body shop thermography examples
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Infrared thermography in an automotive body shop - examplesTRANSCRIPT
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Thermography
Examples in an Automotive Body Shop
Hot Cable ConnectionMin Mean Max 34.6 38.6 48.4
Hot Cable ConnectionMin Mean Max 34.6 38.6 48.4
*>46.6C
*108.7C
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Area1Min Mean Max 34.6 91.1 143.5
Area1Min Mean Max 34.6 91.1 143.5
*>126.1C
*99.3C
*86.2C
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Area1Min Mean Max 25.2 44.7 71.4
Area1Min Mean Max 25.2 44.7 71.4
Spot 1 58.3
*>76.7C
*50.0C
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29.7
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Orange Bus: 28.1C
This example shows a section of bus with a bad joint. Bus failures are often very expensive in terms of safety and plant downtime.
19.5C
64.8C
20
30
40
50
60
Shunt: 63.3C
Another example of an overheated/damaged shunt.
29.9C
88.3C
40
60
80
F18: 91.0C
Here we have an example of a bad fuse connection in a weld water pump supply cabinet.
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19.8C
29.8C
20
22
24
26
28
SP01: 27.6C
Bad connections in transgun power supply cable.
18.5C
37.0C
20
25
30
35
SP01
AR02: 41.4C
Here was have an example of thermal striping of the power cable to the weld gun. This type of defect is responsible for a great deal of individual gun downtime and quality defects.
19.7C
47.7C
20
30
40SP01: 41.0C
AR01: 41.4C
This example shows an increased robot drive motor temperature.
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20.6C
60.2C
30
40
50
60
Motor Body: 58.8C
Ambient: 21.0C
This example is of a body sides gate motor. This motor is operating at a much higher temperature than normal caused by over tension of the drive belt.