3 Temperature measurement and calibration facility
Contact: Mr. Kedar Satish Bhope
(kedar AT ipr.res.in)
Ph.No: +91-79-2396 4156
Temperature Measurement Facility up to 3000 C:
Temperature measurement facility include instruments capable to measure temperature from -200 C to 3500 C with high accuracy and fast response time. For higher temperatures measurements non-contact type IR pyrometers are used.
1. Reference Thermometer
- Make: Fluke 
- Model: 1524 
Sensor Types:-
- PRTs: -200 C to 1000 C 
- Thermocouples -200 C to 2315 C 
- Precision thermistors: -50 C to 150 C Accuracy 
- PRTs: up to +/- 0.011 C 
- Thermocouples : +/- 0.24 C for J,K,L,M 
- Precision thermistors: +/- 0.002 C 
Two Channels:-
- Two channels; memory for logging 15,000 measurements; real-time clock for time and date stamps 
- Plot and scale trends in real time 
2. Pyrometer (Single Colour)
- Make: KLIEBER 
- Model: KMGA LO740 
- Temperature ranges: 350 to 3500 C 
- Accuracy: 0.75 % of measured value 
- Response time: 10 micro second 
- Spot sizes: min 0.45 mm 
- Laser target light: built-in 
- Interface: RS232 
- Diagnostics function 
- Temperature withstand capacity: Fiber optic and optical head withstand up to 250 C 
3. Pyrometer (Two Colour)
- Make: IMPAC 
- Model: IGAR -12 LO 
- Temperature ranges: 350 to 1300 C 
- Accuracy: 0.5% of reading in C + 1 C 
- Response time: 2 ms 
- Mode: 2-color- / mono- / metal mode (switchable) 
- Spot sizes: min 0.45 mm 
- Laser target light: built-in 
- Interface: RS232 
- Temperature withstand capacity: Fiber optic and optical head withstand up to 250 C 
4. Pyrometer (Two Colour)
- Make: IMPAC 
- Model: ISR -12 LO 
- Temperature ranges: 1000 to 3300 C 
- Accuracy: 0.6% of reading in C + 1 C 
- Response time: 2 ms 
- Mode: 2-color- / mono- / metal mode (switchable) 
- Spot sizes: min 0.45 mm 
- Laser target light: built-in 
- Interface: RS232 
- Temperature withstand capacity: Fiber optic and optical head withstand up to 250 C 




Temperature Calibration Facility (Temperature range: 100 C to 3000 C)
1. Portable Calibration Furnace:-
- Make: ISOTECH 
- Model: PEGASUS 1200 
- Temperature Range: 150 C to 1200 C 
- Absolute stability over 30 minutes: 
- At 150 C +/- 0.1 C 
- At 1200 C +/- 0.2 C 
- Blackbody Source: +/- 0.3 C 
- Heating Rate: 25 C/minute 
- Cooling Rate: 1200 C to 200 C in 180 minutes 
- Calibration volume: 33.5mm diameter by 130mm deep 
- Standard Insert: 4 pockets, 8.0mm dia. by 80mm deep 
- Display Resolution: (0.1) to 999.9 and (1) 1000 to 1200 
- Indicator units: C, F, K 
- Computer Interface: RS-232 
- Software: Calibration software 
2. Reference Thermocouple:-
- Make: ISOTECH 
- Model: 935-14-91/R 
- Thermocouple Type: Type R Platinum Thermocouple 
- Temperature Range: 0 to 1300 C 
- Diameter: 5 mm 
- Length: 300 mm 
3. Reference Thermometer:-
- Make: Fluke 
- Model: 1524 
Sensor types:
- PRTs: -200 C to 1000 C 
- Thermocouples -200 C to 2315 C 
- Precision thermistors: -50 C to 150 C 
Accuracy:
- PRTs: up to +/- 0.011 C 
- Thermocouples : +/- 0.24 C for J,K,L,M 
- Precision thermistors: +/- 0.002 C 
Two Channels:
- Two channels; memory for logging 15,000 measurements; real-time clock for time and date stamps 
- Plot and scale trends in real time 
4. Cavity Blackbody :-
- Make: Mikron 
- Model: M390C-2 
- Cavity Temperature range: 600 to 3000 C 
- Cavity Temperature accuracy: +/- 0.25% of reading +/- 1 C 
- Cavity temperature stability: +/- 1 C 
- Cavity uniformity: +/- 0.1% +/- 1 C of reading in center diameter of 1/2 of opening. 
- Cavity emissivity: 1.00 (Effective from 0.6 to 1.8 μm) and ~0.96 (Effective from 3 to 15 μm) 
- Cavity Diameter: 1" 
- Warm-up time : From ambient temperature to 2300 C within 5 minutes; 
- Gas purging: Dry argon 99 % pure 
- Cooling : Water cooled 
- PC Interface: RS-232 
- Software: Calibration and Control software 
- Calibration certificate: Traceable to NIST, USA 






