Magnetic field in aluminium smelter plants

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Hi!

I require your help regarding a problem I’m encountering.

Description: We have an issue where we would like to install a robot machine vision system to go around the smelter’s furnace and measure the temperature but the magnetic field is very high that even mobile phones and watches do not work. I am worried about how will the robot and thermal cameras work in such high magnetic field of 250 gauss or more and transmit data to the operator through wireless communication. I have considered the option of faraday cage but mesh view and loss in field of view of camera is a concern. any suggestions would help

Thank you so much in advance for your help!

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Hello there!

Unfortunately we do not have anything in our catalog powerful or resistant enough for your needs.
You could try contacting Fluke or Flir as they carry a very wide variety of heavy duty thermal cameras.

As for the wireless transmission, I think it’s gonna take a whole lot of power to transmit video data without corrupting the feed through that magnetic field. If there is a way to wire that setup, it’s going to simplify your task greatly.

Cheers!

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Thank you @Magmator :slight_smile

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No problem! Let me know if you ever find something.