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Optical Properties

Online IRISS Calculators

Plus an Online Electrical Cabinet Window Installation Demo

Bradenton FL, USA & Chelmsford, UK – An online Field Of View (FOV) Calculator and Return On Investment (ROI) Calculator now grace the IRISS website providing two very useful ways for an Infrared Thermographer to estimate some critical factors in Infrared (IR) widows installations for and Electrical [...]

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Overview of IR/INFO 2010

Equipment Vendor

This is a compilation of pictures from 10, 11 and 12 January 2010, along with some audio from the internet radio show recorded on 12 January. Distributed by Tubemogul.

There are many more video compilations on YouTube.com and Animoto.com

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Thermal Infrared Radiation Thermometry in MBE

Emissivity

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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RADIOMETRIC TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS: Volume II

Calibration

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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Rad-Pro (Radiative Properties)

Emissivity

From a webpage of Dr.Zhuomin Zhang at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA, USA:
Nanoscale Thermal Radiation Laboratory
In order to achieve high-accuracy temperature measurements in rapid thermal processing (RTP) using lightpipe radiation thermometry, it is critical to be able to determine the radiative properties of silicon wafers with thin-film coatings such as silicon dioxide, silicon [...]

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RADIOMETRIC TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS: Volume I

Calibration

Aimed at Industrial practitioners of radiation thermometry; Scientific researchers using thermometers; Designers of thermometers
Fundamentals
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, [...]

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Electrical Reliability, Safety and Arc Flash Web Workshop

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“Ten things you need to know about infrared windows” – May 22, 2009
Join Infrared Window expert Martin Robinson for a 60 minute Reliability Roadmap Web Workshop – Space is limited register now*
Online — The use of Infrared windows to facilitate safer, more efficient infrared inspections of energized electrical equipment has actually outpaced the infrared industry [...]

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ISO 18434-1:2008:Condition monitoring and diagnostics of machines — Thermography — Part 1: General procedures

Emissivity

Abstract
ISO 18434-1:2008 provides an introduction to the application of infrared thermography (IRT) to machinery condition monitoring and diagnostics, where “machinery” includes machine auxiliaries such as valves, fluid and electrically powered machines, and machinery-related heat exchanger equipment.
In addition, IR applications pertaining to machinery performance assessment are addressed.
ISO 18434-1:2008: introduces the terminology of IRT as it [...]

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IEC 80601-2-59: On Performance of IR Imagers in Screening Humans for Elevated Body Temperature

Calibration

In late 2008, the International Electrotechnical Commission – IEC published the standard:
IEC 80601-2-59 Ed. 1.0 “Medical electrical equipment – Part 2-59: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of screening thermographs for human febrile temperature screening” .
Publication date 2008-10-21
IEC 80601-2-59:2008 applies to the basic safety and essential performance of screening thermographs intended to be [...]

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