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INFRARED TRAINING CENTER
Volume 1, Issue 1 February, 2000
WEL COM E TO OUR NE WSLETT ER By Gary Orlove, Editor
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eet your colleagues and Just type “newsletter” in the share success stories, comments section. elcome to itc gather useful information and helpful tips on how to improve your thermoINFRAMATION! If you have an interesting graphy program, and even get some This newsletter is targeted application or case study at all users of infrared therthat you would like to share, hands-on training at INFRAMATION mographic equipment. We we encourage you to submit 2000, the industry event for anyone involved in thermography applications. will cover applications, new it for publication. E-mail me infrared technologies, case at [email protected]. INFRAMATION 2000 will take place histories, and tips and tricks Or if there is a topic that you September 24-27 at the Wyndham that you can use to improve would like discussed, just let Orlando Resort, so mark your calenyour infrared expertise. dar now to attend this premier industry us know. event! We will be bring you this Your comments and suggesinformation every month by tions about this newsletter The conference will offer very afforde-mail. Yes, this publication are welcomed and encourable room rates at this wonderfully will be available only by eaged. Enjoy!! appointed hotel located in mail in pdf format. The cost: the heart of the Internafree! All we need from you is tional Drive entertainment district, just minutes away from to register with us at our all of Orlando’s outstanding attractions. Bring your family web site for the newsletter. If to take advantage of the Orlando fun (while you attend you have received this by the conference); and stay an extra day or two and enjoy email, great, you’re already all Orlando has to offer. registered and you don’t have to do anything! If you More information will be available soon, so please visit want to receive this newslet- our web site www.infraredtraining.com or www.flir.com for ter just register at http:// the latest details. We look forward to seeing you in Sepwww.infraredtraining.com/ tember!!
Inside this issue:
Itc web community debuts
2
Meet the Staff
2
Focus on Applications: Automotive Analysis
3
About the itc
4
Contact Information
4
Upcoming Classes
4
WELCOME TO Y2K By Bernie Lyon, itc Course Moderator
T
he year 2000 is here. What new wonders can we expect to see in the coming years? Quite often science fiction stories are judged as to how
accurately they had predicted the future. However, most science fiction writers want little or nothing to do with prophecy. Their stories explore future possibilities. They are not out to say “Ha!, I told you so.” Sometimes, however, the stories do (Continued on page 2)
“About 80 percent of all the scientific discoveries ever made occurred in the last 100 years, and more than half of the scientists who ever lived are still walking the earth.”
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1
INFRARED TRAINING CENTER
PAGE 2
WELCOME TO Y2K (Continued from page 1)
seem to hit the mark all to well. In the early 1940’s, one science fiction story described an atomic weapon so accurately that the editor’s office was investigated by the FBI. And, what we now know as the “internet,” was described in a fairly accurate, if not complementary manner, back then, as well.
Magazine has some rather fascinating statistics with respect to science and scientists: “About 80 percent of all the scientific discoveries ever made occurred in the last 100 years, and more than half of the scientists who ever lived are still walking the earth.”
What kind of scientific discoveries lie ahead for us? What about right now, at the turn of the century / millennium?
Now, if that statement doesn’t shake you like hitting a speed bump on a unicycle, check your pulse.
The January 2000 edition of Discover
Eighty percent, over the last 100 years. . .That’s a big slice of the pie, folks. Let’s look back and see what happened 100 years ago, in the year 1900. What scientific wonders were introduced at the turn of the last century?
The year 2000 marks the 200th anniversary of Herschel’s discovery and the 100th anniversary of Planck’s discovery. What, I wonder, will serve as an infrared legacy for this year?
Well, for one thing, the German physicist, Max Planck, came up
with a rather novel idea concerning radiation. He said that it was absorbed and radiated only as discrete units, which he called “quanta.” He actually discovered a universal constant of nature, which we know today as “Planck’s constant.” Planck discovered that the energy of each quantum is equal to the frequency of the radiation multiplied by the universal constant. (There is an equation in that last sentence. Hmm. . . it’s not so scary without the Greek letters.) His discoveries were verified by other scientists and provided the basis for an entirely new field of physics known as “quantum mechanics.”
Max Planck
His work had profound implications for anyone interested in infrared radiation. It led to (Continued on page 3)
itc WEB COMMUNITY DEBUTS By Gary Orlove, Editor
T
he Infrared Training Center has started its own web site. This site is designed to be an “infrared community”, where infrared thermography users can ask questions, download technical articles, communicate with each other, and post advertisements for their businesses. Here are some of the categories that
we plan to institute in the coming months: • • • • • •
Applications support - The itc website will cover support for application problems. Tips and tricks News and information, industry gossip Bulletin board & live chat User home pages Classifieds and user service advertisements
• • • •
Interesting Links to Related Sites ChallengeIRTM - IR related Contests, puzzles, games, brain teasers, and of course prizes. IR & thermal science - Articles dealing with thermal science, background information etc. Related events - Dates of conferences, interesting meetings etc.
So drop on by and give us a look. We can be found at: www.infraredtraining.com!
M E E T T H E S TA F F - D R . B O B M A D D I N G
B
ob Madding is itc ‘s USA Director and holds ASNT NDT Level III TIR and EPRI Level III Infrared certifications. Bob is a graduate of the University of Missouri with a BS in Physics, and a Masters and PhD in Physics from the University of Wisconsin. He began perhaps the first infrared thermography seminar at the University of Wisconsin in 1978. Bob has over 25 years experi-
ence in infrared thermography applications and training. He manages all of the company's training programs, engineering consulting services, and applications feasibility studies. Dr. Madding brings the combination of both technical product and applications knowl-
edge and a unique understanding of customer issues to the classroom. He is also a great story and joke teller. So stop by at a training session and experience Dr. Bob’s unique combination of humor and wisdom.!
INFRARED TRAINING CENTER
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1
PAGE 3
WELCOME TO Y2K (Continued from page 2)
the famous blackbody radiation curves, which are essential for understanding how temperature, radiation, and wavelength interact.
create the spectrum, and thermometers with blackened bulbs to measure the temperatures of the different colors. He discovered that the area just beyond the red contained the most heat, which he called “calorific rays.” Today, we use the term infrared radiation. This heat radiation is essentially what all non-contact thermal imaging and measuring devices detect.
If we were to take, yet another centurion leap backward in time, we would find ourselves in the year 1800. Oddly enough, another scientific discovery – made by another individual born in Germany – had The year 2000 marks extreme relevance for the 200th anniversary of Herschel’s discovery those of us with an inand the 100th anniverterest in the infrared. sary of Planck’s discovThe discovery was ery. What, I wonder, nothing less than the will serve as an infrared infrared part of the legacy for this year? electromagnetic spectrum. This was accomAs the year 2000 gets plished by Sir William underway, I look at my Herschel, who is also Sir William Herschel calendar and reflect on famous for the discovery January 2nd. This would have been the of the planet Uranus, in 1781. 80th birthday of Isaac Asimov, arguably Herschel devised a simple but elegant the greatest explainer of science the experiment to find out which colors of world has ever known. I wonder, how the visible spectrum carried the most many of today’s living scientists have heat. He used a prism and sunlight to
been influenced by his writing. Dr. Asimov would not have hesitated in the least, if asked to expound on the future. With respect to science, he made this comment in the introduction to “Asimov’s New Guide to Science,” back in 1984: “Science will not stand still. It is a panorama that subtly dissolves and changes even while we watch. It cannot be caught in its every detail at any one moment of time without leaving us behind at once.” True then. True now. Thanks Dr. A. Happy Y2K to all.!
Isaac Asimov
FOCUS ON APPLICATIONS - AUTOMOTIVE ANALYSIS MADE EASY By Bob Rogers, itc Course Instructor
T
his is a unique application of the use of infrared thermography applied to solving a problem with a 1988 Buick 3.8L V6 engine. When first started, the engine would run moderately well for approximately two minutes. After that, it exhibited a ”pulsating” feeling and a top driving speed of only 35 MPH. A noticable pulsating exhaust noise was
heard at the car's tail pipe. The exhaust was not rich in fuel since it contained no strong gasoline odor. The engine had been analyzed by seven repair shops without finding the cause of the problem. A FLIR Systems ThermaCAM SC2000 Infrared Camera was used to inspect the components of the running engine after a cold start. One fuel injector was found to be running hotter than the others by a few degrees C.
HOT
COLD
COLD
Visual and Thermal Image of the Fuel Injectors
This indicated that LITTLE or NO FUEL was passing through the injector. A fuel injector operates in a pulse mode which "meters" a precise amount of fuel to each engine cylinder. If the injector was operating properly, its operating temperature would be closer to the temperature of the other fuel injectors due to the cooling effect of the fuel. A further verification of the problem was needed. The electrical connector on the suspected faulty injector was removed with no noticable change in the erratic running of the engine. A digital multimeter was connected to the disconnected fuel injector plug and indicated that electrical pulses were being received. Thus the fuel injector itself proved to be the faulty engine component. The automobile was taken to a GM dealership and the faulty fuel injector replaced. The engine now runs smoothly. !
itc U.S.A., BOSTON
itc INTERNATIONAL, SWEDEN
About
16 Esquire Road N. Billerica, MA 01862, USA
Rinkebyvägen 19 SE-182 11 Danderyd, Sweden
Tel: +1.978.901-8405 Fax: +1.978.901-8832
Tel: +46 (0) 8 753 25 00 Fax: +46 (0) 8 753 26 01
E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]
The Infrared Training Center offers training and certification in all aspects of infrared thermography use. Our world-class training facilities are located near Boston, Massachusetts, USA and Stockholm, Sweden and have the world's most extensive hands on laboratories for infrared applications. Please join us in exploring the fascinating world of infrared!
“Hands On” Thermography Training, Certification, and Support
We’re on the Web! www. infraredtraining.com Upcoming Classes USA Remember that we also teach customer site training courses at your convenience. Please contact us for more information. 550, 570, PM545, PM575, PM595, SC2000 cameras ONLY All IR cameras
Level I Pdm • February 7-11 • February 14-18 • March 13-17 • March 27-31 • April 10-14 • May 1-5 • May 8-12 Level II PdM • January 24-28 • March 6-10 • April 3-7 Level III PdM • April 17-20
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Infrared
Training
Please e-mail to [email protected] or snail mail to the USA office itc INFRAMATION Editor: Gary Orlove
Upcoming Classes Sweden Level I CM • March 20-24 (W12) • April 10-14 (W15) • May 8-12 (W19) • May 15-19 (W20), Spanish
Level II R&D • March 6-9 (W10) • April 17-20, French (W16) • May 22-25 (W21) Advanced Operator Training • March 16-17 (W11) • April 6-7 (W14) • May 4-5 (W18)
Design: Gary Orlove
Upcoming Classes Germany Level I • January 17-21 (W 3) • February 7-11 (W 6) • March 13-17 (W10) • April 10-14 (W15) • May 22-26 (W21) Application Seminars • February 16-18 (W 7) • April 5-7 (W14) • May 3-5 (W18) Level II • January 27-29 (W 4) • February 3-5 (W 5) • March 20-25 (W12)
Management Certification • April 3-4 (W14)
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Management Certification • Feb 29-Mar 1 • May 22-23
Software Training • March 21-22 • May 24-25 Regional Courses • March 7-10 (Atlanta, GA)
Center
Your comments and suggestions about this newsletter are welcomed and encouraged. If you have an interesting application or case study to share, we encourage you to submit it for publication.
Level II CM • May 29-June 2 (W22) "
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Volume 1, Issue 1 February, 2000
WEL COM E TO OUR NE WSLETT ER By Gary Orlove, Editor
W
itc/inforequest.htm/lang=en
M
eet your colleagues and Just type “newsletter” in the share success stories, comments section. elcome to itc gather useful information and helpful tips on how to improve your thermoINFRAMATION! If you have an interesting graphy program, and even get some This newsletter is targeted application or case study at all users of infrared therthat you would like to share, hands-on training at INFRAMATION mographic equipment. We we encourage you to submit 2000, the industry event for anyone involved in thermography applications. will cover applications, new it for publication. E-mail me infrared technologies, case at [email protected]. INFRAMATION 2000 will take place histories, and tips and tricks Or if there is a topic that you September 24-27 at the Wyndham that you can use to improve would like discussed, just let Orlando Resort, so mark your calenyour infrared expertise. dar now to attend this premier industry us know. event! We will be bring you this Your comments and suggesinformation every month by tions about this newsletter The conference will offer very afforde-mail. Yes, this publication are welcomed and encourable room rates at this wonderfully will be available only by eaged. Enjoy!! appointed hotel located in mail in pdf format. The cost: the heart of the Internafree! All we need from you is tional Drive entertainment district, just minutes away from to register with us at our all of Orlando’s outstanding attractions. Bring your family web site for the newsletter. If to take advantage of the Orlando fun (while you attend you have received this by the conference); and stay an extra day or two and enjoy email, great, you’re already all Orlando has to offer. registered and you don’t have to do anything! If you More information will be available soon, so please visit want to receive this newslet- our web site www.infraredtraining.com or www.flir.com for ter just register at http:// the latest details. We look forward to seeing you in Sepwww.infraredtraining.com/ tember!!
Inside this issue:
Itc web community debuts
2
Meet the Staff
2
Focus on Applications: Automotive Analysis
3
About the itc
4
Contact Information
4
Upcoming Classes
4
WELCOME TO Y2K By Bernie Lyon, itc Course Moderator
T
he year 2000 is here. What new wonders can we expect to see in the coming years? Quite often science fiction stories are judged as to how
accurately they had predicted the future. However, most science fiction writers want little or nothing to do with prophecy. Their stories explore future possibilities. They are not out to say “Ha!, I told you so.” Sometimes, however, the stories do (Continued on page 2)
“About 80 percent of all the scientific discoveries ever made occurred in the last 100 years, and more than half of the scientists who ever lived are still walking the earth.”
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1
INFRARED TRAINING CENTER
PAGE 2
WELCOME TO Y2K (Continued from page 1)
seem to hit the mark all to well. In the early 1940’s, one science fiction story described an atomic weapon so accurately that the editor’s office was investigated by the FBI. And, what we now know as the “internet,” was described in a fairly accurate, if not complementary manner, back then, as well.
Magazine has some rather fascinating statistics with respect to science and scientists: “About 80 percent of all the scientific discoveries ever made occurred in the last 100 years, and more than half of the scientists who ever lived are still walking the earth.”
What kind of scientific discoveries lie ahead for us? What about right now, at the turn of the century / millennium?
Now, if that statement doesn’t shake you like hitting a speed bump on a unicycle, check your pulse.
The January 2000 edition of Discover
Eighty percent, over the last 100 years. . .That’s a big slice of the pie, folks. Let’s look back and see what happened 100 years ago, in the year 1900. What scientific wonders were introduced at the turn of the last century?
The year 2000 marks the 200th anniversary of Herschel’s discovery and the 100th anniversary of Planck’s discovery. What, I wonder, will serve as an infrared legacy for this year?
Well, for one thing, the German physicist, Max Planck, came up
with a rather novel idea concerning radiation. He said that it was absorbed and radiated only as discrete units, which he called “quanta.” He actually discovered a universal constant of nature, which we know today as “Planck’s constant.” Planck discovered that the energy of each quantum is equal to the frequency of the radiation multiplied by the universal constant. (There is an equation in that last sentence. Hmm. . . it’s not so scary without the Greek letters.) His discoveries were verified by other scientists and provided the basis for an entirely new field of physics known as “quantum mechanics.”
Max Planck
His work had profound implications for anyone interested in infrared radiation. It led to (Continued on page 3)
itc WEB COMMUNITY DEBUTS By Gary Orlove, Editor
T
he Infrared Training Center has started its own web site. This site is designed to be an “infrared community”, where infrared thermography users can ask questions, download technical articles, communicate with each other, and post advertisements for their businesses. Here are some of the categories that
we plan to institute in the coming months: • • • • • •
Applications support - The itc website will cover support for application problems. Tips and tricks News and information, industry gossip Bulletin board & live chat User home pages Classifieds and user service advertisements
• • • •
Interesting Links to Related Sites ChallengeIRTM - IR related Contests, puzzles, games, brain teasers, and of course prizes. IR & thermal science - Articles dealing with thermal science, background information etc. Related events - Dates of conferences, interesting meetings etc.
So drop on by and give us a look. We can be found at: www.infraredtraining.com!
M E E T T H E S TA F F - D R . B O B M A D D I N G
B
ob Madding is itc ‘s USA Director and holds ASNT NDT Level III TIR and EPRI Level III Infrared certifications. Bob is a graduate of the University of Missouri with a BS in Physics, and a Masters and PhD in Physics from the University of Wisconsin. He began perhaps the first infrared thermography seminar at the University of Wisconsin in 1978. Bob has over 25 years experi-
ence in infrared thermography applications and training. He manages all of the company's training programs, engineering consulting services, and applications feasibility studies. Dr. Madding brings the combination of both technical product and applications knowl-
edge and a unique understanding of customer issues to the classroom. He is also a great story and joke teller. So stop by at a training session and experience Dr. Bob’s unique combination of humor and wisdom.!
INFRARED TRAINING CENTER
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1
PAGE 3
WELCOME TO Y2K (Continued from page 2)
the famous blackbody radiation curves, which are essential for understanding how temperature, radiation, and wavelength interact.
create the spectrum, and thermometers with blackened bulbs to measure the temperatures of the different colors. He discovered that the area just beyond the red contained the most heat, which he called “calorific rays.” Today, we use the term infrared radiation. This heat radiation is essentially what all non-contact thermal imaging and measuring devices detect.
If we were to take, yet another centurion leap backward in time, we would find ourselves in the year 1800. Oddly enough, another scientific discovery – made by another individual born in Germany – had The year 2000 marks extreme relevance for the 200th anniversary of Herschel’s discovery those of us with an inand the 100th anniverterest in the infrared. sary of Planck’s discovThe discovery was ery. What, I wonder, nothing less than the will serve as an infrared infrared part of the legacy for this year? electromagnetic spectrum. This was accomAs the year 2000 gets plished by Sir William underway, I look at my Herschel, who is also Sir William Herschel calendar and reflect on famous for the discovery January 2nd. This would have been the of the planet Uranus, in 1781. 80th birthday of Isaac Asimov, arguably Herschel devised a simple but elegant the greatest explainer of science the experiment to find out which colors of world has ever known. I wonder, how the visible spectrum carried the most many of today’s living scientists have heat. He used a prism and sunlight to
been influenced by his writing. Dr. Asimov would not have hesitated in the least, if asked to expound on the future. With respect to science, he made this comment in the introduction to “Asimov’s New Guide to Science,” back in 1984: “Science will not stand still. It is a panorama that subtly dissolves and changes even while we watch. It cannot be caught in its every detail at any one moment of time without leaving us behind at once.” True then. True now. Thanks Dr. A. Happy Y2K to all.!
Isaac Asimov
FOCUS ON APPLICATIONS - AUTOMOTIVE ANALYSIS MADE EASY By Bob Rogers, itc Course Instructor
T
his is a unique application of the use of infrared thermography applied to solving a problem with a 1988 Buick 3.8L V6 engine. When first started, the engine would run moderately well for approximately two minutes. After that, it exhibited a ”pulsating” feeling and a top driving speed of only 35 MPH. A noticable pulsating exhaust noise was
heard at the car's tail pipe. The exhaust was not rich in fuel since it contained no strong gasoline odor. The engine had been analyzed by seven repair shops without finding the cause of the problem. A FLIR Systems ThermaCAM SC2000 Infrared Camera was used to inspect the components of the running engine after a cold start. One fuel injector was found to be running hotter than the others by a few degrees C.
HOT
COLD
COLD
Visual and Thermal Image of the Fuel Injectors
This indicated that LITTLE or NO FUEL was passing through the injector. A fuel injector operates in a pulse mode which "meters" a precise amount of fuel to each engine cylinder. If the injector was operating properly, its operating temperature would be closer to the temperature of the other fuel injectors due to the cooling effect of the fuel. A further verification of the problem was needed. The electrical connector on the suspected faulty injector was removed with no noticable change in the erratic running of the engine. A digital multimeter was connected to the disconnected fuel injector plug and indicated that electrical pulses were being received. Thus the fuel injector itself proved to be the faulty engine component. The automobile was taken to a GM dealership and the faulty fuel injector replaced. The engine now runs smoothly. !
itc U.S.A., BOSTON
itc INTERNATIONAL, SWEDEN
About
16 Esquire Road N. Billerica, MA 01862, USA
Rinkebyvägen 19 SE-182 11 Danderyd, Sweden
Tel: +1.978.901-8405 Fax: +1.978.901-8832
Tel: +46 (0) 8 753 25 00 Fax: +46 (0) 8 753 26 01
E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]
The Infrared Training Center offers training and certification in all aspects of infrared thermography use. Our world-class training facilities are located near Boston, Massachusetts, USA and Stockholm, Sweden and have the world's most extensive hands on laboratories for infrared applications. Please join us in exploring the fascinating world of infrared!
“Hands On” Thermography Training, Certification, and Support
We’re on the Web! www. infraredtraining.com Upcoming Classes USA Remember that we also teach customer site training courses at your convenience. Please contact us for more information. 550, 570, PM545, PM575, PM595, SC2000 cameras ONLY All IR cameras
Level I Pdm • February 7-11 • February 14-18 • March 13-17 • March 27-31 • April 10-14 • May 1-5 • May 8-12 Level II PdM • January 24-28 • March 6-10 • April 3-7 Level III PdM • April 17-20
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" " "
"
" "
"
Infrared
Training
Please e-mail to [email protected] or snail mail to the USA office itc INFRAMATION Editor: Gary Orlove
Upcoming Classes Sweden Level I CM • March 20-24 (W12) • April 10-14 (W15) • May 8-12 (W19) • May 15-19 (W20), Spanish
Level II R&D • March 6-9 (W10) • April 17-20, French (W16) • May 22-25 (W21) Advanced Operator Training • March 16-17 (W11) • April 6-7 (W14) • May 4-5 (W18)
Design: Gary Orlove
Upcoming Classes Germany Level I • January 17-21 (W 3) • February 7-11 (W 6) • March 13-17 (W10) • April 10-14 (W15) • May 22-26 (W21) Application Seminars • February 16-18 (W 7) • April 5-7 (W14) • May 3-5 (W18) Level II • January 27-29 (W 4) • February 3-5 (W 5) • March 20-25 (W12)
Management Certification • April 3-4 (W14)
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Management Certification • Feb 29-Mar 1 • May 22-23
Software Training • March 21-22 • May 24-25 Regional Courses • March 7-10 (Atlanta, GA)
Center
Your comments and suggestions about this newsletter are welcomed and encouraged. If you have an interesting application or case study to share, we encourage you to submit it for publication.
Level II CM • May 29-June 2 (W22) "
the
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