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Preface
Manufacturing and process engineers
are under constant pressure to make
production systems and processes more
ecient and less costly. Frequently, their
solutions use automation techniques to
improve throughput and product quality.
Automated IR (infrared) radiation imaging
oers the potential for improving a host
of industrial production applications,
including process monitoring and
control, quality assurance, asset
management, and machine condition
monitoring.
This handbook is intended to help those
considering the creation or improvement
of production automation or monitoring
systems with IR cameras. Numerous
application examples will be presented
with explanations of how these IR vision
systems can best be implemented.
Some of the major topics that will be
covered include:
Integration of IR cameras into •
automation systems
Data communications interfaces•
Command and control of •
thermographic cameras
Principles of thermographic •
measurements
Interfacing with a PC or PLC controller•
Standard software packages for IR •
camera systems
These complex matters require attention
to many details; therefore, this handbook
cannot answer every question a system
designer will have about the use of
IR cameras in automated systems. It
is meant to serve only as a roadmap
through the major issues that must be
faced in IR vision system design.
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