RESEARCH DESIGN & STANDARDS ORGANISATION

(Traction Installation Directorate)

REASONED DOCUMENT FOR REVISION OF SPECIFICATION NO-TI/SPC/OHE/TIPS/1030(06/2005),Rev-1 OF INFRARED

IMAGING SYSTEM FOR STATIONARY INSTALLATION.

Sub: Revision of Specification no-TI/SPC/OHE/TIPS/1030(06/2005), Rev-1 of infrared Imaging System for

stationary installation.
Ref: Comments received from firms on the subject.

RDSO have amended the existing specification No. -TI/SPC/OHE/TIPS/1030(06/2005), Rev-1 of infrared Imaging
System for stationary installation and draft specification had been uploaded on RDSO website for one month from
10.06.2013 to 09.07.2013.
2. RDSO (TI) has received comments/suggestions from firms/manufacturers .Based on the comments /suggestion a draft
specification has been prepared and draft copy of specification and remarks given by this directorate is being
uploaded on RDSO website for fifteen days.

Content/
S. Serial no.
No of RDSO Comments/suggestions of firm RDSO decision
Specifi-
cation
1. Serial no- M/s Blue Star Ltd- -40 to 1500 0C with selectable range -20 to 600C,-40 to Desirable range
2 1200C, 0 to 500 0C, 350 to 1500 0C- Temperature range is higher with already mentioned
selectable ranges for the better operation in various measuring condition. therefore not
Selective option gives better view and measurement and analysis capability. agreed.

2. Serial no- M/s Blue Star Ltd-Standard lens: 34 degree (H) x 24 degree vertical or Not Accepted as
3 more-Higher field of view angle for better picture quality and for viewing small Minimum desirable
thermal sensitive part for analysis. size mentioned.
M/s Fluke -23degree Horizontal x 17 degree vertical +/- 5%-(with the
specification of 23 deg x 17 deg or more vender may quote a very wide field
of view and the same would qualify. A thermal imager with a field of view of Not Accepted as
40 deg will qualify under the specification and not serve the purpose for which Minimum desirable
this is used. Also while a high field of view would be acceptable, a slighter size has mentioned.
lower field of view would not qualify. Point no 4 is also for this specification )
3. Serial no- M/s Blue Star Ltd-1.78 mRad is sufficient for the measurement range of It is a minimum
4 upto 1500 0C and to capture thermal images from minimum distance of 10 detectable area in
Cm. centimeter from 10
M/s Testo India (P) Ltd-1.4 mRad is very specific & indicates towards a meter distance.
very specific vender. To make generalize it should be 3.5 mRad or better. (Say 1.4 mRad is
sufficient to
measure minimum
size 1.4 cm from 10
meter.) Keeping in
the view of Mast
length & slant
height from camera
with height of man
to OHE fittings.
As such it is not
Accepted 1.78 &
3.5 mRad.

4. Serial no- M/s PCI Ltd- Minimum focus distance may please be considered as less than It may be accepted
5 or equal to 40 cm as it hardly affects the parameter & practically also, as less than or
distance between object & camera will be more than 40 cm. equal to 40 cm as it
M/s Fluke- Minimum focus distance less than 20 cm to infinity. This will does not affect live
ensure thermography of PCBs from a small distance. line OHE scanning.
M/s Blue Star Ltd- Minimum focus distance less than 10 cm to infinity-
Better feature and to get the clear and close view of the measurements area M/s Fluke & M/s
for thermal image capturing. Blue star are also
coming in this
range
5. Serial no- M/s Testo India (P) Ltd As in general it should be 8 to 14 Micro meter. Spectral Range
6 M/s Fluke- Within 7 to 15 micrometer. This will ensure that all long wave IR shall be modified as
cameras qualify. (7.5 to 14m) +/-
0.5 m.
6. Serial no- M/s Advanteh Impex, New Delhi- 20Hz might not help user to get clear Not accepted less
7 image in case of moving objects or hand shake while imaging. than 20 Hz. As it
will affect the
M/s Testo India (P) Ltd Rather than video update, it should be Image quality of image
frame rate which will be 9 Hz or better. with any hand
shake & movement
M/s Fluke- To be deleted. of camera/object.
(Video update has no significance in thermal imaging camera. Recommend to Video update &
remove this. Instead of this you may add image frame rate: 9 Hz or more. image frame
Thermal imager with an image frame rate of more than 9 Hz are Restricted for rate/Image Refresh
export by US government. For thermography of stationary object a Thermal rate is same things.
imager with an image frame rate of 9Hz or 33Hz or 60Hz would give the same M/s Fluke& M/s
results. Since Fluke cannot Import a Thermal Imager with more than 9Hz Testo also has a
without an Import license and an End user declaration request you to make model of more than
this 9Hz or more.) 20Hz or more.
Present spec is
M/s Blue Star Ltd-8.5 Hz refresh rate/ frame rate is more than sufficient to also having 20Hz
capture the thermal still images with high resolution. Higher Refresh rate are image refresh rate.
required for the Military application where night vision and thermal imaging for
the spy detection is applicable. For the commercial use 8.5 Hz video update or
refresh rate is commonly used.

7. Serial no- M/s Advanteh Impex, New Delhi-Screen size may be increased to 85 mm Agreed. Diagonally
11 for more clear viewing of thermal image on site itself. to be added before
M/s Testo India (P) Ltd -Should mention LCD display and its size like 3.5 size.
diagonally or better.
M/s Blue Star Ltd-3.5 inch color LCD Monitor (320 240) with Tilt function Tilt function of LCD
and brightness control- Better Display and brightness control for viewing not required.
images in different environmental conditions. Also tilt function give easy and
user friendly operation for the viewing and analysis of images in different area
without bending the camera. And user can capture images in different angles.
8. Serial no- M/s Testo India (P) Ltd In the latest trend USB is the communication Already mention
12 mode. USB communication
in draft spec at Sl
No-16.No need to
change
9. Serial no- M/s Blue Star Ltd- More than 2000 images or more with 2GB Memory card Need not to be
13 extra- With the help of SD card corresponding to SDHC user can take more changed because
images and stored in 2 GB SD Memory Card there is no
restriction of max
storage of image.
10 Serial no- M/s Blue Star Ltd-Li-Ion Rechargeable battery pack, Battery charging input As general, in most
14 230V, 50 Hz- Better Battery life. With environmental friendly cameras Lithium-
ion batteries are
used. As no need to
change.
11 Serial no- M/s Blue Star Ltd- Complies and also images can be download to PC/Laptops No need to change
16 directly through removable SD Memory Card. as general storage
image on SD card
could be
transferred to any
PC/Laptop.
12 Serial no- M/s Advanteh Impex, New Delhi-Touch screen may please be avoided. It shall be changed
18 as Touch screen or
M/s Fluke- Should be toggle button operated. Touch screen is not Toggle button
recommended for Industrial use. operated.

M/s Blue Star Ltd- Joystick and toggle with Push button operated- Better
and user friendly operation using joysticks and push buttons. There will
chances of failure of touch screen and also scratches to screen due to touch
screen operation. As touch screen are more vulnerable to scratch and
damage.

13 Serial no- M/s AdvantehImpex, New Delhi-Weight may be increased to 1.5 kg Accepted as Not
19 M/s Testo India (P) Ltd Not more than 2 kg. more than 2 kg as
M/s Blue Star Ltd-800 gram Maximum- More compact and light weight for it does not affect
the field operation and one handed operation. Better handling and user overall performance
friendly. of camera
14 Serial no- M/s Blue Star Ltd- -15 to 50 C- Better Complies Accepted It should
20 be corrected as -10
to +50 C or better.
15 Serial no- M/s Advanteh Impex, New Delhi-May like to improve Thermal sensitivity Accepted as less
22 to 0.03 deg.C than 0.05 C @ 30
M/s Blue Star Ltd- NETD Resolution 0.04 C- Better Feature with higher C or 50mk.
sensitivity
16 Serial no- M/s Testo India (P) Ltd IR video streaming is OK but radiometric data is Accepted
23 not required on live streaming as the same is get on the display of instrument. corrected as Fully
dynamic IR Image
M/s Fluke- Recommended to change to video Radiometric video recording: streaming with
Thermal imager should have to record Radiometric video of the object. radiometric data.
Thermal Imager is hand held devices. A streaming video output may be
important in a online Thermal imager but in hand held Thermal imager there
should be a capability of Radiometric video Recording instead of streaming.
17 Serial no- M/s Fluke- Laser pointer should be available. (Laser pointer is used to know OK
25 where exactly on the object thermal imager is focused. The Thermal imager
shows the distribution of temperature on the object and since Laser pointer
does not heat up the area there is no way this can be shown on the thermal
Image. )

18 Serial no- M/s Fluke- Accepted

26 i- Moveable spot minimum 1 nos.
ii- Ok
iii- Should be deleted (Delta T is a patented feature of one
manufacturer other bidder may not be able to offer. Moreover Delta
T can be easily calculated. )
iv- Measurement Correction-Emissivity, Background Temperature,
Transmission correction(Emissivity, Background Temp,
Transmission correction are Important correction factors in
Thermal imagers for getting a good temperature reading and should
be specified.)
M/s Blue Star Ltd- Better Features for analysis of thermal images
Centre, Max & Min with 5 Movable points
Area moveable & scale able Minimum moveable
Maximum temperature, Auto hot spot , Cold Spot identification points describe and
Differential temperature measurement (Delta t) there is no
Measurement corrections restriction of more
Emissivity Back Calculation Function moveable points.
Averaging & Edge enhancement filters
Panoramic shooting function (G 120 only)
9 Images Thumbnail display
Temperature analysis function for the assign region Maximum, Min,
average for up to 5 boxes
19 Serial no- M/s PCI Ltd- inbuilt microphone & camera will never help user in storing Minimum 20 sec
28 clear voice, because camera needs to be placed quite near to mouth while accepted as it is
annotating and lot of external noise disturbance will also be there while sufficient.
recording or playback. In built microphone
Rather, Bluetooth headset is a best method to record & hear voice annotation clause will be
very clearly with no requirement of wire attachment with camera. Wired deleted.
interface will be a hurdle during on site operation.
M/s Testo India (P) Ltd In practical aspect, 20 Sec is enough so we have
to put 20 sec or more. Putting 60 Sec will indicate for specific vender.
M/s Blue Star Ltd- Camera shall have a voice annotation feature to record a
min 30 second voice tag along with every thermal image. The microphone
shall be inbuilt in the Thermal Imager. It shall also be possible to play back
the recording in the thermal Imager with inbuilt speaker -30 Sec voice tag is
sufficient for the voice annotation for the thermal images

20 Serial no- M/s Fluke- Should be an optional feature. Camera should have text or voice Not Accepted
29 or Both (Not all manufacturer offer both voice and Text annotation. Fluke offer
photo notes annotation apart from voice annotation.)
M/s Blue Star Ltd- User define text identification should be possible with OK
every individual image up to 128 Characters- Better feature
21 Serial no- M/s Testo India (P) Ltd It should be 0.3 Mega pixels (640 x 480) or more. M/s Testo already
30 Because visual camera is only for reference purpose. Visual camera pixels in have camera
thermal imager will be double to the infrared pixels i.e. if the IR pixels is 320 models of 3.1 mega
x240 then visual camera pixels should be 640 x 480 pixel. No need to
change

22 Serial no- M/s Testo India (P) Ltd-Option should be availableto overlap real image OK
31 and thermal image.

M/s Fluke-Recommended Change to Picture in picture display: Should be

possible to display picture in picture image with thermal image in the centre
and visual image in the background. The picture in picture Thermal image
shall display the complete information of the thermal image
Image fusion : It shall be possible to over lay the thermal Imager over the
visual image in the thermal imager and Increase/decrease the transparence Accepted and
of thermal image in the Thermal Imager.(Picture& picture display and Image corrected as image
fusion are two different things and should be clearly specified. Picture in fusion as well as
picture image is display of thermal image in the centre and visual image in picture in picture
background. display
Image fusion is overlaying of thermal image over visual image with an option
to mix the thermal image and the visual image)
23 Serial no- M/s Testo India (P) Ltd- Minimum1-2X digital zoom or more. Accepted &
34 corrected as
M/s Fluke-Recommend to remove (Digital zoom is nothing but stretching of minimum 2x zoom.
Thermal image without increasing resolution. This only distorts the image Not Accepted.
without increasing much value to the image. This featured is not offered by all
manufacturers)
24 Page no- M/s FlukeSuggestedOptional Item (Telephoto lens) having FOV-12 deg (H) No need to include
3,point-3 x9 deg (V) +/-5%, & IFOV-Less than 0.7 mRad. (For thermography of Telephoto lens.
transmission line s a telephoto lens would be required. This can be an optional Railway will procure
item which can be purchased if required.) separately, if
required.