| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2024 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Measurement and Control of High-temperature Processes
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| Presentation Title |
Infrared Thermography for Temperature Measurement of Vacuum Induction Furnaces |
| Author(s) |
Sheridan Cowger McPheeters, William Peach |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Sheridan Cowger McPheeters |
| Abstract Scope |
Infrared thermography is explored as an alternative to thermocouples for vacuum induction furnace temperature measurement. Thermocouples suscept to induction fields, increasing their error and adding uncertainty to measurements. They can also have a long set-up time and can cause system ground faults if the contact the induction coil. IR thermography comes with its own set of complications, particularly finding a view of the induction charge as well as accounting for energy losses in the optical system and variable hemispherical emissivity (non-diffuse behavior) of materials and complex geometries. However, it also provides thermal data over the entire surface of the charge, as well as the coil and other furnace components and only requires the configuration of a single sensor. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Other, |