Thermographic Detection Services

Green Foundation offers thermographic detection services which are non-invasive and are extremely helpful in diagnosing issues in an building or home.
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Thermography

What is Infrared Thermography?

Thermography is a technology that actually allows us to see thermal energy or heat!

If you saw the movie "Predator" or "Predator 2", you saw real infrared video footage! Thermography can be used in any circumstance where the identification of thermal patterns can be used to find something (such as a missing person) or diagnose a condition (such as a poor electrical connection or a water leak). If you think about all the heat related activities in our lives, you will see the application possibilities are huge!

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Thermography technology uses an infrared measuring instrument such as an infrared camera, to detect and measure the thermal energy emitting from an object. Thermography is employed in many commercial, industrial and military applications to measure thermal activity for a variety of reasons including; research and development, preventative maintenance and building diagnostics. An actual picture of the heat being emitted may be captured and stored via thermography, to document results for reporting and possible corrective action if anomalies are found. Thermal, or infrared energy, is light that is not visible to the unaided human eye due to its short wavelength, but becomes easy to see and capture via thermography. Unlike visible light, in the infrared world, everything with a temperature above absolute zero emits heat. Even very cold objects, like ice cubes, emit infrared. The higher the object's temperature, the greater the IR radiation emitted. Infrared allows us to see what our eyes cannot, and thermography enables us to measure the temperature being emitted.

Why Measure Temperature with Thermography?

Finding a problem with an infrared camera (infrared imaging) is often just not comprehensive enough. For instance, an infrared camera image alone without accurate temperature measurement says very little about the conditions of electrical connections or worn mechanical parts. Nearly everything gets hot before it fails, making infrared thermography an extremely cost-effective, valuable diagnostic tool in many diverse applications. Thus, using thermography to accurately measure electrical or mechanical targets to determine proper operation within normal temperature parameters, can prevent costly repairs, avert unscheduled shutdowns and greatly increase worker safety. An infrared image without measurement can be misleading because it may visually suggest a problem that does not exist. Infrared thermography provides precise non-contact temperature measurement for a variety of applications. Professional Thermographers use thermography as a tool to improve manufacturing efficiencies, manage energy, improve product quality and enhance worker safety. In recent years, thermography has been used to assist with medical and veterinary diagnosis and machine vision and automation processes for manufacturing. As the technology and applications continues to grow, new applications for infrared thermography will continue to emerge.

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