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| What Is Thermography? | |
| How an Infrared Camera Works | |
| Predictive Maintenance | |
| Applications of Thermography | |
WHAT IS THERMOGRAPHY?
Thermography is the process of creating images of objects taken with a specially designed infrared camera. These images, called thermograms, are a measure of the object's surface temperature variations which are interpreted by a qualified thermographer. This technology has a wide variety of applications, from electrical systems analysis to veterinarian applications to military applications.
HOW AN INFRARED CAMERA WORKS
Infrared cameras measure and document the thermal energy being emitted from an object. Infrared is a term used to define light frequencies below red. The human eye cannot see it but the camera can. Everything has infrared energy. The hotter the object, the more energy it gives off . An infrared camera detects this thermal energy and translates it into a picture. In these pictures, the hotter the object the brighter it appears.
PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE
A thermographic survey can detect a problem before it manifests itself into a costly failure. By conducting thermographic scans and analyzing the results, we are able to predict equipment and device breakdown before the actual failure. If left to fail, the cost could skyrocket into thousands of dollars for equipment, repair or replacement.
One considerable advantage of conducting a thermographic scan is that in an operation environment, the equipment doesn't need to be shutdown. In fact, it is preferable for the equipment to operate near full-load capacity. That way we can measure the severity of the fault with greater accuracy.
APPLICATIONS OF THERMOGRAPHY
- Brake and engine systems performance and cooling evaluation
- Cold storage cooling losses
- Concrete integrity inspections
- Concrete water heated floor inspections for leaks and temperature distribution
- Covert surveillance
- Diseases evaluation, breast cancer, arthritis and many more
- Electrical inspections in buildings, plants, facilities, refineries
- Electrical motor inspections
- Electrical substation inspections, transformers and capacitor evaluation
- Equine (horse) injury examination, stress fractures, lameness
- Fire mapping, hold over fires, fire line and mop-up inspections
- Flame propagation explosion analysis
- Flat roof leak detection for buildings, plants, facilities
- Furnace internal flame evaluation and tube inspections
- Furnace refractory (insulation) inspections
- Heat exchanger quality and efficiency evaluation
- Heat ventilation air conditioning equipment evaluation
- High voltage aerial electrical inspections for transmission lines
- Mechanical bearing inspections
- Moisture contamination evaluations in buildings, condo's, plants, facilities
- Motor racing suspension and tire contact diagnostics
- Overhead urban and rural distribution electrical inspections
- Pipeline inspection, leak detection, stress corrosion, cracking areas
- Power generation generator inspections
- Power plant boiler flue gas leak detection
- Printed circuit board evaluation and troubleshooting
- Refinery process line insulation loss or leak detection
- Research and development applications
- Search and rescue
- Thermal heat loss inspections for buildings, plants, facilities, refineries
