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beyond night vision capabilities, many industries are turning to
infrared
thermal imaging to evaluate their products. It is an effective,
non-destructive
testing method that provides a quick thermal evaluation. It can help
solve
many heat related problems in either design, production, or use.
Companies can
achieve environmental
performance standards at a much faster rate.
The new
TELETHERM
infrared camera does the following:
- shows
temperature gradients
in functioning electronic equipment
- observes
heat
buildup in the
vicinity of sensitive discrete components
- studies the
effectiveness of
the ventilation and cooling efficiencies of circuits
- provides
quality
control checking
for weak or stressed components
- assists with
predictive maintenance
and non-destructive testing
- identifies
design problems and
shows when they're corrected
All images are
stored in DIB
(device independent bitmap) form.
It is then easy
to import
the images into graphics packages or other office products for
subsequent
discussion or transfer across the WEB.
For a time
sequence study of a circuit board heating while being used in a PDA, click here
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Rear view of a
television
set. The components radiating the most heat are shown in red, yellow
and
green.

Bar Graph of
Television
Image above. Depicts thermal intensity levels at any vertical or
horizontal
axis location on the image. Cross-hair is clicked at any location on
the
above image to produce graph at that coordinate.

High spatial
resolution
thermogram taken with Teletherm Model 1026SC. Pallette software has
displayed
image with isothermed hottest area of interest in colors from red to
green.
Remaining temperature gradients are shown in shades of grey. Note
detail
in observation of pins and connectors.

16 channel A/D
board. Note
heat generated from main processor.

The motherboard of a
computer
while operating. Notice that one
bank of memory chips
at
the top left is slightly warmer than the set on the right.
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