Seems the entire world – including Mars – is running in high definition. We have it at home on our televisions, smart phones, tablets and computers. Why shouldn’t we have it in our industrial inspection equipment too?
With the HD-PTZ, we’ve brought industrial video inspection systems into the 21st century. With our new 3-inch diameter camera head option, our customers can leverage the power of HD quality visuals into more and tighter spaces.
This simple, intuitive inspection system operates in full high-definition video (1920×1080) to deliver outstanding visuals. Where the standard used to be around 400,000 pixels, we’re now delivering > 2 million for sharper images with more detail and significantly improved color fidelity than ever before, enabling our customers to better identify cracks, pitting, discoloration, loose parts, and other maintenance issues. This portable system is designed to be carried by a single person. For practicality and convenience, there are two configurations: A modular unit and an integrated cable reel system. The modular unit can be used on a rack, shelf or desktop. It’s small and lightweight with cables up to 500 feet. The integrated system has a handy camera dock, built-in controller and 150-foot cable capacity. Both can create HD video clips, which can then be taken to a computer to be archived, formatted, emailed or printed as screenshots to accompany a report to deliver to the asset owner.
Innovation Designed to Meet Our Customers’ Needs
The driving factor behind our 3-inch design is to provide a solution that fits into an opening of 3 inches or greater to inspect a larger area while maintaining a small and lightweight profile. Additionally, the controllers allow the user to focus the camera, adjust light intensity, adjust video brightness, and zoom in or out as needed. The high-definition video camera is built into rugged, waterproof industrial housing with a tilt and pan device that allows users to point the camera using remote controls.
This camera, once it’s deployed, can go into places where humans can’t or don’t want to get into due to small access points or dangerous confined-space conditions. But with the HD-PTZ, users can efficiently determine the conditions of infrastructure, including tanks, stack pipes, and nuclear fuel & reactors – anywhere it might be dangerous or unsuitable for humans. It can be submersed in water depths up to 100 feet.
The HD-PTZ provides roughly six times more visual information, which is made possible by the miniaturization of HD technology, the HD imagers and denser pixilation in the sensors. With the outstanding visual quality, and with our new 3-inch options, the HD-PTZ helps asset owners better understand the condition of their infrastructure. It’s available in three diameters, each with its own optical characteristics:
- 3.5-inch head with a 30x optical/12x digital zoom View Data Sheet
- 4.3-inch head with a 10x optical/12x digital zoom View Data Sheet
- Our newest head, a 3-inch (75 mm) with a 10x optical/12x digital zoom View Data Sheet
Even more information on all of our RVI products including PTZs can be found in this brochure.
Do you want a better look at the new HD-PTZ? Watch as Mark Matthews walks you through the system in this 6-1/2 minute video.
