New App for KELLER pyrometer

Modern information and communication technology offers innovative solutions for the location-independent provision of data and information far beyond common practice. Thus, digitisation provides interesting new fields of action for companies, especially in the service sector.

For this purpose, KELLER ITS - one of the leading manufacturers of optical temperature measuring devices - follows this development and has developed the KITS App.

KITS is a digital information platform for this service. It meets the various possibilities of a modern digital service management to get the necessary information quickly and easily, anytime and worldwide.

The Industrial Solution Guide supports interested parties in finding the most suitable system solution for optical temperature measurement for the requested industry and application. All information required for a product, such as technical data, operating instructions, commissioning and maintenance instructions, is available directly via the app in 16 languages using a tablet or smartphone. In addition to the product information, technical and application information can be found in the media library.

The measuring field calculator and emissivity calculator are useful tools for selecting and commissioning the devices.

For quick help, the App gives you direct access to the service hotlines.

Overview of functions of the KITS Service App KITS

Start menu for selecting the modules

The App has 6 function modules. The desired module can be called up either by tile view mode 1 or by navigation bar 2. The flag 3 is used to select the language.

Product information module

Start with the selection of the measuring  device.  This  can be done via the selector 1 or via the integrated QR Code scanner 2. All technical data 3 and the operating instructions 4 are available for the selected device.

A selected device can be called up again immediately from the favourites list 5.

Emissivity calculator module

Pyrometry is an optical temperature measurement. The temperature is determined from the thermal radiation emitted by a measured object. The surface and material have a great influence on the measurement result. The radiation property of the object to be measured is set by parameterising the emissivity on the device.

The emissivity calculator is an important tool for commissioning a pyrometer.

It determines the correct value 4 to be set on the device from the emissivity 1 preset on the device, the measured temperature 2 and a reference temperature 3. Furthermore, the measurement deviation can be determined for a selected object temperature by varying the emissivity, i.e. a possible change in the material or the surface.

With a two-colour pyrometer, the calculations can be carried out independently for both the two-colour temperature and the two one-colour temperatures.

Field-of-view calculator

The field-of-view calculator is a useful tool for determining the complete field-of-view, the size of the measuring area in relation to the distance, the maximum measuring distance and the minimum spot size depending on the optical properties of the device when selecting and commissioning the device

After selecting a supplementary lens 1 (if used), the measuring distance 2 and the length of the measuring distance 3 , the resulting dimensions of the spot size 4 and the field of view in relation to the distance 5 are displayed graphically and are shown in a table.4   The data of the field of view can be used to check whether a cut-off and thus an incorrect measurement can be excluded when measuring through a viewing opening.

Industrial Solution Guide Module

When selecting a pyrometer, the physical and measuring conditions given for an application, the functional requirements for a device or the integration into the plant control system must be considered.

The Industrial Solution Guide is used to select the appropriate  measuring system 5 for the conditions 3 and measuring location 4 in the production plant after selecting the industry  1  and application 2 . All information on the device and accessories is available for the selected application solution.

Media Library Module

In the media library you will find application and technical reports on optical temperature measurement in addition to product information.

Service Hotline Module

For support with the installation and commissioning of the devices or other technical questions, the contact details of the service hotline can be found here.