General Information

Serial #

101

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Metal, with mirror lens, copper tubing (?)/ Small ropes to hold caps

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

13.0 cm

Width

19.2 cm

Height

25.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

7.4

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Forestry

Category

Fire fighting

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Barr Stroud

Country

Scotland

State/Province

Unknown

City

Glasgow

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1986 to late 1990s

Canada

Used by Canada Forest Service to detect experimental and actual forest fires throughout Canada.

Function

Once the imaging unit and associated electronics is mounted in a helicopter and is flying over a forest fire, a series of scans using different techniques is performed which can be directly viewed on monitors. The data is also recorded via a continuous video feed to provide a medium to analyse the data captured.

Technical

The camera was adapted to work through clouds and smoke and to detect fire of various sizes. Thermal imager uses rotary mirror scanner technology.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Mfr's plate on top of unit reads: "SERVICE CODE [blank]/ SERIAL No 101/ TITLE THERMAL SCANNER/ BARR &/ STROUD IR018 9400/ MOD RECORD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10"/ Printed into cooling supply input: "PT NO 13-032000/ WP 414 BAR"/ Engraved by hand below reads: "PA0346"/ Circular plate on front of units: "FERRANTI/ ROTARY SCANNER TYPE 203-005/ SERIAL No. 2071 [engraved]"/ Very small print: "MADE BY FERRANTI PLC [illegible, print too small]"/ Knob on unit reads: "BULGIN/ F365/63A250V"/ Print below reads: "FUSE RATING/ 2.5 AMPS"/ wHITE Print on back of unit: "VIDEO/ OUT/ SYMBOLS/ IN/ CLOCK/ OUT"/ Typewritten label above: "BLACK LEVEL TRIM/ TEMP-COMP TRIM"/

Missing

none apparent, though there are numerous small threaded holes with no screws, and no attachments

Finish

Unit is painted black/ the cooling supply input unit is polished metal, including the caps/

Decoration

N/A