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Your intelligence = brief on infrared=20 thermography =

Volume 7, Issue = 12

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Welcome

IR=20 Thermography Finds Missing Grout in Block Wall

Application Brief - IR Takes the Heat Off PCB=20 Designs

IR News you can Use

ITC Message Board Posts

Brainteaser of the Month

Last Month's Brainteaser

Past Issues

Course Calendars

About the ITC

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The Holiday=20 Season is upon us, and we at ITC want to wish you the very best = and a=20 Happy New Year.

This month we have a report on how to find = Missing=20 Grout in concrete block walls by a long time friend, Frank Bryson. = We also=20 have a short brief on finding problems on PC boards during the = design=20 phase.

Online language translation = of this=20 newsletter is available by going to the web page = version of=20 this newsletter. Use the box at lower left, select your language = and click=20 GO. You will have the entire page translated into the language of = your=20 choice.

As usual we have our Message board posts, = News items, and our = monthly Brainteaser for you to=20 solve.

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Happy Holidays,

Gary Orlove,
Editor and=20 Publisher

IR Thermography Finds Missing Grout in Block=20 Wall

by Frank = Bryson
Bryson Infrared=20 Technologies

A multi structure shopping center = was built=20 using high lift hollow block construction for the exterior walls. = Part of=20 the design basis was that at regular intervals a piece of = reinforcing=20 steel rod was to be inserted vertically into the hollow block = cells, and=20 then bonded into the wall structure with grout. A short time after = the=20 buildings were accepted by the owners and occupied by a large = number of=20 tenants, cracks began to appear in the walls, which became a = concern to=20 everyone involved...

Click = here for the=20 rest of the story

Application Brief - IR Takes the Heat Off PCB=20 Designs

An engineer was having problems = with an=20 experimental circuit board used as a motor controller, and a = component was=20 burning out with load on the motor. A thermographer examined the = board=20 with a ThermaCAM SC1000 as load was applied to the motor being = controlled.=20 As expected, some components lit up like fireworks. It became = clear that=20 several components were being overloaded, and the part that failed = was the=20 victim of the problem, not the cause. This insight allowed rapid = redesign=20 of the board to make it fully functional.

Top=20 and bottom thermograms of the PCB=20 board

IR News you can Use

Straight from the = World Wide Web,=20 here is what's going on in the world of infrared = thermography.=20

Infrared 'hot spot' the latest Ashes = commentary=20 toy
Mail = & Guardian=20 Online, South Africa - Nov 23, = 2006
An=20 infrared=20 camera reportedly designed to track fighter jets has = become=20 the latest hi-tech gadget used to cover the Ashes series between = Australia and England. ...
Wet dredging convenient, = costly
Weekly = Vista, AR -=20 Nov 22, 2006
... Minn. Thermal=20 imaging cameras will reveal if there is any point or=20 non-point source of pollution on Bella Vista=92s seven lakes.=20 ...
MRI Lie Detector, Can't Be Beat
WRCB-TV, TN - Nov 22,=20 2006
... around the eye. They're using = thermal=20 imaging to scan your eye and catch you lying. This method is = said to=20 be 84% accurate. But in ...
Home evaluation is hot for = winter
Spooner = Advocate, WI -=20 Nov 22, 2006
... Pintok learned that the = windows=20 were in good shape when he turned an infrared camera on = the=20 windows after he had set up a large fan blowing air out of the = home=20 ...
Beating Breast Cancer With New Test
KAKE, KS - = Nov 13,=20 2006
... The frightening news was first = revealed=20 through a digital infrared thermal imaging scan, = otherwise known as=20 thermography. The scan = ...
New=20 Test Detects Early Stages Of Breast Cancer
10News.com, CA - Nov 10,=20 2006
... You can find out more about thermography=20 and the latest information about women ... Free tests on = two=20 thermal=20 imaging machines from the Rose Clinic will be = available=20 ...
What=92s wrong with my = house?
Petaluma=20 Argus-Courier, CA - Nov 8,=20 2006
... camera, which he uses to spot = moisture=20 and electrical problems. Built upon technology originally = developed to=20 assist soldiers in combat, thermal imaging also=20 ...
Checking Air Flow in Your = Home
WKRC = 12, Cincinnati -=20 Nov 7, 2006
... looking at a house built = in the=20 60's. "It was surprisingly tight , older ones can be pretty = leaky.".=20 With an infrared camera Dale is looking for air leaks.=20 ...
IR: What's the Difference Between a = Survey,=20 Route?
Reliable Plant=20 Magazine, OK - Nov 3, = 2006
Highly=20 computerized, in-plant thermography systems were = introduced in=20 the early ... In the decade since, infrared camera = technology has advanced, largely due to=20 = ...

ITC Message=20 Board Posts

Here = is a selection=20 of recent new threads by IR Community members. Feel free to click = the=20 links, see how people have responded, and post your own response = if you=20 like.

Video Recorder for E series
Is it=20 possable to connect a hand held video camera to the E45/E300 to = record a=20 live scan along with voice input. If so please inform from where = I can=20 source these recoders with display.
Ga= s=20 find Infrared Camera Vs Ordinary Infrared camera
What is = the=20 difference between Gas find Infrared Camera & Ordinary = camera like=20 P-65? Is there any technology difference between two? One of our = client=20 is asking to detect the gas leak in refinery plant pipe lines.=20

It will be of immense help if somebody can explain, = whether we=20 can use P-60 camera for the same. Liquid temp. inside pipe is = higher=20 than ambient temp. in some cases, where I think it is possible = by P-60,=20 but where there is no difference between inside pipe liquid temp = &=20 outside ambient temp. How we can detect the leakage?
Me= tallic=20 Compound or Paste
Can anybody recommend a metallic = compound or=20 paste that can help improve the bonding of conductors. I have = scanned a=20 facility wherein most of the hotspot on the bus bar are on the = joints.=20 They have applied some compound on the surface of the joints and = it has=20 solve a part of the problem. I also have observe that the high=20 temperature are on the nuts and bolts that joins the bus bar. = Maybe it=20 is because of the clearance between the holes of the bus and the = bolt.=20 they have tightened the bolt as to its torque requirement. = Another=20 suspicion was that the bus are not even so a clearance is = created at the=20 joint between the bus. Can anybody who has experienced this = share his=20 idea and how did they solve the problem.
Co= ntract=20 for building diagnostics
I can't seem to find a standard = contract=20 for my new business. Any help would be = appreciated.

And of course if YOU have a question or want = to start=20 a discussion on a topic, we would love to hear from you. Just post = a new=20 thread on a mes= sage=20 board.

= Brainteaser=20 of the Month =20

<= IMG=20 hspace=3D3=20 = src=3D"http://itcnewsletter.com/2006/2006-12_images/brain_2006-12_small.J= PG"=20 align=3Dright vspace=3D3 border=3D1=20 = xthumbnail-orig-image=3D"2006-12_images/brain_2006-12.JPG">Here is = this month's=20 brainteaser. What is this? Readers who email us the correct = identification=20 are entered into a drawing to win a prize from = ITC.

Please put "Brainteaser" as the = subject=20 of the message.

Click=20 here to email your guess

Do you have an interesting image = that you think=20 would challenge other thermographers? If so please email me your image = (preferably=20 in native .img, .jpg, .tif, .tgw, or .tmw format) with an = accompanying=20 visible photo and explanation. If your image is used, you receive = a gift=20 as = well.

=20 Last Month's=20 Brainteaser

<= IMG=20 hspace=3D3=20 = src=3D"http://itcnewsletter.com/2006/2006-12_images/Brain_2006-11_small.j= pg"=20 align=3Dright vspace=3D3 border=3D1=20 = xthumbnail-orig-image=3D"2006-12_images/Brain_2006-11.jpg">Las= t=20 month's brainteaser drew a total of 124 responses and a whopping = 61=20 correct responses! Our winner this month is Christian Rodriguez = from Lima,=20 Peru. Here is the explanation of the thermogram from our = contributor Dean=20 Stephens from Saskatchewan, Canada:

"Here's a picture looking = into the=20 barrel of a hair dryer with an E4 camera."

Christian and = Dean both=20 receive ITC low emissivity coffee=20 mugs.

Past = Issues =20

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About the Infrared = Training=20 Center =20

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Your comments and suggestions about this newsletter are = welcomed=20 and encouraged. If you have an interesting application or case = study to=20 share, we encourage you to submit it for publication. Published = articles earn credit towards IR = recertification.

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