{"id":8239,"date":"2018-06-28T07:00:57","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T06:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/?p=8239"},"modified":"2018-06-27T10:24:14","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T09:24:14","slug":"thermal-imaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/thermal-imaging\/","title":{"rendered":"Thermal imaging cameras show beer levels in casks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summer festival season, and for many, time for nothing better than a pint of real ale to quench the thirst.<\/p>\n<p>But when demand is high it\u2019s especially important for the busy bartender to know when the gravity fed cask is nearing empty.<\/p>\n<p>No one wants to serve, or be served, a glassful of sediment so the traditional prevention methods are to manually record the number of units dispensed from the cask coupled with dipstick testing to double-check the level.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7565662001938327\" data-ad-slot=\"7585079586\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nThis is laborious and time consuming and certainly not ideal when there are queues of thirsty customers waiting to be served.<\/p>\n<p>One solution that is proving increasingly popular is <span class=\"highlight highlight-blue\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flir.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thermal imaging<\/a><\/span>. This technology is extensively used throughout industry in all manner of fault finding applications as well as for inspecting vessels and monitoring their content level.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8242\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8242\" style=\"width: 618px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/FLIR-E95-MONITORS-BEER-LEVEL-IN-CASK.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8242\" src=\"https:\/\/engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/FLIR-E95-MONITORS-BEER-LEVEL-IN-CASK-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Thermal imaging cameras show beer levels within the casks\" width=\"618\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/FLIR-E95-MONITORS-BEER-LEVEL-IN-CASK-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/FLIR-E95-MONITORS-BEER-LEVEL-IN-CASK-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/FLIR-E95-MONITORS-BEER-LEVEL-IN-CASK-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/FLIR-E95-MONITORS-BEER-LEVEL-IN-CASK-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/FLIR-E95-MONITORS-BEER-LEVEL-IN-CASK.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Until recently, however, the cost of an infrared camera has ruled out its use for niche applications such as commercial beer cask checking<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Until recently, however, the cost of an infrared camera has ruled out its use for niche applications such as commercial beer cask checking.<\/p>\n<span class=\"highlight highlight-blue\"><a href=\"https:\/\/engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/flir-announces-dm285-industrial-thermal-imaging-digital-multimeter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FLIR Systems<\/a><\/span> has been instrumental in rolling out the technology to a much wider audience with the development of its Lepton micro-detector which is the size of a SIM card. This has led to thermal imaging being incorporated into meters for the trades and even smartphones.<\/p>\n<p>And as a result it is now a simple, quick and highly cost-effective detection method that recently proved its worth at the Cambridge Beer Festival.<\/p>\n<p>Thermal imaging expert, Allister Pirrie \u2013 a thermographer with Baldock-based building surveyors Stanburys Limited \u2013 was invited to demonstrate the scope of the technology at the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI met one of the organisers at a completely unrelated trade show where I was using thermal imaging to confirm the energy efficiency of a new pipe lagging system,\u201d Allister explained. \u201cA guy in the audience then asked if the camera would be able to detect fluid level in beer casks and I ended up putting the camera through its paces at the festival.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe images show how clearly the beer level can be seen in the cask and there is a range of FLIR cameras available from Stanburys suitable for the job including the entry level FLIR C2 and FLIR C3 fully-featured, pocket sized thermal imaging cameras.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother big benefit of thermal imaging is that it is not restricted to a single application. It can also, for example, be used to take a temperature measurement of the beer from the face of the cask or the gas cylinder level on a barbeque.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer festival season, and for many, time for nothing better than a pint of real ale to quench the thirst. But when demand is high it\u2019s especially important for the busy bartender to know when the gravity fed cask is nearing empty. 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