14 About FLIR Systems
FLIR Systems was established in 1978 to pioneer the development of high performance
infrared imaging systems and is the world leader in the design, manufacturing and
marketing of thermal imaging systems for a wide variety of commercial, industrial and
government applications. Today, FLIR Systems includes the history of four major
companies with outstanding achievements in infrared technology since 1965—the
Swedish AGEMA Infrared Systems (formerly AGA Infrared Systems), and the three
U.S. companies Indigo Systems, FSI, and Inframetrics.
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Figure 14.1 LEFT: Thermovision® Model 661 from 1969. The camera weighed approximately 25 kg
(55 lb.), the oscilloscope 20 kg (44 lb.), the tripod 15 kg (33 lb.). The operator also needed a 220 VAC
generator set, and a 10 L (2.6 US gallon) jar with liquid nitrogen. To the left of the oscilloscope the Polaroid
attachment (6 kg/13 lb.) can be seen. RIGHT: InfraCAM from 2006. Weight: 0.55 kg (1.21 lb.), including
battery.
The company has sold more than 40,000 infrared cameras worldwide for applications
such as predictive maintenance, R & D, non-destructive testing, process control and
automation, machine vision and many others.
FLIR Systems has three manufacturing plants in United States (Portland, OR, Boston,
MA, Santa Barbara, CA) and one in Sweden (Stockholm). Direct sales offices in Bel-
gium, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Sweden
and USA—together with a world-wide network of agents and distributors—support
our international customer base.
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