Read our latest article in Furnaces International, where Dr. Fiona Turner discusses the ins and outs of AMETEK Land.
With technological transitions, the thermal processes have become safer, more efficient and more technical. AMETEK Land is one of many companies assisting the industry with technology designed to enhance performance.
Could you give us a brief history behind AMETEK Land?
AMETEK Land is a world leader in industrial infrared non-contact temperature measurement, combustion efficiency and environmental pollutant emissions monitoring.
The company started as Land Instruments in 1947, effectively a spin-out company from Sheffield’s steelworks. Our eponymous founder, Tom Land, initially started making devices to measure temperature in his father’s steelworks. His company has gone from strength to strength, bringing state-of-the-art technology to industrial processes. We now have a proud 75-year history and can claim a number of industry firsts:
- Commercial infrared thermometer using silicon photodiode
- Portable single-lens reflex infrared thermometer
- ISO9000-certified infrared thermometer manufacturer
- Production of in-flight infrared thermometer
- Utility gas turbine infrared thermometer
In 2006,
Land Instruments was acquired by
AMETEK Inc. and transformed from a traditional, family-run business into a modern, global enterprise. We retained our dedicated R&D centre and manufacturing facility in Sheffield, UK, and we now supply our world-leading pyrometers, scanners and thermal imagers to over 100 countries worldwide.
Click here to read the full article in Furnaces International on pages 4-11