Foreign Material Detection In Agarwood Using Thermal Imaging Technique

Anuar, Nasri (2017) Foreign Material Detection In Agarwood Using Thermal Imaging Technique. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Agarwood is extremely valuable wood in Malaysia. This wood is increasingly becoming an attraction among businessmen and entrepreneurs in Malaysia who want to expand the value of the wood. Agarwood basically have several grades of A, B, C and D. Each grade has its own price where it is judged by the shape, hardness and colour of the wood. Dark wood is more expensive than brown colour wood. Agarwood has several advantages such as fragrance and medicines. During the production of Agarwood, it requires some method for the production of Agarwood, for example drilling and injured the tree. After 6 to 9 months, after forcing the agarwood, a farmer will ensure that the trees will produce Agarwood. The probability of Agarwood occurs when inoculant injection failed to produce Agarwood. This often occurs when not using a genuine injection. A working paper was produced to find a solution for detecting the presence of Agarwood in the tree. Thermal imaging is one of the tools that are used to detect the presence of Agarwood. Thermal imaging is a tool that detects the heat contained in the object. Thermal imaging normally used to detect cracks in buildings, plant and pipeline in the detection for misalignment and imbalance of rotation machine. In this study, thermal imaging was used to detect the production of Agarwood in the tree with the use of thermal energy sources such as hair dryer and vibration of the shaker. This method is measured based on the condition of heat source. For the hair dryer, the condition of observation is based on the position of heat direct where front and beside. For the vibration shaker is vibrothermograhpy method was observe based on wet and dry condition.

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