FLIR’s new acoustic imagers can detect compressed air leaks and mechanical faults

Escaping gas, rumbling bearings and electrical discharges create a unique acoustic signature, which the new Si models detect and represent as a graphic on the screen.

As large yachts become ever more complex, and new types of propulsion using hydrogen and ammonia come on stream, engineers have a new diagnostic tool in their kit courtesy of US-based FLIR, a brand of Teledyne Technologies

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