Thermal imagers (Russian market)

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2020: Hikvision: 60% of customers use thermal imaging solutions to measure human body temperature

More than 60% of customers use thermal imaging solutions to measure human body temperature. On December 4, 2020, the results of the Hikvision survey became known.

Until 2020, thermal imaging technologies were used mainly in safety systems to protect the perimeter, to control technological processes, as well as to ensure fire safety. In 2020, with the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, thermal imaging equipment began to be in high demand to solve another important task - incoming flow monitoring and prompt identification of people with a symptom of fever. Hikvision conducted a survey among security market specialists (installation organizations, trading houses, distributors, integrators) and found out what tasks customers solve using thermal imaging systems and what technical requirements are for equipment.

The majority of survey respondents (66%) noted that their clients or they themselves use thermal imagers to measure human body temperature - both in the form of autonomous systems and as part of access control systems. Slightly less than half of the respondents (42%) noted that they are working with thermal imaging technologies to ensure the safety of the perimeter of facilities and the detection of people or vehicles in the protected zone. Almost a third of the survey participants (29%) chose the option of using thermal imagers to control technological processes in industrial industries, where compliance with the established temperature regime is important. To ensure fire safety and control the temperature of a specific object or object, thermal imaging technologies are used by 25% of respondents.

Since the beginning of the pandemic in Russia, the main customers have been mainly industrial enterprises and strategically important facilities with a continuous production and operation cycle. Since it was not possible to transfer personnel to remote operation at these facilities, customers from these segments massively purchased thermal solutions to ensure incoming temperature control.

In the course of the survey, almost half of the respondents (42%) noted that as of December 2020 there is no or almost no demand for thermographic cameras, arguing that their clients have already either installed such systems or do not plan to install them for various reasons (they work remotely, high cost, etc.). Slightly more than a third (34%) of the surveyed safety market specialists observe a moderate demand for thermal imagers for temperature measurement, but at the same time they note that the excitement in the market has already passed, and equipment sales will decrease at the end of 2020 and early 2021. High demand from their customers is observed by 24% of survey participants. In their opinion, a large number of requests for thermal imagers from customers will continue in early 2021.

At the beginning of December 2020, thermal imagers are used only for primary temperature monitoring. If a person with symptoms of fever is identified, he is sent for control measurement using medical equipment. The proliferation of thermal imaging technologies to ensure sanitary safety at the entrance to various facilities (business centers, hospitals, enterprises, public places, etc.) makes an increasing number of customers think about the need for equipment to have a meter certificate. 77% of survey participants agree with this point of view. The remaining 23% of respondents do not see an urgent need for such a certificate.

Hikvision thermal solutions by December 2020 have already passed certification tests in order to approve the type of measuring instrument (SI). The certification procedure is planned to be fully completed in the first quarter of 2021.

An increasing number of customers prefer high-resolution thermal imagers to improve image detail and security at sites. The high-resolution option (1280x720) was chosen by 45% of respondents. Matrices with a resolution of 640x512 and 384x288 chose 29% and 30%, respectively - as the most optimal options for thermal imaging monitoring in terms of solution cost and image quality. Only 2% of respondents noted the option with a resolution of 160x120. The decline in interest in low-resolution thermal imagers can be explained by the fact that against the background of the rapid technological development of equipment and high demand in 2020, thermal imaging solutions have become more affordable, so customers are increasingly preferring cameras with better image detail.

One of the common requirements of customers is the temperature mode of equipment operation. Almost half of the survey participants (45%) noted a variant with an operating range from -40 ° C to + 65 ° C. Thermal imagers for work in a temperate climate (from -30 ° C to 65 ° C) were chosen by 29% of respondents. Equipment for operation in severe climatic conditions - with lower temperature limits from -50 ° С and -60 ° С - was chosen by 13% of specialists, respectively.

Another parameter that customers pay attention to when buying cameras for security systems is the form factor of the case. However, in the case of thermal imaging cameras, 54% of respondents noted that the form factor does not matter. Dome cameras were preferred by 31%, and 24% chose the option of cylindrical devices.

2015: Thermal Imagers Market Size in Russia - 4,878

In 2015, the volume of the thermal imagers market in Russia amounted to 4,878 units. According to Discovery Research Group forecasts, in 2016 the thermal imager market in Russia will amount to 5,989 units, which is 23% more than in 2015.

The volume of thermal imagers imported to Russia in 2015 amounted to 3,832 units, which is 26% less than in 2014. In the first half of 2016, the volume of imports of thermal imagers to Russia amounted to 2,279 units. According to Discovery Research Group forecasts, in 2016 the volume of imports of thermal imagers to Russia will amount to 4,950 units.

In the structure of imports of thermal imagers in value terms in the first place in terms of imports in 2015 was the international industrial group Thales Group.

In 2015, the share of refrigerated thermal imagers imported to Russia from the total volume of imports in physical terms amounted to 30%.

In the first half of 2016, the volume of exports of thermal imagers from Russia amounted to 109 units. According to forecasts of Discovery Research Group, in 2016 the volume of exports of thermal imagers from Russia will be 237 pcs.

2014

Among the trends in the market are the following: a decrease in prices for thermal imagers (it is predicted that the decrease in the cost of cameras will continue until 2015) and the emergence of new players in the market (along with the market leader, the United States, there are many new players in Europe and China).

The thermal imagers market in Russia, if you do not take into account that small part of the thermal imagers of domestic production, is represented by thermal imagers from: USA (Fluke, LumaSense Technologies, Pelco, MSA, FLIR, Raytheon, L-3 Communications, Northrop Grumman, etc.); Southeast Asia (NEC, DALI, SATIR, Wuhan Guide Infrared, ULIRvision); Europe (Bosch, Axis Communications (Axis Communications), Qioptiq, Thales, Safran, BAE Systems, etc.).

According to rough estimates of some market participants, a small production of thermal imagers is underway in Russia. The volume of production depends on a large number of factors, including the number of orders received, i.e. on the social obligations of the government. The production power of domestic enterprises is almost entirely spent on the manufacture of thermal imagers for the needs of the military-industrial complex. among large manufacturers, one can single out the Central Research Institute "Cyclone" (Moscow), which is part of the holding "Roselectronics," and OJSC "Vologda Optical and Mechanical Plant (WOMZ)," which is part of the holding "Shvabe"

2012

The volume of the global market for thermal imaging devices amounted to $2.183 billion in 2012 and by 2015 the volume of the global market reached $3.24 billion. By 2020, the market will exceed $5 billion, in 2023 $6 billion.

According to DISCOVERY Research Group, in 2012 the thermal imager market volume amounted to 8,110 units in physical terms, and in value - $57.08 million. The volume of imports into the country exceeds the volume of exports, which can be explained by the fact that military thermal imagers are less exported than thermal imagers for public use, the segment of which in Russia consists entirely of imported goods. In 2012, the volume of imported thermal imagers increased by 26% in terms of value, reaching $62.08 million. In physical terms, 7,234 thermal imagers were imported.

The thermal imagers market is dominated by thermal imagers of publicly available applications of international corporations - Flir Systems Inc, Fluke Corporation, Testo AG, NEC Avio.

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