MICRO-EPSILON TIM 160, Instruction Manual

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Optical Charts
thermoIMAGER TIM
4. Optical Charts
The variety of different lenses offers the possibility to precisely measure objects in different distances. We
offer lenses for close, standard distances and large distances. Different parameters are important if using
infrared cameras. They display the connection between the distance of the measured object and the size of
the pixel, see
Fig. 3 , see Fig. 5 .
IR channel
VIS channel
Fig. 1 thermoIMAGER TIM 200 / TIM 230 with
VIS channel Fig. 2 Focusing tool for VIS camera
The thermoIMAGER TIM 200 has also a visual camera (BI-SPECTRAL technology) with a 54 ° x 40 ° - lens
(TIM 230 with 30 ° x 23 ° lens). A visual image (VIS) can be combined with a thermal image (IR). Both can be
finally captured time synchronously:
i
Please make sure that the focus of thermal channel and visual channel (thermoIMAGER TIM 200 / TIM
230 only) is adjusted correctly.
For focusing the thermal camera please turn the lens.
For focusing the visual camera please use the focusing tool, see
Fig. 2 , supplied in the scope of delivery,
see Chap. 3.1.1 , see Chap. 3.1.2 .
For individual configuration there are different lenses available. Wide angle lenses have a radial distortion due
to their large opening angle; the software TIM Connect contains an algorithm which corrects this distortion.