Table of contents
10 Mechanical drawings ....................................................................... 55
11 Technical data................................................................................. 57
11.1 Note about technical data ......................................................... 57
11.2 Note about authoritative versions................................................ 57
11.3 FLIR X6570sc ........................................................................ 58
12 Maintenance and service.................................................................. 60
12.1 Cleaning the camera ............................................................... 60
12.1.1 Camera housing, cables, and other items .......................... 60
12.1.2 Infrared lens................................................................ 60
12.2 Cooler maintenance ................................................................ 61
12.2.1 General...................................................................... 61
12.2.2 Signs to watch for......................................................... 61
13 Quality ........................................................................................... 62
13.1 Quality assurance ................................................................... 62
13.2 For the US market................................................................... 62
13.3 For the Canadian market .......................................................... 62
13.4 For the whole world ................................................................. 62
14 About FLIR Systems ........................................................................ 63
14.1 More than just an infrared camera .............................................. 64
14.2 Sharing our knowledge ............................................................ 64
14.3 Supporting our customers......................................................... 65
15 Terms, laws, and definitions.............................................................. 66
16 Thermographic measurement techniques .......................................... 68
16.1 Introduction .......................................................................... 68
16.2 Emissivity.............................................................................. 68
16.2.1 Finding the emissivity of a sample.................................... 68
16.3 Reflected apparent temperature................................................. 72
16.4 Distance ............................................................................... 72
16.5 Relative humidity .................................................................... 72
16.6 Other parameters.................................................................... 72
17 About calibration............................................................................. 73
17.1 Introduction ........................................................................... 73
17.2 Definition—what is calibration? .................................................. 73
17.3 Camera calibration at FLIR Systems ........................................... 73
17.4 The differences between a calibration performed by a user and
that performed directly at FLIR Systems....................................... 74
17.5 Calibration, verification and adjustment........................................ 74
17.6 Non-uniformity correction.......................................................... 75
17.7 Thermal image adjustment (thermal tuning) .................................. 75
18 History of infrared technology........................................................... 76
19 Theory of thermography................................................................... 79
19.1 Introduction ........................................................................... 79
19.2 The electromagnetic spectrum................................................... 79
19.3 Blackbody radiation................................................................. 79
19.3.1 Planck’s law ................................................................ 80
19.3.2 Wien’s displacement law................................................ 81
19.3.3 Stefan-Boltzmann's law ................................................. 82
19.3.4 Non-blackbody emitters................................................. 83
19.4 Infrared semi-transparent materials............................................. 85
20 The measurement formula................................................................ 86
21 Emissivity tables ............................................................................. 90
21.1 References............................................................................ 90
21.2 Tables .................................................................................. 90
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