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How to specify a Body Scanner

What to put on an RFQ for Body Scanner: the ratings, documents, and constraints that change the quote.

25 Oct 2026 · 4 min read · Tradinor Desk

Specification points for Body ScannerTRADINOR · FIGUREWhat to lock for Body ScannerImagePower and networkStorageMounting
Put these on the RFQ for Body Scanner before you compare prices.

A buyer searching for Body Scanner is usually trying to stop a bad substitute. A security device here means an overt camera, recorder, or alarm for a site you control. Specify coverage, light, storage, and the network. Do not use this as a guide to hide a camera or record people in private spaces. The notes below are selection criteria for a Body Scanner. They are not a catalog promise. Confirm every rating on the current datasheet, drawing, or test report for the revision you will receive.

What has to be true of Body Scanner

A security device here means an overt camera, recorder, or alarm for a site you control. Specify coverage, light, storage, and the network. Do not use this as a guide to hide a camera or record people in private spaces. For a Body Scanner, start from the duty, then the interface to the rest of the machine or the room, then the document that proves the claim. A lower price that leaves one of those blank is a different product.

Body Scanner is easy to confuse with Boom Barrier. If the quote could be read as either, add the line that separates them: the rating, the fitment, or the standard named below. Link the drawing number to that line so receiving inspection can reject the wrong one.

Numbers that change the quote

Line What to write for Body Scanner
Image Resolution and the low-light behavior, in the manufacturer’s terms.
Power and network PoE, mains, or the stated link.
Storage Days of retention and where the drive sits.
Mounting Overt housing and the IP code of an outdoor camera.
Rules Whether signs, consent, or a local rule apply to this site.
Coverage What must be seen, at what distance, day and night.

How to compare two offers

Lay both quotes for Body Scanner on one sheet and line up image, power and network, and storage. If a cell is empty, the offer is not finished. Ask for the missing line in writing. When those match, the honest difference is lead time, the test evidence, and who carries the warranty. Do not average a fully specified Body Scanner with a cheaper line that omitted image.

Documents worth having before the deposit

Ask for a lens calculator or a stated field of view, and keep the camera overt. The file should name Body Scanner and the revision, not only the supplier’s homepage. A factory quality certificate such as ISO 9001 can sit beside that file. It does not replace it.

Failures that show up after delivery

  • Buying resolution and forgetting light and storage.
  • Putting an indoor camera outside.
  • Specifying a hidden install. That is out of scope for this desk.

On a Body Scanner, the expensive version of the first mistake is discovering it after the goods are in the crate. Put the rejection condition in the purchase order while the supplier can still restate the offer.

A worked RFQ line

Use this shape, then replace the brackets with your duty: “Body Scanner — State coverage, light, power, retention, and an overt mount.” That sentence is a template, not a rating of any brand. If a supplier’s datasheet uses different units, convert them onto this sheet so the next offer can be compared.

Where words like RoHS / CE belong

Searches often add a constraint to Body Scanner: RoHS / CE, or automotive grade. Keep those on this page. RoHS is a material limit. CE is a declaration that lists the rules relied on. Ask for the document that names this part number and revision. Automotive grade is a temperature, vibration, and documentation claim. Ask which AEC or customer spec is actually met, and for which part number. If you need a third constraint, add it as another line on the same drawing. A second URL that only swaps the adjective does not give a buyer a second fact.

Related in this section: how to specify Boom Barrier.

Questions buyers actually ask

What should an RFQ for Body Scanner include?

State coverage, light, power, retention, and an overt mount.

Is a cheaper Body Scanner the same part?

Only if image, power and network, and the documents match. A missing line is a different offer.

Do waterproof, OEM, or IP words need their own page?

No. For Body Scanner they are extra lines on this specification. Ask for the test or the drawing that gives the word a value.