Crowcon is delighted to announce the launch of STAY-CLIR, a revolutionary coating for gas detection product, IRmax, that prevents condensation build up.

Unlike most conventional IR gas detectors, IRmax does not utilise heaters to prevent condensation on windows and mirrors. With 15 years experience developing IR products, Crowcon has worked through IRmax’s design and development to find an effective alternative to heated optics, whilst retaining long-term dependable operation with minimum maintenance.

As a result, STAY-CLIR is a highly durable hydrophobic coating that completely prevents signal faults due to condensation. As IRmax contains no components for artificially heating optical surfaces, power consumption is dramatically reduced to less than one watt whereas conventional IR gas detectors use 75-90% more!

The STAY-CLIR coating is also resistant to dirt and dust, thus rendering routine cleaning of the optical components unnecessary.

Specialised coatings are regularly used on a range of products such as clothing and mobile phones, but Crowcon is the first company to apply this technique to gas detection. Detailed research and development was undertaken by our scientists, with the coating being subjected to aggressive corrosion and resilience tests in extreme locations such as the Australian desert and the north coast of Scotland.

Testing included:

• Long-term immersion in salt-water
• Long-term immersion in vessels containing sulphur, hydrogen and sulphur dioxide
• Direct exposure to continuous sand-spray
• Continuous rubbing to simulate excessive cleaning
• Long-term site trials on offshore platforms, petrochemical plants and sulphur recovery plants

STAY-CLIR delivered high performance throughout these extreme conditions. For more information go to:
http://halmapr.com/news/crowcon/2011/10/24/irmax-stay-clir-dependable-gas-detection-without-heated-mirrors/