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Your intelligence = brief on infrared=20 thermography =

Volume 8, Issue = 11

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Welcome

Application Brief: Visible Images, Why they are=20 Important

InfraMation 2007 Recap - More Sessions - More = Papers -=20 Great Feedback!

IR News you can Use

ITC Message Board Posts

Brainteaser of the Month

Last Month's Brainteaser

Course Calendars

About the ITC

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Last month was a busy one. The big story = was the=20 annual InfraMation conference which was very successful. If you = missed it,=20 you can read a recap and get in on the deal for InfraMation 2008 = in Reno,=20 NV, yes, you heard that right, we are moving the conference into a = beautiful new facility at the Peppermill Resort and = Spa.

Our application brief this month reminds = us why it is=20 important to document your IR findings with visual images as=20 well.

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

As with all images in this = newsletter,=20 click an image to see a larger version.

If you celebrate = Thanksgiving, then=20 have a great one. For the rest of you, have a great=20 November.

See you next month.

Gary Orlove,
Editor and Publisher

Turkey thermal=20 reference

Application=20 Brief: Visible Images, Why they are=20 Important=85

by Rick=20 Thomas
Insulating Coatings Corporation

We use a ThermaCAM B2 and recently = conducted a=20 scan on an EPDM (rubber) roof over iso (Isocyanurate Board Roof=20 Insulation) board on a steel deck. Because iso does not absorb = moisture we=20 did not expect to find areas that might be interpreted as = saturation of=20 moisture.

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Visible and thermal images of an EPDM roof with mineral = deposit=20 residue.

In the first = picture you=20 will see an area that appears to have had ponding water on it, = look=20 closely and you can see the residue left after the water has = evaporated.=20 This tends to be an area where water pools after it rains. In the = infrared=20 scan the residue shows up as warmer. We are thankful we took = digital=20 pictures as a reference because when we were reviewing the = infrared=20 pictures this picture was immediately interpreted as an area where = water=20 was sitting under the EPDM (perhaps through a failing seam). This = would=20 have required a roof core sample or at least slicing the area open = and=20 allowing the water to dry or vent. As it turned out it was only = the=20 mineral deposits left by the evaporated water that showed up as = hotter. I=20 guess the lesson learned is to always take non-infrared pictures = of areas=20 for accurate comparisons. =

InfraMation=20 2007 Recap - More Sessions - More Papers - Great = Feedback! =20

by Ed = Metro
FLIR Staff=20 Writer

FLIR=92s InfraMation 2007 = concluded its=20 week-long sessions, presentations, and panel discussions October = 19 at the=20 Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. More than 600 = delegates,=20 guests, and presenters visited InfraMation 2007 =96 the world=92s = largest=20 infrared camera applications conference.

A = total of 69=20 user-driven presentations =96 16 more than last year =96 covered a = wide range=20 of practical uses for thermography such as: finding air leakage = and water=20 intrusion in homes, documenting restoration work after a fire, = monitoring=20 aged pipelines in petrochemical plants, analyzing operating = temperatures=20 of medical saw blades, aerial imaging of rivers and streams to = address=20 watershed concerns, and visualization of grafts to improve cardiac = surgery.

New presentations = covered=20 diverse uses of infrared, from helping veterinarians identify and = prevent=20 diseases and injury, to improving energy conservation, to using = FLIR=20 cameras for coronary artery evaluation.

Several = innovative uses of=20 thermography were covered during poster presentations authored and = delivered by presenters Tuesday evening in the exhibit area of=20 InfraMation...

Read the = entire=20 story and take advantage of our Special=20 Offer

IR News you can=20 Use

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

thermography = training

Rep= orter=20 8 Web Training
This course will introduce you to FLIR = Systems=20 premier report and analysis software, ThermaCAM Reporter Pro 8. =

The ThermaCAM = Reporter 8=20 online course is aimed at infrared camera owners who want to = leverage=20 the power of ThermaCAM Reporter software. Using state-of-the-art = software the instructor is able to present the course live over = the=20 Internet with audio so students can interact with each other and = the=20 instructor.

Medicine/veterinary

Technique detects breast hot=20 spots
Greensboro News=20 Record, NC - Oct 29, 2007
By = Lex=20 Alexander GREENSBORO =97 Could an infrared camera be a = better tool=20 than mammography for detecting possible signs of breast cancer?=20 ...
Touch-free Sleep Testing
drkoop.com - Oct 28,=20 2007
However, the biggest difference is that the = thermistor is=20 placed in the subjects nostril while the infrared camera = is=20 placed 6 to 8 feet from the patients = ...

Buildings/energy/infrastructure

Don't skimp on inspection = costs
Chicago = Sun-Times, United=20 States - Oct 19, 2007
Thermal = imaging=20 requires extensive training; ask for proof that your inspector = has=20 received it. Look - and smell -- for signs that something isn't = right.=20 ...
Cutting the red to go = green
This is=20 London, UK - Oct 18, 2007
The = homes=20 have already undergone an initial green audit, where thermal=20 imaging pictures of the properties were taken to reveal = where heat=20 was escaping. ...
Home is where the heat stays Local = thermographer=20 pursues a green ...
The Ann Arbor News - = MLive.com, MI -=20 Oct 15, 2007
During a typical analysis, Griffith = said he=20 uses his thermal imaging camera - a $10000 machine - to = take=20 several infrared and matching digital pictures=20 ...

condition = monitoring

Refinery leaking propane
The News=20 Journal, DE - Oct 20, = 2007
Department=20 of Natural Resources and Environmental Control engineers = detected the=20 leaks using an infrared camera during an inspection of = the=20 long-troubled ...

Gurus of Maintenance
American Machinist, OH - = Oct 10,=20 2007
Thermography, or infrared scanning, = provides an=20 early warning of hazardous conditions caused by thermal = anomalies. These=20 can be caused by faulty wiring,=20 = ...

ITC Message Board = Posts=20

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

Need for Thermographers??
I am new to=20 this & due to an injury, have to look for a new career. I = have=20 experience in commercial roofing & shingle roofing. My = question is=20 this: How much of a need is there for Thermography scans?? What = would=20 one charge to do a scan??
Hu= midity=20 problem
Our camera is specified at 20 to 80 per cent = humidity.=20 What if the environment is about 95 to 100 per cent humidity, = can we=20 still use the camera at this condition?
Cr= eating=20 a new folder "on the go" in a P65
With the Agema 550 and = 570 that=20 are the cameras that I had previous experience with, you could = create a=20 new folder to store the images of a specific customer very = easily, the=20 camera would make a folder with the date and the number of = customer=20 reviewed on that day.

With the P65 the only way that = I've found=20 is taking the memory card and using the computer which allows = for much=20 clarity on the names but usually when I get the camera (I get it = twice a=20 year for a few weeks each time), I forget to do it and I don't = realize I=20 needed to create the folder until the time when I am at the = customer=20 premises' and it is too late already. Is there a way I can = create=20 folders just using the camera?
Furnace tube inspection
I = have a LW=20 P65. I know it is not suitable for heater tube inspection. Some = of my=20 refinery customers want me to see the tubes with P65, as = experiment. If=20 I do this will it damage my camera/detector?
In= frared=20 camera Vs Infrared thermometer
While inspecting = electrical=20 cabinets if we compare the reading obtained from a camera to = that from a=20 infrared thermometer (gun) it never matches. A IR thermometer = always=20 gives a reading less that the reading of a camera. This error = increases=20 in higher temp range. Why does this happen?
Ma= rble=20 surfaces
I am wondering if anyone might have some = information on=20 marble surfaces using infrared. I was asked to look at a = building made=20 out of marble and was hoping to get some information before = doing the=20 work. One of the questions I have does the veining of marble = effect the=20 images in any way, and if it does effect it, in what=20 way

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 of the = Month =20

Here is = this month's=20 brainteaser. Readers who email us a correct identification or = explanation=20 are entered into a drawing to win a prize. Please put = "Brainteaser"=20 as the subject 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 Brainteaser

= Last=20 month's Halloween thermal image is a shot of a cemetery showing = the heated=20 gravestones. Why are they so hot? Hmm, perhaps some metabolic = ectoplasm=20 activity (it was close to Halloween after all) or could it have = something=20 to do with the sun?

Anyway we had 97 = guesses=20 and 39 correct answers from our thermography Ghostbusters out = there!=20 Congratulations to Scott Worley from NASA, our winner this month = and to=20 Jeff Lebold for submitting the thermogram. They both get the ITC = low e=20 coffee mug.

Course = Calendars =20

Click the links=20 below to see our latest course schedules (in local = language).

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About = the=20 Infrared Training Center =20

The Infrared Training Center offers training and = certification in=20 all aspects of infrared thermography use. Our world-class training = headquarters are located near Boston, Massachusetts, USA and = Stockholm,=20 Sweden and have the world's most extensive hands on laboratories = for=20 infrared applications. In addition, we have training centers = around the=20 world. Please join us in exploring the fascinating world of the = infrared!=20

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.

Please e-mail Gary = Orlove or=20 send regular mail to the Americas office.

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