Approaches to diagnostics and predictive maintenance of technological equipment are presented in the paper. Different techniques are analyzed using intelligent approaches to fault diagnosis. Results from application of passive and active thermography are presented. Active thermography is acknowledged as one of the most powerful tools for nondestructive control to localize cracks and defects in depth like metals, composite materials and polymers. An original stand for active thermography for defect localizations in the volume of the research sample – material or a detail is shown. The communication between the researcher and the controlling software is realized by the elaborated specialized humanmachine interface.

Date Published: 7 October 2011
PDF: 9 pages
Proc. SPIE 8008, Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments 2011, 80081Z (7 October 2011); doi: 10.1117/12.905182

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8008:
Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments 2011
Ryszard S. Romaniuk, Editor(s)