Chinese industrial imaging specialist HIKMICRO has launched new products to boost industrial predictive maintenance. The company is particularly targeting automotive and power-intensive manufacturing sectors.

The AI56L Acoustic Imager is designed to cut energy waste and optimise pneumatic system performance. Its gas leak mode pinpoints and filters noise in problematic environments with real-time visualisation. Single-hand operation makes it portable for inspections along fast-moving production lines.

It supplements the company’s more advanced models, the AI56 and AI76, in the HIKMICRO AI Series. These also identify corona, floating, surface, or particle discharge on high voltage systems that can lead to equipment failure. This is instantly displayed onscreen and can be saved for documentation and reporting analysis.

HIKMicro recently launched AI-driven thermal imagers with SuperScene+. This allows automated risk detection and simplified workflows via built-in algorithms. Adaptive scene enhancement automatically optimises thermal images in real time, ensuring quick and accurate temperature readings across a variety of complex industrial environments.

Integrated into HIKMICRO’s M and SP Series thermal cameras (M31, M60, SP40, SP40H, SP60, SP60H, running firmware V5.5.96), SuperScene+ enables streamlined two-step panel inspections and one-click PCB assessments. With colour coded alerts and instant diagnostics, it brings simplified precision and consistency to tasks that once demanded extensive time and expertise.

“Operational reliability and efficiency are non-negotiable in today’s fast-paced and ever evolving manufacturing landscape. Undetected faults, such as compressed gas leaks or electrical hotspots, can literally bring a business to its knees,” said Stefan Li, Overseas Market Director of HIKMICRO.

“Automotive production relies on pneumatic systems, compressed air and robotics, where even minor leaks can disrupt production and inflate energy costs, while in power-intensive facility inspection it’s all about identifying temperature measurement targets in specific scenarios and determining if anomalies exist. As a predictive maintenance duo they have no equal, so combining the AI56L for the former and SuperScene+ for the latter has never made more sense or been more timely.”