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IR Cameras Save the Ship

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Kevin Robinson

When your million-dollar racing yacht falls from a crane, how do you evaluate unseen damage? Thomas Jones, vice president and senior engineer at Industrial Quality, has developed a creative solution to just such a problem. Using space heaters and an infrared camera from Inframetrics Inc., Jones is able to map defects in the hulls of boats to serve as a guide for repairs. Infrared imaging revealed a stair-step crack (arrow) in a yacht's foam core hull made when a broken lifting strap dropped the vessel onto concrete. Courtesy of Thomas Jones. The boats that Jones examines are frequently...Read full article

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