The 3rd Japanese Forum on Thermography organised by Cedip Infrared Systems, a specialist in thermal IR technology, was recently held in Yokohama (Japan) and attracted a record number of participants
The meeting was organised to provide a forum to enable cross-fertilisation of ideas, to discuss new developments and to allow users to pose technical questions relating to IR thermography.
among the 53 people present, there were representatives from companies of various sectors including Toyota, Kobe Steel, JFE, Nippon Steel, Hamamatsu, Matsushita, Panasonic, Osaka University, Technical Institute of Tokyo, Nipponese University and the Japanese National Aerospace Laboratory.
A popular talk was given by Dr Terada of the Japan Aerospace Technology Foundation whose presentation reviewed the present state of thermographic technologies and discussed the benefits that could arise from likely future developments.
Dr Sakagami of Osaka University presented another well received talk on detection of stress corrosion cracking by the Sonic-IR method.
This presentation detailed the progress made by the Japanese Society for Non-Destructive Inspection (JSNDI) in defining a standard (NDIS 3425) for Thermoelastic Stress Measurement.
Overall the meeting generated a considerable amount of enthusiastic discussion.
Other talks covered topics including: Reverse analysis of stress images using a new hybrid stress analysis program, Non-destructive thermography using the Edevis system and New developments in thermography and stress analysis from Cedip Infrared Systems.
