Features & Benefits

AT A GLANCE

BLASTDOWN ARC-PROTECTION SYSTEM

Reduces and controls overpressure on the ViPIRS should an arc-flash occur by venting gas down through blast vents in the base of the frame. Personnel protection is maximized from the potential of flying debris, and the ViPIRS product remains firmly attached to the panel.

COMPOSITE SAFETY OPTIC

The ViPIRS infrared viewing panes incorporate the unique, composite infrared safety optic made from metallic mesh embedded within infrared transmitting polymer, unlike traditional polymer/mesh infrared windows. This provides unparalleled resistance to corrosion as the polymer seals and protects both sides of the embedded safety mesh while also providing the rigidity and strength to pass global load and impact test requirements.

UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES (UL) CERTIFIED

Certified to the latest revision of the IR Viewport standard, UL50V, the ViPIRS product line has also been tested to meet and exceed the required load, impact, flammability and environmental standards of UL94, UL746C and UL50. The ViPIRS product line also holds cUL certification for Canadian installations.

UNCONDITIONAL LIFETIME WARRANTY

The ViPIRS unconditional lifetime warranty not only applies to the workmanship of the IR viewing pane and its assembly, but also to the durability and stability of the optic in the specified environments.

INFRARED

Designed for all infrared cameras.

EASY-CLEAN OPTIC DESIGN

Accurate infrared energy cannot pass through dirt or grime. It is important to clean the surface whenever possible to prevent thermal image degradation and error to measurements. Unlike traditional infrared viewing panes, which have mesh on one or both sides of a polymer sheet and can be difficult to clean due to dirt within the mesh itself, the ViPIRS composite safety optic is smooth on both sides. It has been designed for simple and effective cleaning of the viewing pane, always ensuring the highest quality infrared images!

ViPIRS utilise an optic with a safety mesh embedded within the polymer itself. This key breakthrough in composite optic design technology has several key advantages:

SAFETY WITH BLASTDOWN™ TECHNOLOGY

The ViPIRS line of IR viewing panes comes with an innovative, distinctive and unique patent-pending pressure relief system. The groundbreaking BLASTDOWN™ system technology diverts a portion of the pressure wave associated with an internal arcing event. In a world-first, these viewing panels are designed to deflect and redirect a portion of the arc gases, associated with an arcing event, through a unique patent-pending diversion system.

Protection for Thermographers

Should an internal arc flash event ever occur, with the ViPIRS pane’s cover in the closed position, the BLASTDOWN™ system redirects a portion of the pressure wave downwards, away from the thermographer relieving a portion of the overpressure near the ViPIRS pane. In the case of an arc-flash occurring while the cover of the ViPIRS pane is open, the BLASTDOWN™ system not only diverts and vents a portion of the pressure wave away from the thermographer, it also reuses this same energy to automatically close the latching cover, again providing maximum protection of the thermographer and anyone else in the vicinity.

Maximizing image quality by minimising vignette effect

Traditional infrared viewing panes, which use two mesh grids separated by a polymer, must be carefully aligned during production to prevent the two grids from overlapping and subsequent field of view restrictions. The two grids can cause image problems if the thermographer attempts to view at an angle not perfectly perpendicular to the mesh. Using a single mesh embedded within the polymer removes these problems entirely.

Maximizing resistance to corrosion

Metallic mesh parts are subject to corrosion over time. Using a mesh embedded within the polymer seals the supporting mesh entirely, meaning it is completely protected from corrosion; once by anti-corrosion coatings and twice by the polymer encapsulation.

Maximizing durability and ruggedness

Manufactured from a combination of aluminium, steel and stainless steel, the ViPIRS range of infrared viewing panes offer unparalleled flexibility and usability. The revolutionary polymer-composite optic is impervious to mandatory load and impact test requirements specified by UL, CSA and IEEE standards and guides.

Maximizing your investment with an unconditional lifetime warranty

Not only can the ViPIRS infrared viewing panes be installed, removed and reinstalled without voiding the certification, the entire product, including the composite optic is covered by an unconditional lifetime warranty.