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Understanding Infrared Thermography Reading 3

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Process Control and Product Monitoring<br />

For many years, infrared sensors have been used for quantitative surface<br />

temperature monitoring of products and processes. When measurement of<br />

one point in the process, or even a number of points, is not considered<br />

adequate to characterize the process for successful monitoring or control,<br />

infrared thermography can be used, The most significant aspect of this<br />

approach is that it is unique and unprecedented. <strong>Infrared</strong> point sensors are<br />

used, when appropriate, in place of conventional temperature sensors.<br />

<strong>Infrared</strong> scanners and imagers, however, are the only practical means to<br />

acquire a high resolution thermal map of an entire surface in real time (at or<br />

near television display rates). Full surface thermal process control was not a<br />

viable option until the integration of computers and image processing<br />

software with thermal scanners.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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