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Your intelligence = brief on infrared=20 thermography =

Volume 8, Issue = 10

In This=20 Issue:=20

Welcome

It=20 was a Nice Warm Day=85

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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Our lead story this month is a true = encounter by one=20 of our staff with denizens of the insect world and how infrared = was used=20 to settle the dispute. Read "It was a Nice Warm Day..." by Ron = Lucier.=20

As we move into the final countdown for = InfraMation,=20 please remember if you have not already registered, that we are = still=20 running our "Fall Registration Special". This includes:

1 Free Hotel Night - Valid only Sunday thru = Thursday.
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We hope to see you there!

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.

Have a great October,

Gary Orlove,
Editor and Publisher

It was a Nice=20 Warm Day=85

Ron = Lucier
ITC Regional=20 Course Manager

=85 And my back field of about 3 acres = needed=20 mowing. So I jumped on my Kubota tractor, attached a 60 inch = rotary cutter=20 and proceeded to mow it (actually mowing plus launching rocks and = sticks).=20 About 2 hours later it was looking really nice and I had but one = pass to=20 do to finish the task when all of a sudden I am surrounded by = yellow=20 jacket wasps! Before I could react one stung me on the side of my = knee. I=20 jammed the tractor into high gear and headed for the house. = Didn=92t think=20 the Kubota would outrun a swarm of angry wasps but it did!

Once in the house = I=20 realized I was having a mild allergic reaction to the wasp sting.=20 Eventually my knee swelled to twice it=92s normal size and when = the swelling=20 went down it was all bruised. Next time I get stung I will have to = get to=20 an Emergency Room =96 too many stings over the years have brought = me to an=20 allergy threshold.

Once I got the = initial=20 sting dealt with I hobbled to the scene of the crime. I had run = over not=20 one but two nests buried in the ground. One of my dog=92s was with = me and=20 the wasps were still angry. I ran, didn=92t get stung, but Fritz = did. That=92s=20 when I declared war!

A wasp's nest at night in infrared

Not wanting to = get stung=20 again and knowing that the wasps stay in their nests at night I = drove to=20 the office and retrieved my handy ThermaCAM P640. The thermal = image was=20 taken late at night. The nest was almost two feet long in one = direction=20 and contained probably hundreds of wasps. A couple cans of Wasp = and Hornet=20 Killer spray coupled with several minutes of an industrial blow = torch=20 ended the confrontation.

Don=92t forget = that insects=20 have metabolism just like all other creatures and when in a = confined space=20 they emit heat. Locating them at night, particularly cold nights, = is a=20 relatively safe operation. I have done this many times on my farm = as the=20 result of stings during the day and haven=92t had any problems in = nest=20 location. I hope everyone will bee=20 safe!

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.

Medicine/veterinary

Honeybees gang up to smother deadly=20 hornets
New = Scientist=20 (subscription), UK - Sep 17, = 2007
In=20 the mid-1990s, researchers used thermal imaging equipment = and=20 showed that a hornet caught in a ball of Japanese honeybees gets = roasted=20 to death by the ...
New Tool Helps Detect = Allergies
Pittsburgh=20 Channel.com, PA - Sep 10, = 2007
Facial=20 thermography can also be used to detect inflammation in = the nose=20 or sinus. Doctors can spot small changes in blood flow and that = will let=20 them better ...
Technologist uses infrared to detect=20 cancers
Auburn=20 Journal, CA - Sep 9,=20 2007
Thermography technologist Judy Mayer uses = a=20 Thermovision camera that scans for heat abnormalities in = patients. Ben=20 Furtado/ Auburn Journal Thermal imaging=20 ...

Buildings/energy/infrastructure

Tories' blue hotel least = green
Metro, UK - Sep 11,=20 2007
These pictures, taken by thermal imaging = cameras,=20 use bright colours to show the areas of the four buildings where = the=20 most heat is lost. = ...

science/technology

IR Thermography =96 How It Works
Photonics=20 Online (press release), PA - Sep 24,=20 2007
However, the types of glass used in optics for = visible=20 light cameras cannot be used for optics in an infrared = camera, as=20 they do not transmit IR wavelengths ...
Caves spotted on Mars
Register, UK - Sep 24,=20 2007
The NASA team turned the thermal imaging = cameras=20 on the black circles as soon as it could. The variation in = temperature,=20 or relative lack thereof, ...
A Warm South Pole? Yes, On Neptune!
Science = Daily (press=20 release) - Sep 18, 2007
The new = results were=20 obtained with the mid-infrared camera/spectrometer VISIR = on ESO's=20 VLT 8.2-m Unit Telescope 3 (Melipal).=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.

Marble surfaces
I am = wondering if=20 anyone might have some information on marble surfaces using = infrared. I=20 was asked to look at a building made out of marble and was = hoping to get=20 some information before doing the work.
One of the questions = I have=20 does the veining of marble affect the images in any way, and if = it does=20 affect it, in what way
Dryer Drum Inspection
Has = anyone had=20 any success at inspecting dryer drums for paper machines to see = if there=20 is water build up in the drums. On the run or while down. If so = I would=20 like to know your method. I do not trust what I see at my=20 mill.
Reporter 7 units
How do = you change the=20 formula out come from C to F?
Locating Buried Conduits with IR??
We=20 are trying to locate the number of bends in a 5" piece of PVC = conduit=20 buried underground. There is 2.5 to 3 feet of modified = dirt/gravel and=20 6/8 inches of blacktop on top of the conduit. We are located in = PA and=20 the temps are in the 50's Am and in the 70-80's in the = afternoon.=20 Possibly some parts are embedded in concrete. The conduit run is = 1000=20 feet long. It is currently empty.

We were considering = using a=20 torpedo heater to warm the pipe, but I do not believe this will = give us=20 an accurate measurement. I was thinking more of a camera type = inspection=20 that is being used by the plumbing industry on the inside of the = conduit. Any information or help is appreciated.
7=B0 lens with Thermovision 870
We have=20 an Agema 870 we can use. With the 7=B0 lens we have a scanned = surface at=20 10m distance from 1,2mx1,2m. The focal distance is 110mm for = this lens.=20 If I ad a 55mm distance ring between the lens and the camera how = large=20 will the scanned area than be and how much will the distance be = to get a=20 sharp image ?
Structural steel testing
Does anyone=20 have any info on whether or not infrared thermography can be = used to=20 test structural steel for defects? Thank-you.
Infrared Camera vs. thermometer
I'm=20 working in one of manufacturing company here in Philippines (Psi = Tech.Inc.) as a equipment preventive technician and recently = FLIR=20 conducted training here (level I and II infrared thermography=20 certification) and our company bought the ThermaCAM model E45. = We had=20 conducted comparison experiment between thermometer and = ThermaCAM using=20 same equipment (servo motor and dust motor of our machine). Why = does=20 thermometer have a lower reading than the ThermaCAM reading? How = can I=20 explain to my superiors what are the factor and which instrument = have a=20 accurate reading?

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

The=20 previous month's brainteaser is; well, I'll let Stan Folsom (the = image's=20 creator) explain:

"We are a full service = residential=20 inspection/consultation company that also performs energy ratings = and=20 inspections. I recently acquired my B2 for use in energy = performance=20 ratings to aid in the discovery of missing/inadequate insulation = and air=20 infiltration of the building envelope. The shot was taken during=20 depressurization of the home. It shows the higher temperature = attic air=20 infiltrating into the conditioned space as well as the temperature = gradient of the operating light fixture. I took the picture/graph = to not=20 only present the finding, but thought it made good infra-art as=20 well."

We had 74 guesses = and NO=20 WINNERS! You stumped all the thermographers Stan, your low e = coffee=20 mug is well deserved!

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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.

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