CAT S61 thermal imaging camera phone
CAT’s new thermal imaging camera phone, the S61, sets new standards for heat detection in the construction industry.
In the building trade, energy efficiency is one phrase that’s on everyone’s lips. As a sure-fire way to cut bills and carbon footprints, making buildings more energy efficient makes sense for developers and consumers.
From a trade perspective, getting to grips with energy efficiency – and being able to ‘plug the gaps’ in customers’ properties – opens the door to some serious business opportunities.
Why not upgrade to the CAT S61 when you need to renew your workers’ phones? A summary spec of the S61 is as follows:
Thermal Imaging Camera
Indoor Air Quality Sensor & Laser Assisted Distance Measurement
Rugged: IP68 AND MIL-SPEC 810G
Huge battery (4500 mAh)
Super bright 5.2” FHD display with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 screen protection
Platform/OS – Google Android Pie (9.0)
For full specification please click here: https://www.catphones.com/en-gb/cat-s61-smartphone/
So, just what are the challenges when it comes to improving buildings’ energy efficiency? And how can thermal imaging help?
BOOSTING ENERGY EFFICIENCY WITH THERMAL IMAGING
Thermal images use infrared technology to visualise temperature and temperature variations – and they’re one of the simplest (and most effective) ways to showcase a property’s heat loss to its owner.
Using a thermal imaging camera, you can see immediately where and how heat is escaping from buildings. What’s more, you can make informed decisions about how best to stop it.
Monitoring heat loss with a thermal camera… saves time
Monitoring heat loss with a thermal camera could be as extensive as carrying out a full heat survey, or it could just be a case of checking up on certain rooms or measuring the output of one particular boiler or radiator. Whatever it is, it saves time; and once you’ve found the problem, you can get to work to fix it.
HOW TO PERFORM AN ENERGY EFFICIENCY CHECK WITH A THERMAL CAMERA
Choose the right conditions. The best time to spot heat loss from a building with a thermal imaging camera is when it’s cold outside.
Switch on the heating. This will enable you to use thermal imaging to see exactly where heat is leaking from the property.
Fire up your thermal camera. Go outside and view the building from all angles. Using thermal imaging you can visualise heat signatures instantly.
Go inside the property and repeat. You’ll see exactly where the cold spots and problem areas are, and where you need to make energy efficiency improvements to prevent heat loss.
Don’t forget ventilation. For a healthy indoor environment, every building needs adequate ventilation, and this will cause some heat to escape. What you’re looking for with your thermal camera is areas of unusually high heat loss (e.g. through inefficient windows or poorly insulated roofs).
THERMAL IMAGING ON THE CAT S61
CAT’s most advanced thermal imaging camera phone yet, the new Cat S61 boasts enhanced thermal imaging features. It includes:
An expanded measurable temperature range of up to 400°C (compared to up to 120°C on the Cat S60)
An upgraded camera (from VGA to HD detail), to give you unmatched image optimisation.
SPOT HEAT LOSS WITH THE IN-BUILT THERMAL IMAGING CAMERA
With an integrated thermal camera, both the Cat S61 and Cat S60 give users access to advanced FLIR technology at the touch of a button – with no need for any extra investment or additional equipment.
Builders, plumbers, building services and maintenance engineers and other construction professionals can use their phones to locate areas of high heat loss quickly and easily.
In a typical building, problem areas highlighted by thermal imaging camera phones available from Cat phones might include:
Gaps around doors and windows (especially in older properties)
Ceilings, external walls and internal walls (often behind radiators or around damp and cold spots)
Chimneys and roofs
Poorly insulated pipes or under-performing radiators
Old extractor fans or gaps in lighting fixtures/pipework
Gaps in floors (especially wooden floorboards).
HOW DOES THE THERMAL CAMERA WORK?
The thermal imaging function on the rugged Cat S61 and Cat S60 smartphones is controlled by a dedicated app called MyFLIR:
Simply fire up the app and point the phone’s rear camera to instantly visualise temperatures on the screen as heat signatures (easy to identify and easy to track)
The app is self-calibrating for best accuracy, and you can customise your view to find the optimum settings for each job
The MyFLIR app can also display area averages, screen averages or spot measurements, with up to three movable spot meters to measure specific temperatures
Use the app to create thermal photos, videos, time lapses or even broadcast live – so sharing information with your customer is completely hassle-free.
So if you’re interested in the S61 for your fleet, we can quote you on a hardware only deal or combine the new devices with a new airtime contract.
