optical pyrometer
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optical pyrometer
[′äp·tə·kəl pī′räm·əd·ər] (engineering)
An instrument which determines the temperature of a very hot surface from its incandescent brightness; the image of the surface is focused in the plane of an electrically heated wire, and current through the wire is adjusted until the wire blends into the image of the surface. Also known as disappearing filament pyrometer.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Heater configurations include multi-zone modules,
optical pyrometer site holes, closed-loop control, custom shapes and sizes, and protective self-cleaning faces.
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