{"id":940,"date":"2022-09-14T09:09:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T09:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shalomeo.com\/blog\/?p=940"},"modified":"2022-09-14T09:09:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T09:09:40","slug":"what-are-thermal-imaging-lenses-used-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shalomeo.com\/blog\/what-are-thermal-imaging-lenses-used-for\/940.html","title":{"rendered":"What are thermal\u00a0imaging\u00a0lenses used for?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thermal&nbsp;imaging&nbsp;lenses are instrumental in identifying and quantifying heat sources. This has a wide range of uses in the construction, agriculture, security, and surveillance industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, in monitoring large electrical infrastructure, thermal&nbsp;imaging&nbsp;lenses help avoid catastrophe. Typically, before and electrical component fails, it begins to heat up. A thermal&nbsp;imaging&nbsp;lenses can monitor equipment for increases in temperature and alert the relevant personal when dangerous temperature thresholds are reached so that preventative maintenance can be performed, instead of retroactive replacement, which is far more expensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The benefits of thermal&nbsp;imaging&nbsp;lenses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First and foremost, the biggest benefit of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shalomeo.com\/Infrared-Optics\/Lens-Modules-8-12-Micro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">thermal\u00a0imaging\u00a0lenses<\/a><\/strong> are their ability to operate in low-light conditions where lenses with normal CCD or CMOS sensors would struggle. This is particularly useful for security and surveillance, as night time conditions have no impact on the amount of energy an thermal\u00a0imaging\u00a0lenses detects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further, thermal&nbsp;imaging&nbsp;lenses can have explosive return on investment (ROI), even when compared to typical machine vision systems. In the example outlined above, a company could save an enormous amount through avoided downtime, repair costs, and the costs of new equipment. These costs pale in comparison to the cost of a thermal&nbsp;imaging&nbsp;lenses, creating incredible ROI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Infrared imaging is unique in function when compared to traditional machine vision systems, but they have their own benefits in specific applications. Thermal&nbsp;imaging&nbsp;lenses are highly adept at detecting infrared energy for imaging beyond the visible spectrum of light.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thermal&nbsp;imaging&nbsp;lenses are instrumental  &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[258],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shalomeo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shalomeo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shalomeo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shalomeo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shalomeo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shalomeo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shalomeo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shalomeo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shalomeo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}