In message <007b01c075fe$9e87d960$c40d53d1@c525lab>, robertf
<robertf@MICROBALANCE.COM> writes
>I wonder how they correct for
>emmisivity(sp)? Has anyone
>tried doing an accuracy test
>for something like a Kanthal
>furnace?
>What's the max temp on this? I
>have a need to read a target
>that is inside a (glass)clear
>envelope ( also hot) will it
>read the envelope or the
>target?

I saw a really nice one a few years ago, it used a Ricoh auto-focus lens
(just like an SLR), it was used at a coal fired power station for
maintenance purposes - they regularly recorded measurements at various
places, looking for changes signifying a possible problem. This one
would read a humans body temperature at 20-30 feet, and went up to
seriously high temperatures - as they obviously need in a power
station!. I suspect it was SERIOUS!! money!.
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