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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

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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

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22

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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

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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.