AMETEK Land Releases Technology to Help Contain Threat of COVID-19

AMETEK Land's fever screening thermal imaging system designed for human body temperature measurement 

The vIRalert 2 fixed thermal imaging system provides a remote surface measurement of body temperature, automatically alerting the operator to elevated temperatures.

This proven technology calibrates the thermal image with a blackbody calibration source in real-time to provide a system "accuracy*" of better than 0.5 °C and can therefore detect even small temperature changes induced by a fever.

 As a result, the vIRalert 2 system provides reliable skin temperature measurement for screening at point-of-entry into key facilities, like offices, factories, warehouses, schools, government buildings and any other places where infectious diseases can easily spread.

 David Primhak, Director of Development and Product Management at AMETEK Land, explains: “In a world where global travel means infections can pass through populations fast, the ability to screen people for fever is a key tool in reducing the risk of disease spread. vIRalert 2 can detect fever at point-of-entry quickly and remotely, in compliance with social distancing requirements, preventing the risk of infection being transmitted between the operator and members of the public. This is cutting edge technology that could make a huge difference in protecting the population both now and in the future.”

He adds: "Many thermal imagers are unable to achieve the sensitivity required to detect a fever and therefore give false positive readings and low detection percentages – this means a higher chance of spreading the infection throughout the monitored area. vIRalert 2 provides traceable readings, giving mission critical operations the confidence to operate normally and safely."

AMETEK Land’s vIRalert 2 system provides on-screen and audible alerts when a pedestrian with an elevated temperature is detected, allowing simple decision making on whether a person should be further vetted for admission without slowing pedestrian flow.

Quick and easy to install, vIRalert 2 is simple to operate and works straight out of the box. It also has an automatic alert function, which reduces the potential for human error.

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* Accuracy is a term used by many instrument makers to imply the preciseness of their measurement devices. It is a qualitative term much like "beautiful" and "rugged"and is technically equivalent to saying "good". The technically correct, quantitative term is "Measurement Uncertainty" that indicates the measurement capability or precision, usually under calibration conditions, in numbers along with a confidence values. Land Instrument's and its predecessor, Land Pyrometers, Ltd. used to provide such detail with all their measurement devices.