Mission

To deliver the most accurate non-contact measurement solutions, allowing process and resource optimisation and ultimately reducing industrial carbon emissions.

About

PyrOptik was founded to provide best in class non-contact optical measurement solutions addressing unmet or inadequately serviced measurement challenges in specific industrial and academic niches.

Formed as a spin-out from The University of Sheffield System Sensor Research Group with industrial application and metrology engineering experts, PyrOptik is uniquely positioned to respond to non-contact measurement challenges.

PyrOptik believes in a research led approach to developing products working closely with end users to fully understand the benefits of data to improving the process being analysed.

A key guiding philosophy for the company is we believe improved instrumentation and subsequent measurements will allow improved energy efficiency and consequently reduced carbon emissions. Our own impact to the global and local environment is also recognised and we aim to use recyclable materials as a first choice where possible.

Director Profiles

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Jon R Willmott

Director & Founder

University of Sheffield Senior Lecturer in System Sensors. Jon spent over 10 years designing thermometry and thermal imaging for industry. He then moved to The University of Sheffield, where he created the System Sensor Research Group which has world-leading knowledge of the infrared temperature measurement science and spectral imaging.

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Iain Scott

Director & Founder

Iain has 20+ years working in process and engineering industries with a wide range of experience in industrial process instrumentation. Previously operating his own engineering consultancy business providing industrial process support to sectors such as the Petrochemical, Steel, Glass, and Electronics, Iain has an expert understanding of industrial measurement capabilities and needs.

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Brian Walder

Chair

Brian has a wealth of experience managing niche technical instrumentation and detection businesses. With over 20 years as managing director experience and 10 years industrial applications experience, Brian has key skills in understanding customer needs and value creation from instrumentation.

Publications

Emissivity

Fibre Optic – Explosion

Fibre Optic – Machining

High Speed Thermal Imaging – Powder Bed Fusion

High Speed Thermal Imaging – Laser Welding

Hyperspectral Imaging

Peatland habitats represent key environmental resources that are a critical component in climate change mitigation strategies. However, many of these environmental settings are facing significant levels of erosion and degradation which, over time, will result in the loss of these key environments.

https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/14/16/3846

High-resolution hyperspectral imaging is becoming indispensable, enabling the precise detection of spectral variations across complex, spatially intricate targets.

https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/12/4652

Developments in the portability of low-cost hyperspectral imaging instruments translate to significant benefits to agricultural industries and environmental monitoring applications

https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/14/5/1152

Low-Cost Hyperspectral Imaging with A Smartphone

Recent advances in smartphone technologies have opened the door to the development of accessible, highly portable sensing tools capable of accurate and reliable data collection in a range of environmental settings. In this article, we introduce a low-cost smartphone-based hyperspectral imaging system that can convert a standard smartphone camera into a visible wavelength hyperspectral sensor 

https://www.mdpi.com/2313-433X/7/8/136

Optical Sizing

Continuous measurement of ferrous sinter size distributions using an optical sensor system

A new (May 2023) cost-effective and networked optical sinter sizing system that provides a continuous, accurate measurement of ferrous sinter size. Shown to accurately measure size distribution within 5 s, collect data continuously at 0.5 Hz, and is well correlated to sieving measurements. 

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03019233.2023.2208979?scroll=top&needAccess=true&role=tabk

Sinter Sizing case study

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