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
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
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.