As the automotive industry continues to develop advanced materials and manufacturing processes, infrared imaging has the potential to become a major tool in process monitoring and closed loop process control. This paper reviews five novel applications of infrared imaging in applications such as product testing, component manufacture, and vehicle assembly. Infrared was found to be effective as a diagnostics tool for characterizing disc brake systems and electronic engine control sensors. The effectiveness of infrared to qualify fuel nozzle backspray was used to optimize hardware design for fuel systems. Finally, infrared was found to be useful in vehicle assembly operations in the installation of windshield glass and instrument panel hardware where visual inspection was impractical. The speed of image capture and the availability of image processing software for real time image processing and closed loop process control will no doubt find more applications as infrared imaging finds its niche in the automotive industry.


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    Title :

    Infrared in automotive applications


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Thermosense XIX: An International Conference on Thermal Sensing and Imaging Diagnostic Applications ; 1997 ; Orlando,FL,USA


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    Publication date :

    1997-04-04





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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