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Building thermography video from FLIR

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Building thermography by FLIR shows how infrared thermography can be an extremely useful tool in the building industry.
More information at www.coservices.be or www.flirthermography.com
Found on YouTube at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t1C6T9LNCY

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Thermal Infrared Radiation Thermometry in MBE

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Ircon’s Application note AN110 of the same title as this story
Santa Cruz CA, USA — The use of Thermal Infrared Radiation Thermometry (Infrared or IR Thermometry) for substrate temperature measurement during molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), a semiconductor manufacturing process, is discussed in this free applications note on the Ircon website.
The fundamental relationships of radiation [...]

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How a Cheap IR Thermometer Makes a Great Thermal Leak Detector…

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Infrared laser thermometers are great, affordable gadgets for finding draughts (drafts) and thermal leaks in buildings.

Here’s a cool little application for low-cost (cheap) IR Thermometers, especially those with built-in laser pointers. (pun intended).

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RADIOMETRIC TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS: Volume II

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Aimed at Industrial practitioners of radiation thermometry; Scientific researchers using thermometers; Designers of thermometers
Applications
Edited by:
Zhuomin Zhang, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Benjamin Tsai, Optical Technology Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
Graham Machin, Division of Industry and Innovation, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex, UK
Included [...]

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Automated Solution At General Plastics Machines, Inc.

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Raytek GP Temperature Monitoring System and Thermalert TX Sensors Provide Automated Solution At General Plastics Machines, Inc.
Ask General Plastics Machines why they use Raytek noncontact IR temperature measurement technology in their thermoforming machines  and they’ll tell you it comes down to the bottom-line benefits:

higher product quality,
less scrap,
fewer rejects,
lower energy costs and
higher yields.

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Beginners Cautions in Using IR Cameras

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OR… What You Really Need to Know to Begin Using Infrared Cameras by L. Terry Clausing, Drysdale & Associates, Inc., Cincinnati OH, USA.
Columbus OH, USA — This 2006 online article at the American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) website speaks to some of the care needed with IR, or Infrared, Cameras, being used [...]

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Cutting Temperature Measurements of Segmented Chips using Dual-Spectrum High-Speed Microvideography

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By Heigel, J. C., Ivester, R. W., Whitenton, E. P., NIST, Transactions of NAMRI/SME, Vol. 36, pp. 73-80, (May 2008).
ABSTRACT:
Dual-Spectrum high speed microvideography involves the use of synchronized high speed visible light (30,000 frames/s) and infrared (600 frames/s) cameras. This paper presents analysis method and results of such a system to determine chip temperatures [...]

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IR Articles: QIRT Journal, VOL 4/2 – 2007

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Contents [FREE] – pp.127-128
Thermographic analysis of phacoemulsification based cataract surgery procedures
B.INNOCENTI, A.CORVI, R.MENCUCCI pp.129-140
Scale reduction in modeling landmine detection by IR thermography
A.MUSCIO, L.TAROZZI, M.CORTICELLI – pp.141-154
Improved ultrasound activated thermography using frequency analysis
A.GLEITER, C.SPIESSBERGER, G.BUSSE- pp.155-164

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Measurement in Petrochemical Furnaces

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Radiation Thermometry: Fundamentals and Applications in the Petrochemical Industry (SPIE Press Book) by Peter Saunders.
This book was just released on 3 August 2007 It is available from the SPIE Press, ISBN: 9780819467836, price for SPIE Members: $39.00(USD), and Non-member: $47.00 (USD).
(I just got my copy last week!)
At last, someone has done a very thorough [...]

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