A wiring component with physical quantity sensor is provided with an electric wire, a physical quantity sensor to detect a physical quantity of the electric wire, a holding member that is composed of a molded body covering a portion in a longitudinal direction of the electric wire and has a holding hole to house the physical quantity sensor, and an attachment member attached to the holding member. The physical quantity sensor is prevented from coming out of the holding hole by the attachment member.

A system and method for inspecting a surface of a structure for defects includes an inspection apparatus having a heating device for heating a section of the surface of the structure, an infrared camera for receiving infrared radiation from the surface in response to heating, a controller configured to generate thermographs from the received infrared radiation, and a communication device. A training system includes an expert system module configured to determine correlations between a set of thermographs generated by a thermal simulation of modeled structural elements with defects, and parameters of the modeled structural elements. A computer system communicatively coupled to the training system and the inspection apparatus, is adapted to receive thermographs received from the inspection apparatus and to detect quantitative parameters of defects in the structure using the correlations obtained from the training system.

A system and method for inspecting a surface of a structure for defects includes an inspection apparatus having a heating device for heating a section of the surface of the structure, an infrared camera for receiving infrared radiation from the surface in response to heating, a controller configured to generate thermographs from the received infrared radiation, and a communication device. A training system includes an expert system module configured to determine correlations between a set of thermographs generated by a thermal simulation of modeled structural elements with defects, and parameters of the modeled structural elements. A computer system communicatively coupled to the training system and the inspection apparatus, is adapted to receive thermographs received from the inspection apparatus and to detect quantitative parameters of defects in the structure using the correlations obtained from the training system.

The present invention relates to a method for evaluating an assembly by welding of parts made of thermoplastic materials, to a test piece and its associated uses, to an installation for implementing this method and to the associated welding system.

The present invention provides a method for eddy current thermography defect reconstruction based on electrical impedance tomography, first, obtaining a thermal reference image of temperature change with time by acquiring a thermogram sequence S of the specimen in the process of heating and fitting a curve for pixels of each location of the thermogram sequence S, then, creating a current matrix and a magnetic potential matrix, and calculating the satisfied conductivity distribution through iterations, so as a reconstructed image is obtained, then taking the low conductivity area of the reconstructed image as the defect profile, thus the defect profile is identified and quantified.

An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a laser and a detection system. The laser emits a laser beam to heat a powder bed to form a melt pool, and the melt pool emits light proportional to a temperature of the melt pool. The detection system includes a spectral disperser and one of a) two or more on-axis sensors or b) a line scanner. The two or more on-axis sensors or the line scanner are/is located along an axis of the emitted light, the detection system receives the emitted light from the melt pool, and an intensity of the emitted light detected by the a) two or more on-axis sensors or the b) line scanner is compared with a blackbody spectral map at a particular wavelength of the emitted light to determine a temperature of the melt pool.

An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a laser and a detection system. The laser emits a laser beam to heat a powder bed to form a melt pool, and the melt pool emits light proportional to a temperature of the melt pool. The detection system includes a spectral disperser and one of a) two or more on-axis sensors or b) a line scanner. The two or more on-axis sensors or the line scanner are/is located along an axis of the emitted light, the detection system receives the emitted light from the melt pool, and an intensity of the emitted light detected by the a) two or more on-axis sensors or the b) line scanner is compared with a blackbody spectral map at a particular wavelength of the emitted light to determine a temperature of the melt pool.

Methods and systems for detecting container leakage using thermal imaging, for example, infrared imaging, are disclosed. A method may include a step of sensing thermal radiation emanating from a scene encompassing a liquid-holding container. For example, the container may be an intravenous fluid bag. The method may also include a step of generating a thermal image of the scene based on the sensed thermal radiation and a step of analyzing the thermal image by assessing whether the thermal image includes a thermal feature indicative of the presence of leaked liquid outside the container to determine whether a leak exists in the container. In some embodiments, the container may be enclosed in an overwrap. In such a case, the assessed thermal feature may be indicative of liquid being present in an interstitial volume defined between the container and the overwrap.

A method of photothermal analysis of a solid piece includes injecting heat into a region of a surface of the piece, called heating region, capturing a thermal analysis image of a detection region which is distinct from the heating region, then subtracting a reference image from the thermal analysis image. The reference image corresponds to a thermal emission distribution as caused by the injected heat for a case where the surface portion of the piece is without defects. Such method makes it possible to reduce an analysis cycle time for the piece, and to reduce a signal-to-noise ratio of images capable of revealing defects present in the surface portion of the piece.

A method of photothermal analysis of a solid piece includes injecting heat into a region of a surface of the piece, called heating region, capturing a thermal analysis image of a detection region which is distinct from the heating region, then subtracting a reference image from the thermal analysis image. The reference image corresponds to a thermal emission distribution as caused by the injected heat for a case where the surface portion of the piece is without defects. Such method makes it possible to reduce an analysis cycle time for the piece, and to reduce a signal-to-noise ratio of images capable of revealing defects present in the surface portion of the piece.