Ever wonder if an infrared thermometer is best used to measure the temperature of food or equipment, solids or liquids?
Infrared (IR) thermometers are useful for measuring temperature in a variety of industrial and clinical settings.
Using a food thermometer is the only reliable way to ensure safety and determine the desired “doneness” of meat, poultry, and egg products. To be safe, these foods must be cooked to a safe minimum internal temperature to destroy any harmful microorganisms that may be in the food.
Infrared thermometers can be very useful when used in the right way and put to work in the right applications. However, before you can develop confidence in its ability to deliver rapid temperatures, you must understand its limitations.
What do infrared thermometers measure?
Infrared thermometers use the concept of infrared radiation to determine the surface temperature of objects without any physical contact. Let’s find out what infrared radiation is to better understand how IR thermometers work.
How do infrared thermometers work?
Similar to visible light, it is also possible to focus, reflect or absorb infrared light. Infrared thermometers use a lens to focus the infrared light emitted by the object onto a detector known as a thermopile.
Thermopile is nothing but thermocouples connected in series or parallel. When infrared radiation falls on the surface of the thermopile, it is absorbed and converted to heat. The voltage output is produced in proportion to the incident infrared energy. The detector uses this output to determine the temperature, which is displayed on the screen.
While this whole process may seem complicated, it takes just a few seconds for the infrared thermometer to record the temperature and display it in the desired unit.
Body Temperature Measurement Devices
Temperature measurement with medical devices in today’s environment encompasses a wide variety of needs and applications.
How to Measure Body Temperature by Thermometer?
The Digital Thermometer will give you a fast and accurate reading, making it great for checking for fevers in infants and children.
Infrared Thermometer how it Works?
An Infrared Thermometer is a handheld device that can display a temperature readout on it after scanning portions of an object or area with the built-in laser.