Cost-effective and high performance thermal imaging camera to prevent disasters in the construction (KOREA INSTITUTE of CIVIL ENGINEERING and BUILDING TECHNOLOGY)

Cost-effective and high performance thermal imaging camera to prevent disasters in the construction

  • Policy features
    - Mechanical systems such as high heat transmission/drainage and cooling water systems and motors in the construction industry often have their useful lives, so systematic maintenance is required to prevent safety accidents.
    - Using a thermal imaging camera, it is possible to detect temperature differences, leaks, damage, and machine operation status in advance through monitoring of the plant's system. And it can prevent large-scale accidents by presenting an appropriate maintenance plan.
    - In recent years, thermal imaging cameras are being installed in public places to prevent the spread of infectious diseases such as corona, and the market demand for disaster response is increasing
    - Emtake, a cooperative organization, has developed a high-performance thermal imaging camera at an economical price. The Korea Institute of Construction Technology has developed a technology to apply thermal imaging cameras to industrial sites to prevent accidents in the construction industry.

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Policy details

○ Expanding the applicability of thermal imaging cameras to the safety field of the construction industry

- Mechanical systems such as high heat transmission/drainage and cooling water systems and motors in the construction industry often have their useful lives, so systematic maintenance is required to prevent safety  

 accidents.

- Using a thermal imaging camera, it is possible to detect temperature differences, leaks, damage, and machine operation status in advance through monitoring of the plant's system. And it can prevent large-scale 

 accidents by presenting an appropriate maintenance plan.

- It is necessary to prevent large-scale accidents such as recent Lotte Chemical fires and communication fires

- In recent years, thermal imaging cameras are being installed in public places to prevent the spread of infectious diseases such as corona, and the market demand for disaster response is increasing​ 

 

 


 

○ Commercialization of thermal imaging cameras suitable for application in the construction industry safety field

 - Emtake Co., Ltd., a cooperative organization, has the technology to develop a low-end thermal imaging camera suitable for application in the safety field of the construction industry. In related markets, there is a growing demand for solutions for detecting fire and human body heat generation and preventing accidents.

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 - The developed thermal imaging camera has an affordable performance at an economical price. It does not use a black body, which is expensive and cumbersome to install, and heat can be detected with a temperature difference of less than 0.3 degrees.

 - The Korea Institute of Construction Technology has developed a technology to apply thermal imaging cameras to industrial sites to prevent accidents in the construction industry.​

 

​○ Systematic safety management technology applying thermal imaging cameras in the construction industry

 

  Accidents in the construction industry can be effectively maintained by applying a thermal imaging camera due to fire, damage to the thermal system, explosion, and machine aging.

 

Government Organization Information

한국건설기술연구원KOREA INSTITUTE of CIVIL ENGINEERING and BUILDING TECHNOLOGY

Address : 283, Goyang-daero, Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 10223, Rep. of Korea

Website : http://www.kict.re.kr

As the only state research institute in the field of construction in Korea, the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology has been dedicated to leading the development of technologies in the construction industry.Also, KICT has been ensuring the efficient use of the national land and the happiness of citizens in the past 40 years since its foundation in 1983.
Through the nation’s industrialization and rapid growth, the Korean construction industry has grown equal to that in advanced countries. Recently, we have been seeing the emergence of new talking points in construction beyond the conventional topics of building, civil engineering, and social infrastructure. These include smart city infrastructure in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, convergent technologies in emerging fields, for example, construction technologies for extreme environments, and relevant institutions and policies.
We at the KICT will exert our utmost efforts to answer these needs of the times and ensure the convenient, safe, and healthy lives of citizens. We aim to resolve the current issues and challenges in construction technology to allow citizens to live more convenient, safe, and healthy lives in our land and residential environment, make bold challenges to future issues, and present visions to improve the competitiveness of the homeland and society’s potential for innovative growth, thereby contributing to improving the quality of citizens’ lives.