FLIR has announced the worldwide availability of the MentorLens app from MentorAPM on its professional-grade iXX-Series thermal imaging cameras. The integration brings AI-powered asset condition assessment directly to the camera, enabling maintenance and reliability teams to capture nameplate, condition and thermal images on a single device. The data can then be sent directly to the relevant asset record, reducing the file transfers, duplicate workflows and manual data entry that often slow condition-monitoring programs.
For industrial teams, the value of a thermal inspection depends not only on capturing a clear image, but also on how efficiently that information is used afterward. Traditionally, technicians have had to transfer files from an SD card to a computer, risk losing or altering thermal metadata, and manually attach findings to an asset record. With MentorLens running natively on FLIR iXX-Series cameras, images and thermal data can be uploaded directly to the asset record. Technicians can also create new assets or update existing ones without leaving the camera, while retaining access to FLIR’s imaging and hardware controls, including MSX, palette selection, lamp and laser functions. This allows one device to capture the thermogram, nameplate image and condition photo, and connect them directly to the maintenance workflow.
Once the images are synced, MentorLens processes them automatically. Nameplate and tag data is transcribed into standard asset attributes, visual imagery is scored for condition, and thermal imagery is measured against operating baselines taken from the asset’s own nameplate data or from manufacturer manuals. Reports return observed anomalies, temperature readings and recommended actions, and because previous assessments for the same asset are carried into the analysis, degradation is tracked across inspections rather than judged one image at a time.
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“Customers don’t need more inspection data. They need actionable information that helps them prevent downtime and make better maintenance decisions,” said John Gould, Sr. Director of Strategic Business Development, FLIR. “With MentorAPM integrated into the iXX-Series workflow, thermal findings become part of a broader asset health picture. Data is automatically evaluated against previous conditions and delivered to the teams responsible for maintenance planning, enabling earlier intervention and more effective predictive maintenance programs.”
For the wider organization, the benefits go beyond the inspection itself. Condition and thermal results feed the MentorLens platform, where rules can automatically trigger preventive work orders and where condition history, work history and SCADA events are held against the same asset record. Reports are exported as standardized PDFs, and the underlying data can be pushed by API into an existing CMMS or EAM system, so operators are not obliged to change their system of record in order to benefit. Every AI-assisted workflow keeps a human in the loop, with a person confirming what is committed against the asset.
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“For most operators the hardest part of asset management is still the most basic one, which is knowing what you own and what condition it is in,” added Tacoma Zach, CEO of MentorAPM. “Putting our app on the iXX-Series means high-quality thermal data now enters that picture at the point of capture, from the same technician and the same device. In plants where downtime is measured in millions of dollars an hour, the payback on that is very quick.”
First proven in water and wastewater utilities, the combined solution is now being adopted in manufacturing, metals, and oil and gas, where thermographic inspection has typically been outsourced to specialist contractors at considerable expense. MentorAPM reports that customers using MentorLens achieve up to 10x faster field data collection and cost savings of more than 75 percent against conventional condition assessment methods. The MentorLens app is available worldwide now for Flir iXX-Series users with a MentorAPM subscription.
Both companies will present the integration at the SMRP 34th Annual Conference, held 28 September to 1 October 2026 at the Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. Tacoma Zach, CEO of MentorAPM, leads an Innovation Lab session titled “From Camera to Asset Intelligence: AI Workflows for Reliability Teams” on Tuesday 29 September, 1:15 to 2:15 PM ET, in Innovation Lab #3. The session walks through practical workflows using MentorLens with Flir thermal cameras to capture equipment information, analyze visual and thermal conditions and generate structured asset intelligence automatically. John Gould of Teledyne FLIR joins the session to discuss the iXX-Series. The solution will also be demonstrated at the Flir booth, 1307, and at the MentorAPM booth, 512.
