Optris GmbH & Co. KG
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Optris has been developing and manufacturing affordable innovative infrared measurement devices for non-contact temperature measurement, including infrared cameras, and stationary industrial infrared sensors for area and point measurement, for more than 20 years.
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Optris Connect: A New Generation of Infrared Imaging Software
Optris introduces Optris Connect, a new software platform for PI and Xi infrared cameras. The software combines a modern, intuitive user interface with powerful tools for visualizing, configuring, and monitoring thermal imaging data. It is designed to make infrared thermography easier for new users while providing experienced users with a flexible and future-ready working environment. A key feature is the unified workspace: thermal images, temperature-time diagrams, alarms, measurement fields, and camera data are displayed in a single window. Multiple USB and Ethernet cameras can be automatically detected, connected simultaneously, and shown side by side. Temperature data from several devices can be evaluated together or separately. Guided network configuration supports fast setup and helps users resolve common connection issues. Optris Connect also simplifies the configuration of measurement fields, emissivity settings, alarms, and PIF modules. Additional features include familiar color palettes, autofocus support, watermark and logo options, protection against accidental software closure, and flexible alarm management. With integrated error reporting, direct software updates, and the option to improve translations through feedback from users and distributors, the platform is designed for continuous development. As part of the Optris AI software family, Optris Connect also supports MCP server integration for modern AI-based workflows. Some advanced analysis functions currently remain available exclusively in PIX Connect 3. Users who require these features can continue using PIX Connect 3, while Optris Connect already provides a modern, fast, and future-ready workflow for the next generation of infrared thermography.
New CTi LT
Optris introduces the CTi LT pyrometer, an advanced successor to the trusted CT LT series, designed for enhanced flexibility, integration, and durability in industrial applications. Key features include a modular design with exchangeable sensing heads, ensuring easy installation, maintenance, and replacement without compromising accuracy. The new CompactPlusConnect software offers a modern interface for efficient setup, configuration, and monitoring. A standard USB interface streamlines configuration across industrial settings. The CTi LT maintains a 22:1 optical resolution and operates in ambient temperatures up to 180°C without additional cooling. It’s ideal for measuring high-emissivity materials with a thermopile detector and an 8–14 µm spectral range. With a higher sampling frequency, the pyrometer provides fast, precise temperature tracking. It also offers multiple outputs—4–20 mA, 0–10 V, USB, RS485, ModbusTCP, EthernetTCP, Profibus DP, ProfiNet, and Ethernet/IP—ensuring seamless integration into existing control systems for real-time monitoring and reliability.
New interfaces expand Optris CTi pyrometer series
Optris is expanding its CTi pyrometer series with the digital interfaces EtherCAT and IO-Link, making the compact, modular infrared pyrometers easier to integrate into modern automation environments and Industry 4.0 applications. With EtherCAT, users benefit from extremely short response times, high synchronization accuracy, fast data transfer, and short cycle times. This is particularly useful in high-speed processes such as metal processing or automated production lines, where precise real-time temperature control is required. EtherCAT also reduces CPU load in the control system and supports flexible topologies, allowing CTi pyrometers to be integrated into existing machine concepts without additional infrastructure. Automatic addressing, strong interference immunity, and fast fault detection simplify commissioning and maintenance. IO-Link adds a user-friendly field-level interface to the CTi platform. Standardized 3-wire cables reduce wiring effort, while automatic parameterization in the master enables quick sensor replacement without downtime. Extended diagnostic functions, continuous condition monitoring, digital data transmission, and remote parameter adjustment improve measurement reliability and make the interface ideal for hard-to-access or safety-critical areas. By adding EtherCAT and IO-Link, Optris increases the flexibility of the CTi platform and combines precise non-contact temperature measurement with intelligent communication and fast data processing. The CTi pyrometers retain their proven strengths, including robust design, separate electronics box with display, and flexible interface options, while opening up new possibilities for networked production environments.
CTi LTex: Compact Two-piece ATEX Explosion-Proof Industrial Infrared Pyrometer
Safety is the top priority, and the Optris CTi series pyrometer addresses this with its explosion-proof version, CTi LTex. Here, the pyrometer is additionally equipped with Zener double barriers for employment in explosion-prone areas. This version of the infrared sensor ensures secure operation in hazardous environments, providing an extra layer of protection and instilling a sense of security in the comprehensive remote temperature monitoring solution (ATEX). The Optris CTi LTex series pyrometers feature the same sensing heads as the CTi LTex series with the same characteristics. The infrared sensing heads with an optical resolution of up to 22:1 and a spectral bandwidth of 8-14µm, are ideal for high-emissivity targets and support a wide temperature range from -50 °C to 975 °C. Temperature range: -50 °C to 975 °C Spectral range: 8 to 14 µm Response time: 150 ms High ambient temperature rating up to 180 °C Higher Distance-to-spot size ratio of up to 22:1 For employment in explosion-prone areas (ATEX)
Optris launches Infrared Application Packages
Optris introduces four new Infrared Application Packages that expand the application range of the proven Xi camera series for demanding industrial environments. The new solutions include three Industrial Packages with the Xi 1M IP, Xi 410 IP, and Xi 640 IP infrared cameras, as well as one Furnace Package with the Xi 1M FP. All packages combine precise thermal imaging technology with rugged protection and are designed for reliable temperature monitoring under extreme conditions with ambient temperatures up to 250 °C. The Xi 1M Industrial Package is especially suitable for metallic surfaces and heat treatment processes thanks to its short-wavelength spectral range of 0.85 to 1.1 μm. It offers a resolution of 396 × 300 pixels, temperature ranges from 450 °C to 1800 °C, and thermal sensitivity of < 2 K. The Xi 410 Industrial Package provides 384 × 240 pixels, a spectral range of 8–14 μm, and temperature ranges from –20 °C to 1500 °C. This makes it a versatile solution for general manufacturing and process monitoring. For applications requiring high image detail, the Xi 640 Industrial Package offers VGA resolution with 640 × 480 pixels, a 32 Hz frame rate, and temperature ranges from –20 °C to 900 °C. Integration is possible via USB or GigE in combination with a USB server. The Xi 1M Furnace Package is designed specifically for continuous furnace monitoring. It combines the short-wavelength Xi 1M with a water-cooled housing and a laminar air purge flange, making it suitable for dusty environments and areas with high thermal radiation. All packages are delivered pre-assembled and include features such as water cooling, industrial process interfaces, and high-temperature cables. Optris therefore provides turnkey solutions for reliable thermal monitoring in harsh industrial environments.
PI 640i G7
With an increased temperature measurement range of up to 3000 °C and a new maximum scan angle of 145°, the latest model sets a new benchmark for high-precision temperature monitoring in glass processes - especially in combination with laser applications. Thanks to the extended temperature range, the PI 640i G7 is the world’s first industrial infrared camera with a 7.9 µm filter specifically designed for measuring glass and transparent materials, such as films, at temperatures up to 3000 °C. This now enables thermographic monitoring of laser processes on glass, sapphire, or synthetic diamonds—such as laser cutting, drilling, or structuring. Traditional high-temperature applications in glass manufacturing, such as float glass lines, pressing or forming processes in container glass, as well as specialty glass production, also benefit from this new up-date. Another milestone is the new 120° ultra-wide-angle optic, which, in combination with enhanced sensor technology, enables a horizontal field of view of up to 145° with 800 pixels per scan line. This allows a single device to monitor large production areas or multiple stations simultaneously—ideal for multi-stage manufacturing processes. In addition, the maximum ambient temperature has been increased to 70 °C, allowing the camera to be used under even more demanding production conditions without the need for additional cooling. The enhanced infrared camera is supplied with the proven Optris PIX Connect soft-ware, which includes a line-scan mode for continuous production monitoring. The combination of high resolution (640 × 480 pixels), extended temperature range, and industrial-grade design makes the new PI 640i G7 the ideal imager for demanding measurement tasks in glass applications.
PI 640i MO2X
Microscope optics for chip-level thermal imaging of electronic components and boards The newly developed Microscope lenses are especially designed for thermal inspection of electronic boards and analyses of small chip level components down to 8 μm. The distance between the measurement object and the camera can vary between 80 and 100 mm (MO44) or 15 mm (MO2X). Important specifications Analysis of small chip level components down to 8 μm Exchangeable, focusable optics for most flexible use of the c amera Microscope stand included for hands-free simultaneous operation / testing Exchangeable, focusable lenses for most flexible use of the camera With a Temperature resolution (NETD) of 80 mK Frame rates up to 125 Hz allow inspection of fast processes (like pulsed laser diodes) Radiometric video or tiff recording with +/-2 °C measurement accuracy License-free analysis software and complete SDK included
Xi 640
The Optris Xi 640 is an industrial USB infrared camera that offers innovation and affordability in non-contact thermal imaging. With high-resolution thermal imaging (640 x 480 pixels) and a temperature range from -20°C to 900 °C, it is designed to operate within the long-wavelength infrared range (LT: 8 – 14 µm). This forward-looking camera is engineered and manufactored in Germany to capture measurement data for precise surface temperature analysis in industrial settings. The Xi 640 thermal camera embodies compactness, waterproof, and rugged design, ideal for demanding industrial environments.
Xi 410
Compact spot finder IR camera Xi 410 The new compact infrared camera optris Xi 410 combines all the benefits of infrared cameras and infrared thermometers. The Xi 410 has a fast Ethernet interface and can be powered by PoE. This allows for a simple installation, even if the distance from the PC is large. The built-in hot spot finder function can be used to reliably measure moving objects without having to reposition the camera. If the network connection is interrupted or if the connected PC has a problem, the camera immediatley switches to the autonomous stand-alone mode which ensures a continuous measurement and alarm. Thus the reliability of problem detection (typically exceeding a threshold in the context of monitoring a fire outbreak) is maintained. Thanks to this unique feature, the Xi 410 is ideal for all safety applications related to fire prevention, detection of critical hot spots, monitoring of industrial equipment and storage of all kinds. The Xi 410 incorporates a motorized remote focus, controlled by the free PIX Connect software. The resolution of the camera is 384 x 240 pixels with a frame rate of 25 Hz.
Xi 1M
The Optris Xi 1M, a short-wavelength infrared camera, excels in non-contact thermal imaging of challenging objects. It accurately measures the surface temperatures of hot metals, steel, ceramics, and semiconductors. With an autonomous thermal measurement capability and motorized focus, it offers reliability and ease in industrial settings without additional hardware. Featuring Ethernet, USB interfaces, and analog and digital process interfaces, it enables seamless integration into control systems and machinery.
New Xi 05M
With a continuous temperature measurement range from 950 °C to 2450 °C, New Xi 05M is the world's first compact IR camera of its kind – ideal for demanding metal applications such as molten metal monitoring and foundry processes. Thanks to its short-wavelength spectral range of 500–540 nm, the Xi 05M is perfectly suited for metallic surfaces and liquid metals. The camera enables accurate tempera-ture readings even in the presence of intense glow and reflections. With a resolution of 396 × 300 pixels and a high-speed linescan mode of up to 500 Hz, it delivers reliable data even in dynamic processes – and can, in many cases, replace traditional dip lances entirely.The Xi 05M is not only efficient but also highly versatile: It features Ethernet or RS485 output, supports autonomous operation, and provides direct analog alarm outputs. The included PIX Connect software offers extensive analysis functions, including hot spot detection, web server capabilities, and support for industrial network protocols such as Profinet and EtherNet/IP. “The Xi 05M takes temperature monitoring in metal applications to the next level,” says Torsten Czech, Head of Marketing at Optris. “Its rugged design, extremely high temperature range, and fast linescan capability not only enable precise and safe pro-cesses – they also offer significant cost savings for manufacturers. Especially in liquid metal applications where conventional methods reach their limits, the Xi 05M is a true gamechanger.” With optional accessories like water cooling, air purge, or protective shutters, the camera is also perfectly suited for harsh industrial environments.
CTratio
Ratio pyrometer optris CTratio 1M for high-temperature measurement of metals Due to its short measuring wavelength the ratio pyrometer optris CTratio 1M is especially suited for measurement of extremely high metal temperatures and the very short response time allows for surveillance of very fast processes. The ratio pyrometer is largely resistant against dust, steam and dirty observation windows. This allows for an accurate measurement in cases of window soiling of up to 90 percent. The pyrometer additionally measures reliably in cases where the measuring object only covers 5 percent of the measuring point or moves very fast. Rugged, electrically isolated sensing head and fiber optic cable for ambient temperatures up to 315 °C without cooling.
CSvision
With the new ratio pyrometers of the CSvision family, it is possible to measure temperatures from 250 °C to 3000 °C reliably from variable distances without contact. The novelty of the CSvision series is the switchable two-step brightness reduction filter, which makes it easy to sight and focus on very bright objects. The model CSvision R1M measures in a range of 550 °C to 1800 °C (R1ML) or 900 °C to 3000 °C (R1MH), both versions have a motorised focus, with an optical resolution of up to 100:1(R1ML) or 150:1 (R1MH) and operate in the spectral range from 0.8 µm to 1.1 µm. The ratio pyrometer can be used in adverse environments from 0 °C up to 65 °C without additional cooling. Due to the dual-channel measuring principle, the CSvision are largely insensitive to dust, steam and dirty viewing windows.
CS Series: Compact single-piece industrial infrared pyrometer
Optris offers the industrial benchmark for affordable industrial pyrometers with the CS LT single-piece infrared sensor. Measurements of plastics, painted metal, glass, and ceramics are supported from -50 °C – 1030 °C with temperature resolution down to 25mK. The miniaturized M12 stainless steel measuring head is designed to fit even the tightest spaces, setting and industrial standard for integration efficiency. The sensing head endures and ambient temperature of up to 80 °C without any cooling accessory, which often allows close positioning next to heat sources. A close focus accessory is available that optimizes measurements from 10 mm. The intelligent LED display works optionally as and alarm signal, target support, self-diagnosis, or temperature-code display. The optional USB adapter supports and effortless configuration through our smartphone app or the Windows software. Air purging, mounting brackets and a laser alignment tool are available accessories. The sensors offer selectable 0 – 5 V or 0 – 10 V free scalable or thermocouple type K outputs. and alarm output of 0 – 30 V/50mA (open collector) is standard. The optional USB adapter supports and effortless configuration through the IRMobile app or the Windows software. Engineered and manufactured in Germany, he CS LT offers the best value in the market for affordable pyrometers making it the perfect choice for OEM or other price sensitive applications.
CSmicro Series: Single-piece micro-sized industrial infrared pyrometers
Optris offers the industrial benchmark within affordable industrial pyrometers regarding the sensing heads’ size, robustness, and temperature rating. The different spectral options allow temperature measurements of plastics, metal, glass, and ceramics from -50 °C up to 1030 °C with temperature resolution down to 25mK. Different optical options support a high distance-to-spot-size ratio to ensure and optimal focus on the target for high-temperature accuracy. With the miniaturized M12 stainless steel measuring head, these sensors are designed to fit even the tightest spaces, setting and industrial standard for integration efficiency. Due to their unique electronics layout, the sensing head endures and ambient temperature of up to 180 °C, which allows close positioning next to heat sources. The sensors offer analog mV or mA output, including and optional simple 2-wiring, which allows straightforward electrical setup. The intelligent LED display works optionally as and alarm signal, target support, self-diagnosis, or temperature-code display. The optional USB adapter supports and effortless configuration through our smartphone app or the Windows software. The very advantageous cost-performance ratio supports the integration of the pyrometers within OEM solutions.