting workplace safety and preventing costly downtime. FLIR’s Si2-Pro is an innovative and advanced imager for this market segment. The device is part of the FLIR SI product line and is now supplied by the Conrad Sourcing Platform. “The three flagship products further demonstrate that the SI series indeed represents a ready-to-use solution that covers all aspects when it comes to pros using the camera in an industrial setting,” explains Rob Milner, business development manager at FLIR.

The device makes detecting damaged ball bearings, partial discharge, and pressurised air and gas leaks a fast and reliable process. Featuring advanced automatic filtering, the camera works even in the noisiest of industrial settings, pinpointing potential and existing leaks and mechanical issues by their respective acoustic signatures and from as far as 200m away. This helps prevent occupational injuries and production downtime.

The device doesn’t stop there: the camera comes with a MECH mode delivering on-camera decision support, including damage measurement, classification and severity assessment of partial discharges, and leak size estimation. This information forms the basis for later cost projections. This enables efficient planning of maintenance and repair operations and helps bring down running costs.

Other FLIR imagers also feature built-in pressured air leak quantification and cost projection. However, when it comes to the Si-Pro, functions have been expanded beyond that, now including additional industrial gases such as hydrogen, CO2, methane, helium, argon, ammonium, and other VOCs.

Being lightweight at 1.2kg, the Si2-Pro handles well even during prolonged use. Also, operating the camera is as easy as it gets. The device provides built-in automated frequency control, range finder, 8x zoom, a 12MP camera, GPS data integration and a QR code reader. Moreover, the device allows the combination of acoustic and thermal images to be included in the same report. The product comes with an IP54 dust and sprayproof rating. Two LED lights allow for use in low-light conditions. For larger businesses, cloud-based fleet management with OTA software updates makes operating and maintaining the product highly efficient.